The final stretch

I've finally made it to the third, and final, trimester; only 12 more weeks to go! Per usual, Audrey continues to grow and thrive as I continue to suffer (only 12 more weeks, only 12 more weeks, I have to keep telling myself that, keep counting down). I've started seeing my chiropractor again. I held off as long as I could for financial reasons since being out of work since 16 weeks, but I just couldn't hold off any longer. There hasn't been much improvement yet, but it's only been a couple weeks. He says that my SI joint is pretty messed up mainly on my right side due to compensating for the pain in my left hip, along with the pregnancy. I admittedly haven't been doing much because of the pain, but he has strongly urged me to do some prenatal yoga. Mike and I have mentioned it before, but I just never got around to doing it. So now I am. I've just been looking up prenatal yoga on YouTube and doing those videos. I've looked at the store and they want $20+ for a prenatal yoga DVD. Sorry, but I need that $20 for gas to get me to my chiropractor appointments, so the videos on YouTube are going to have to do, and for the same reasons classes are definitely out. Man do I miss work and not being broke all the time! Only 12 more weeks. Well only 12 more weeks plus 8 weeks after Audrey is born before I'll be back to work, so it'll actually be 20 weeks before I'm back to work and making some money; and that's as long as my hips and back cooperate (great!). My orthopedist can't be sure if the pain I'm having is just pregnancy related or if I need surgery after Audrey's born to get a couple screws from my hip surgery taken out since he can't do x rays while I'm pregnant. So I guess we'll see how I'm doing after I deliver. I hope that it's just the pregnancy because I do not want to have to have surgery when I have a newborn. 

On a brighter note, I passed my glucose test this past week, and have 2 baby showers to look forward to this month. One on the 10th that is a couple's shower just for our closest friends and one on the 30th that's going to be your more traditional baby shower just for family. Mike and I have been working like crazy on the party favors and decorations for the couple's shower, which I am going to reuse for the other shower and every birthday party Audrey has until she complains! Those decorations have been a pain in the ass and they are going to get reused like crazy! I know most people don't RSVP to parties (myself included most of the time), but I'm starting to freak out a little because I still don't know how many people are coming to the shower since only maybe 1/4 have RSVP'd. Mike is trying to keep me calm and tells me not to worry about it, but if you know me you know I'm a worrier. I just hope there will be enough food, and then I hope that there won't be too much food, then I worry that there will be enough seating for everyone, and then that there won't be too much seating. Thank God Mike's mom is planning the other shower, because I wouldn't be able to pull off another one!