The END of PIO

First off: ONLY ONE MORE PIO SHOT TO GO!!!!
There will be some celebrating going on this weekend for us!!! Unless you've had to endure 2ccs of PIO shots for 10 weeks, every night, you probably have no idea what a big deal this is for me. I cannot wait for the lumps on top of lumps to fade away from my rear. I cannot wait until I can sleep on either side of my body without gingerly turning to avoid the sore spots. I cannot wait to carry my school bag without it painfully hitting my side. I cannot wait to be able to sit in plastic chairs without wincing. I cannot wait to have an evening when 9 pm is uneventful and I don't have to wonder if this time I'll cry/yell/get hysterical because the pain/burning hurts that badly. I cannot wait to put that box of meds and needles away (three jam packed biohazard boxes full) so it can be out of sight, out of mind.

Secondly, my next u/s is on Tuesday. Although I'm going to miss the biweekly peeks at our babies, I am almost relieved that after that- I will truly be treated like any other twin pregnancy. I will finally be "normal." I am almost pleased that I will get a break from trying to figure out a way to leave school early every week and search for someone to cover my room. Of course, I say that now- but I have a sneaking suspicion that after the next two weeks passes, I don't get my usual u/s, AND I have to wait 4 MORE weeks beyond that for another look, I will be going crazy. They better be moving around by then so I have at least some reassurance that all is well!

And finally- it is never a dull day at my school. I have a new story to share: In my class this year I have one set of girl twins, and one boy from a set of boy twins (the other boy is in another class). I can't wait until I get to tell my students that I'm having twins too- and see those little kids' eyes light right up. I'm planning on waiting until one of them asks though. It just doesn't feel right to tell them before they say something first. Anyway, this morning, the mother of the twin boy says to me politely that she heard a rumor that I'm expecting...? (my first parent to come right out and ask) and so I confirmed it, then told her it was twins. She was so excited and said that I have to let her know if they are both boys because she still has all her boys' stuff (score for us if that's the case!). I said, "You're not planning on having any more kids?" She said no because it took them a long time and had a lot of trouble having the boys. Now normally I would never ask someone outright if they dealt with infertility to respect their personal level of privacy- but something in her voice made me come right out and ask if they did any sort of fertility treatments. She said they did IVF- and so I told her we did too. How neat is that? So we chatted for just a minute about how many IVF cycles we both did (both one) and other stuff- and it was simply awesome and made my day. I am so glad that little boy was placed in my class. It was so nice to talk to someone in person, IRL, that has walked in my shoes. Now I'm dying to find out if the girl set of twins is also the result of fertility treatments...