My update

OK so now I'm totally confused. I went and saw the Doctor. She said that it could still be left over from the bladder infection (the symptoms, that is) or it could be a different infection (great). In any case she told me the solution was to rest. She quickly added "Can your husband watch her while you get some rest?"
My response?

"No, he's gone." (In hindsight, I realize this was worded poorly based on the poor doctor's face when I said it) "Wait! I mean he's in Tahoe for the weekend at a bachelor party. He'll be back on Sunday"

She also said that she would run a urine analysis and do some blood work. She said the pee would show if it's the bladder infection that's giving me problems and the blood work would show if there's an infection going on. She said the source of the infection could either be from the bladder or from something else. But, until more symptoms present themselves, she has no clue what's causing the fever. She did try to say that my symptoms could be from fatigue and stress, to which I asked her "a fever!?" She said, no, that wouldn't cause a fever, an infection would, however. Ugh... are you seeing the circular pattern?

So that was on Friday before Labor Day weekend. I was emailed the results (thank you Kaiser!) and the good news is both blood and urine are clean. No infection. The bad news? WTF is up with me!? She said to call the advice nurse once the labs were posted, but I feel like a flippin nut! "Hi, my labs are normal, I'm still not feeling so hot but as long as I take tylenol I feel OK" What will they say to that? "Keep up the tylenol until you feel better, don't take more than 8 in a day." Anyone wanna bet otherwise?

Meanwhile, I'm still super cold at night (when it's hot out!) and then when I bundle up, I wake up dripping with sweat! The sheets are soaked, I'm soaked but I don't regret bundling up as that's the only way I can fall asleep (or I get chills). I think I might just have to chalk this one up to pp hormones.

apparently it wasn't just a bladder infection

There will be an update later on this. I have a fever, chills, aches and pains and I just feel 'flu-like' minus the other symptoms. I essentially have some other type of infection brewing in me as the bladder symptoms have gone, but the 'infection' symptoms persist.

Which means I will probably be put on another type of antibiotic to take care of whatever this other one is, and I will still have to be diligent about treating the thrush (which has gotten a bit worse with the antibiotics. This sucks. A lot.

And, Nick's going out of town this weekend for a bachelor party. I really hope he enjoys his baby free sleep. I'm jealous.

One of those things no one tells you about...

I had always heard that it's physically difficult to hear your baby cry. That doesn't even begin to cover it. Today, in our attempts to beat the record breaking heat that was supposed to hit our area, we went off to our normal 'Wednesday' routine. I couldn't find my keys after searching EVERYWHERE for them, so I grabbed the spare set and manually set our house alarm (as to why we have a house alarm, that's an entirely different story... I hate the stupid thing).

In any case, we drive to WC, I park the car and I went to get Jenna out when Nick called. He said the alarm company called. The alarm's going off and the police have been dispatched. Then, he proceeds to tell me to call the house, check the vmail to get the phone number and call them back to see if we can avoid having the police come out.

Then, Jenna starts to cry which quickly progresses to a full blown scream. I knew she was hungry, as we were on our way to a breastfeeding group and I intended to feed her right when I got there. So, she's screaming, I'm calling the house to get the phone number, writing it down, then I have to call the company, remember the password (ugh) and THEN they say "We can't turn it off from here, you have to turn it off from your home". Again, Jenna's screaming. I feel terrible. A fellow Mom came and was trying to calm her (swinging the car seat) and I'm totally breaking down.

When she cries, or screams, or is generally in distress my body surges. I have a massive hot flash. Sweaty, I can't handle myself where is the nearest fan for my face kind of hot flash. Often, my milk lets down and if I can't soothe her immediately, I become a sobbing mess with her. I can't help any of this, it's terrible. Then, if this occurs and we both break down, I tend to proceed to cry the rest of the day over little (or not so little) things. Stupid hormones.

Jenna was calmed by the other Mom as I got a call back from the alarm company. Apparently the police are at the house. The back door is open. I know why. Nick went around and closed the windows and turned on the A/C because it was going to be such a hot day. Well, the blinds were covering the back sliding door. I set the alarm manually and it didn't warn me that the door was open (or, if it did, I couldn't hear because Jenna was fussin). In any case, I had to leave at that moment, as the police were expecting me.

Jenna goes back in the car. I go back in the car. Luckily by the end of the second block, she was out (thank goodness!) There's more, but I'll spare you the details. Long story short, let it be known that I will do my best to "tell you like it is"

Awww!

So, we went and got together with some friends today, and a good friend, Kelly, whom I've bragged about before took some beautiful shots of Jenna.

She's launched her new website and business and I'm such a fan! We'll be going to her for many a session in the future! :)

Mom's groups, Play Dates

So, we've been to meet up with plenty of other Mommy's, friends and babies... Here are a few pics! 

Here's Alison and Jenna. As you can see, Jenna's making for some fantastic conversation. 

Here's Suzanne, Everett and Garret. Little Everett is only 2.5 weeks old in this picture. What brave parents to take him out and about! 
And this is Dane! How cute is he? He's 3 weeks old here. Clearly, he was great for conversation, too! 

This leads me to the Mom's group: here's all the kiddos:
One more! In color! 

And, here's the Mom's with the babes: