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.