Momma Knight Owl

From the previous blog you can understand how emotional I was during this entire pregnancy. Side note. I had to see an allergist this pregnancy from a reaction at the dentist. Learned I'm allergic to some preservatives in medications and anesthetics. Which explained my reactions to an epidural I had a previous labor. So my cnp recommended with my emotional state plus having to go natural I needed to seek a doula. A what? I thought. So off I went to do research. Luckily my aunt had a friend who was a doula and put me in touch with her. We talked and she gave me helpful advice about what questions to ask and assured me this was something I could do. I think I was 20ish weeks at this point. My main concern was just making it full term. I was having no luck finding any doula Searching the web. So for some reason I get a nudge to search on Craigslist. Why not I thought. That's where I found Felicia. I emailed her and she was quick to respond. I was sooo nervous. We set up a...

We found out very early we were expecting baby number 3. I was about 3 weeks along. And at 4 weeks it was confirmed. :) We were so surprised and excited. I never really had morning sickness with the first 2 but this time around at 6 weeks I found myself before the Porcelain throne. After vomiting for 48 hrs straight. It was time to go to the hospital. I was dehydrated and in so much pain. I was thinking this is more than morning sickness. They gave me some fenergan. Which dropped my blood pressure so low and so fast I passed out. :/ not fun. I had to pull the emergency cord thingy from in the bathroom. A doctor knocked, "is everything ok?" I wanted to shout, "no I just pulled that cord to see if it really worked!" But all I could muster was,"I passed out." He wheeled me back to my room where I wasn't aloud to get up anymore. Several Iv bags later I was able to go home. I was still sick for about the next 3 weeks. The it subsided. During that tim...