Mom gives birth, then loses it, which she peaks between her baby's legs. After Kim Gouli and her husband welcomed their first child into the world in 2014, they knew that they wanted another to complete their family. Kim eventually felt pregnant in 2016, and despite a few complications along the way, she was ready to give birth for her second and final pregnancy. However, even though she'd been through labor before and knew how to handle it, she and her husband could never have expected something like this. Indeed, three years after getting married, Kim and Travis had already brought their first baby, Hazel, into the world. Since Kim Gouli really close with her own brother growing up, she also wanted a son so Hazel could have the same experience. The mom's journey, however, would be fraught with hurdles and heartbreak. As a 28-year-old doula from Santa Cruz, California, Kim is used to providing non-medical support to families before, during, and after pregnancy, so she knew exactly how to make everything run smoothly when she was expecting again, in spite of a few scares. In 2015, for one, Kim felt pregnant again but tragically suffered a miscarriage. However, life has a funny way of working things out. Kim actually felt pregnant just a few months later, but this time she was pained with worry. One of the mom had another miscarriage, would she and her husband be able to handle another heartbreak? Although her pregnancy with Hazel ran smoothly, her third pregnancy was riddled with issues. As the pregnancy progressed, Kim further wrote on her blog, we suffered through scare after scare, worries about my gallbladder concerning images of the anatomy scan, small fundamental measures, too much amniotic fluid, and a transverse baby at 36 weeks. Throughout the pregnancy meanwhile, Kim and Travis didn't know the baby's gender, and despite Travis being keen to find out, during scans, the couple turned their heads when the baby's lower half came into view. Kim spoke to today about the reason behind the secrecy of the sex of the baby. After the miscarriage, I was just really attached to having a healthy baby, regardless of sex. My husband wanted to find out, and I said no, let's have fun with it. And so, Kim already had a good idea of the baby's gender. Kim believed, however, that she was having a girl. Why? Because female babies apparently are synonymous with difficult pregnancies. Furthermore, little Hazel also thought that her mom would have a girl. Could this be a textbook example of female intuition? I was really sick with this pregnancy, and there's a correlation between sickness and having girls, Kim said to today, and my two-year-old daughter thought it was a girl. I had all these silly reasons. But when you know, you know, right? Well, despite her prediction, Kim was by no means sure that a baby girl was on the way. Because I'm a doula, and I work with babies and births she added in her today interview, I know you can never have any expectations about anything. And with the due date approaching, Kim discovered that the baby was posterior, which meant that it was head down and facing her abdomen. It's fairly common at the start of labor, though it makes for a tricky delivery. On July 26th, however, Kim was finally ready to give birth. And given that Kim's pregnancy was rough, would the labor also be difficult? Well it was preceded by a fortnight of contractions, and more than once she thought that she was going into labor. But by the time it started, Kim was remarkably calm to the point where Travis said, uh, you're in labor. And while Kim saw an acupuncturist and a chiropractor to get the baby to turn, the infant had other ideas. So although the expected mom wanted a home birth, as the complications continued, preparations were made to transfer Kim to local hospital. Unfortunately though, it was too late, the baby was ready to come out. I knew my baby was coming, Kim recalled on her blog. I'd survived the hardest few hours of my entire life, and it was almost over. All it took were a few contractions this time, and my body did it all. I never consciously pushed. I just let my body do its thing. At 5 a.m. then, Kim pulled her newborn baby to her chest. I couldn't believe I'd survived the past three hours and somehow still got in the home birth that we wanted so badly, she explained. But the burning question remained, had she had a little girl or a little boy? After a couple minutes, Kim recalled, I opened the baby's legs and discovered that we had a little boy. And despite having convinced herself that she was having another girl, she added, in that perfect moment, all of my dreams had come true. My family was complete. I was just in hysterics, the mom told today, we were cracking up that face. I don't even think I could replicate that face. I was truly shocked. As for the baby's name, well, the family settled on Theo. The recovery hasn't been the easiest, Kim later explained, and transitioning to two kids has been more than a little overwhelming, but I'm trying to use this time to soak up his newness. I still can't believe I have a daughter and a son, despite the long and difficult path of pregnancy, loss and birth. I feel like the luckiest mama ever.