Unexpected Hospital Visit

Well, I wan't plannning on spending the night at Women's Hospital for several more weeks, but apparently my body had other plans for me. I have been having some minor lower abdominal cramping for a few days, that I assumed was growing pains. Then on Monday evening, I developed excrutiating lower back pain on my right side, along with the lower abdomen cramps. I called the MD and they sent me to the hospital. Basically, we found that I have a yucky bladder/kidney infection and was rather dehydrated. It was a very miserable few hours to say the least. Once they finally got my IV in, a combination of Morphine, Zofran, and fluids finally did the trick! Luckily, Wyatt is doing just fine. They have been monitoring his heartrate, and he was kicking lots at the monitors on my belly! In other good news, my cervix is closed tight and my uterus is "irritable" according to the monitor, but no true contractions to be concerned about. I am very thankful that he has decided to stay put for a while longer! I am feeling much better today...hopefully home late tonight after 24 hours of IV antibiotics. I will have to remain on po antibiotics the rest of my pregnancy and drink at least 2 liters (yikes!) of water per day to prevent this from happening again. Otherwise, hopefully we won't be back here for at least 10 more weeks! I have learned that I make a much better nurse than I do a patient!!