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My Penicillin Allergy & Owen’s First Ear Infection

Well, we had a good run. Owen hadn’t been sick at all for the first ten months of his life. No fevers. No cough. No extra doctor appointments. I consider that a pretty good run – but I knew that couldn’t last forever.  About two weeks ago on a Saturday night, I noticed Owen had […]

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Owen & Allergies: 2-4 Months

This blog post includes information on the two doctor appointments we had for Owen from 2 to 4 months. If you are new here, the purpose of these posts are to document my journey, as an anaphylactic mom, raising my son Owen. You can read my first post in this series on the blog as well. 2 […]

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Owen & Allergies: 0-2 Weeks

This blog post includes information on the first two doctor appointments we had for Owen within the first two weeks of him being born. If you are new here, the purpose of these posts are to document my journey, as an anaphylactic mom, raising my son Owen. You can read my first post in this […]

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Owen & Allergies: Intro

This is the first blog post I will be sharing as I document my journey, as an anaphylactic mom, raising my son Owen. I have yet to find any information or stories about mothers with anaphylaxis raising babies and their journeys. I am excited to share a unique voice and perspective in the allergy community […]

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How My Allergies Affected Labor and Delivery

Honestly, I had no idea I would be writing a post on labor, delivery, and allergies. I did not expect my allergies would affect my labor, delivery, and hospital stay with Owen as much as they did. Sure, I anticipated having to share my allergies when I was admitted, but I thought that would be […]

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Pregnant with Food Allergies: Pushing Through the Third Trimester

I cannot believe I am writing this post with an almost six-week-old baby boy sleeping next to me. It’s amazing how long that third trimester seemed at the time. But here I am, getting up a million times during the night to feed my sweet little boy, not to get up to go to the […]

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Pregnant with Food Allergies: Managing the First Trimester

If you are reading this because you are pregnant, congratulations!! You are in for quite a ride! I am writing this 25 weeks pregnant, and am excited to share this time with you. Soon after I found out that I was pregnant and the fog of excitement started to clear, I realized I had a […]

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