Hospital visits and contractions

So this past weekend Jake and I had the pleasure of going to a wedding in Michigan for the now Mr and Mrs Kiel, I think it was my first time to Michigan and it was nice to get away from the cold in Minnesota (I think when I woke up this morning it was 2' degrees outside). Brandon has been a good friend of Jake's for years and he was honored to be a groomsman in Brandon's wedding, so we made a drive out to Michigan for the weekend! 

The wedding was fabulous and so fun - but when we returned I discovered that I had developed a urinary tract infection (UTI), not fun. Apparently UTI's are a bit more common in pregnancy, maybe because of the crazy hormone imbalance but who knows. Basically the infection led me to be super sick, and I thought that I was done losing my cookies during this pregnancy, and I ended up in the hospital. 

Poor Jake had to drive me to a doctors appointment and take off work and then after work he had to take me into the Labor and Delivery department so they could drug me up. We were there for about five hours and they pumped me full of two bags of fluids, 1 bag of some drug for the infection AND a muscle relaxer for the contractions - Yep, contractions. 

Since I am medically challenged I am going to explain this like my doctor did - the uterus is a muscle and basically during any time of my pregnancy it can contract, which is not a bad thing. For the most part most women do not feel these contractions because they are not labor contractions but just the muscle being a muscle. So my contractions were not me going into labor but just my lovely muscle freaking out about the pain I was in (caused by the dehydration), so fun. 

Long story short I am much better and on horse pill antibiotics and I am no longer in pain! Yay! The doctor also said that the little man is blissfully unaware of how much pain his mommy is in, as far as he is concerned his little cozy home is still a great place to hang out and practice his somersaults and punches. 

Due Date: May 11th, 2013 - take a guess if he will be early or late!

Baby Boy names: Mason Daniel Eklund or Cole Daniel Eklund (I also like Charlie, I think it is adorable)

Losing my cookies/pregnancy symptoms: barfed a couple of times and the little mans kicks and jabs are still quite an odd sensation to get used to. 

Cravings: I got my donuts from last week! and I am back to cottage cheese and potato salad

Weight Gain: still on track for the 3-4 pounds a month, gaining the weight is not hard but carrying it around is beginning to take its toll on my back.