What a day, what a day

Today B and I went out for a simple Babies R Us for some last minute purchases for the baby. Wow, we definitely ended up having an adventure for the day! So we headed to Babies R Us and as we shopped, my back was killing me and I was having other pain elsewhere so after consulting my doula, I called my midwife on her cell. I had already called her home number and left a message describing my pain. I got her voicemail on the cell but a few minutes later she actually called me in response to the message I left at her home number. She asked me about my symptoms and then told me that I needed to leave a "specimen" at a lab so she went online and found a lab that was open on Saturday. So with all the baby stuff in tow, we headed to the Union Square Green Market (after a small detour to Barnes and Noble for B) because I absolutely HAD to have some fromage blanc from this upstate dairy farm that only sells their items on Saturday at Union Square. After weaving through crowds, actually probably waddling from the pain, we found the Tonjes Dairy Farm stand and I got the fromage blanc that I wanted so bad. I used to eat fromage blanc quite a bit when I lived in Paris and I had yet to see it anywhere in the States. So it was a delight when I did an internet search and stumbled upon the small dairy farm that made fromage blanc along with other dairy products. But I digress, i wanted to get some apple cider too but B was like "No cider for you!" LOL! He was just being an ass but we did have stuff to do so we just headed to Whole Foods to get a big bottle of water and some pure, unsweetened cranberry juice. Then we hailed a taxi to get to the lab in the heart of Chinatown. We were the only non-Chinese people there. I had to drink ALOT of water to produce my "specimen". Then with all our heavy bottles from Whole Foods and the stuff from Babies R Us, we attempted to hail a cab. EVERY cab was occupied or off-duty. Finally after about 20 minutes, an off-duty cab driver took pity on us. B pleaded with him to take us to Brooklyn, "my wife is having contractions!" (I wasn't but I WAS in pain!) So even though he needed to drop the cab off in Manhattan, he took us over the bridge back to Brooklyn. I gave him a nice tip and we headed into the building. So in an effort to self medicate, I was drinking cranberry juice like it was my job. BAD IDEA! The combination of acidic cranberry plus my three chinese pastries left my stomach wrecked and I got SO sick! I was violently throwing up and at first I didn't quite make it to the bathroom... :( It was so gross! B helped clean up and I hopped in the shower. I did feel better though because my stomach had been doing somersaults for a couple of hours. Meanwhile, I have had NO labor signs. If I still feel nasty on Monday, I may call out. Everyone will think that I had the baby. Sorry Charlie! Unless I have the baby tomorrow which I guess is possible. But I highly doubt it. I just hope I don't have a kidney infection!