almost 14 weeks!

Just a fair warning - this post will contain some personal information so if you'd rather not hear the details, 

skip the text and scroll right on down to the pictures! :-)

So - Lets just jump right into the nitty gritty. Many of you know, but for those of you who don't, we have had some issues with bleeding the past two weeks.  Audie and i made a trip to Texas last weekend and we had a little scare where i gushed blood, and then consistently bled for a couple of days.  We went to the ER and they confirmed that the baby was ok and my cervix was closed (meaning i was not mid-miscarriage) and sent me home to rest. When audie and i got back to our home town, we saw my ob doc and he also confirmed that the baby was ok and i just needed to rest until the bleeding stopped.  He did not seem overly concerned about the situation but told me if i started bleeding again to come back.
Well - Yesterday at work the bleeding began again and it was accompanied by some pretty intense cramping. I rested yesterday afternoon and went back to my doctors today. They did a more thorough ultrasound and saw that i have a hematoma on my uterus. NO WORRIES though because our baby doesn't seem to be bothered by it.  We just have to pray that it doesn't grow bigger and crowd the baby out or rupture (can cause major hemorrhaging.)  Since i am back on bed rest until the bleeding stops, i have had plenty of time to do online research and it looks like this is actually not that rare (10-12% of pregnant woman will develop a hemotoma in their second trimester) So that made me feel a little better. We also asked the doctor about the cramping (that's what had me really concerned) and he said that the cramping is actually caused by the bleeding. Who knew!?!?!?!?! Your body actually cramps to let you know that you are bleeding. Knowing this made me feel a whole lot better!!
So, as of right now, me and the baby just have to take it easy from now on and be on bed rest while bleeding.  When it stops i can get back to work and on my feet but i will have to be low key for a while.

NOW. . . On to the good stuff!!

So - While the ultra sound lady was doing her very thorough (and extremely invasive) sonogram,  Our little baby decided to play nice and we got to find out the gender!! We are only 13 weeks so we technically had 6 or so more weeks to wait until we got to find out. . . But baby Wright must know that this mommy-to-be does not like surprises so we got to find out early (finding out early obviously always leaves the risk of there being an error - but pictures don't lie!!)
I am not going to tell you what the baby is. . . I will let the picture speak for itself.  :-)

Baby right kicking back and relaxing. All comfy in mommy's belly!

Baby Wright's face and little baby belly!!! (you can see the little brain forming!!!)

DRUM ROLL. . . 

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        ITS A BOY!!!

Not the best picture (we got to see pretty up close and in detail) but you get the point! 

Baby Wright is not even born yet and he already has filled the refrigerator with pictures. 

Pictures 1-13 weeks.

Like i said - I am new at this and i already made a rookie mistake. I had every intention of posting pictures on the last post but. . . I FORGOT! so these are the pics to go with the first post!


Baby First Picture (6 weeks and 5 days)

Preggo belly at 8 weeks (not really anything there)

 Baby Wright at 12 weeks scratching an itch on their face.

 Baby Wright sucking the tumb (SO CUTE)

Baby belly at 13 weeks (a little bit bigger but not much yet)

First Blog 1-13 weeks

So Audie and I are not professional bloggers by any means, and i can promise that our site will not be so entertaining as to take over your Friday night activities, but we wanted to create a page where friends and family can feel involved or informed in our 9 month journey.

So to catch you up to speed, we are 13 weeks pregnant and WOW were  not prepared for all of the changes that occur, not just physically, but emotionally!  I was always under the impression that nothing really changed until 5-6 months into things. BOY was i wrong.

I found out i was pregnant at 6 weeks, but i had an inkling that i was preggo about four weeks prior. I had taken two pregnancy tests and they came up negative so i dropped the issue - That was until some things with my body started changing.
I didn't have many symptoms but i suspected something was up because my sleeping habits had changed. Everyone who knows me well knows that i am NOT a morning person. I LOVE to stay up late and it is almost impossible to get me up before noon. Well - this was the first thing to change. I started getting extremely tired around 8 or 9 pm and would be wide awake (and hungry) at 5 or 6 am. This to me was enough evidence to prove that i was pregnant. So one day after work, i walked to the store and purchased two test (just to be sure). I came home and contemplated whether or not i should wait for Audie to get off of work or surprise him. I decided that i didn't want him to be disappointed if it came out negative so into the bathroom i went. Two minutes later i had the answer (if was a negative, you obviously would not be looking at this blog.)  
My immediate reaction was excitement, but then i got nervous that Audie would be upset since we had not talked about having a baby. I decided that there was no going back so i immediately turned my attention to how i was going to tell Audie. I have heard of women making these elaborate meals with foods that hint (baby bake ribs, baby peas ect.) but i only had a 1/2 hour before Audie would be home. I decided to keep it simple and decorate out island with baby bottles, rattles, pacifiers, the pregnancy test and neon orange sign that said "your going to be a daddy."  After all that i went to pick up Audie and brought him back to the house (trying to hide my new little secret) We walked into the apartment and Audie turned on the light a froze. I think i froze to waiting for his reaction. After about 30 seconds, Audie final came out of his shock induced coma and asked if this was a joke. :-)
The next morning i scheduled a doctors appointment (and took the second test to make sure the first one wasn't faulty) We got an appointment for the next day and the doctor confirmed that i was pregnant! I think we were just as excited as when we first found out!  Audie and i had actually talked about waiting a while before we told our co-workers but we (and by we, i mean Audie) were so excited that by the end of the day EVERYONE knew we were expecting. :-)

The weeks following are when the symptoms really kicked in.  First was the nauseousness. I didn't get morning sickness bad, and i only actually 'lost my lunch' a couple of times, but i sure did get queezzy a lot. Then, just when i thought i was getting over that, that other symptoms kicked in. moody, hungry, sleepy, headaches, soreness. None of it was unbearable - but like i said earlier, i just didn't expect it.
Now- at thirteen weeks, i feel like i have conquered the world (or at least my preggo symptoms)! I have my energy back, and am pretty much back to normal (pre-pregnancy). My belly is starting to pop a little bit, but it is not yet noticeable to a stranger (I JUST LOOK FAT!!!) :-)

Well - That gets you up to speed. Audie and i will try and be good little bloggers and keep this updated so check back for belly pics and updates.