Pause to Remember: Providers Sharing Loss Stories

29. Chelsey Herzig, CRNA - The impact of loss on her career and marriage

April 06, 2023 Amy Pelkey, MSN, CRNA, RYT 200
29. Chelsey Herzig, CRNA - The impact of loss on her career and marriage
Pause to Remember: Providers Sharing Loss Stories
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Pause to Remember: Providers Sharing Loss Stories
29. Chelsey Herzig, CRNA - The impact of loss on her career and marriage
Apr 06, 2023
Amy Pelkey, MSN, CRNA, RYT 200

Chelsey Herzig, CRNA works in a critical access hospital in Minnesota.  She talks about her daughter, Brynn, and the impact losing her has made in her life including her career and marriage.

Some of the things discussed include:

  • Infertility treatment
  • Process of diagnosing Brynn with a life limiting diagnosis (included a fetal MRI)
  • Decision to terminate the pregnancy in a larger facility with more resources
  • Anticipatory grieving
  • Experience of labor induction at ~21 weeks
  • Special urn made from a woman on Etsy (click here)
  • Maternity leave before gradually re-entering the operating room
  • Impact of infertility and loss on Chelsey's marriage
  • Therapy
  • Freezing eggs

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Chelsey Herzig, CRNA works in a critical access hospital in Minnesota.  She talks about her daughter, Brynn, and the impact losing her has made in her life including her career and marriage.

Some of the things discussed include:

  • Infertility treatment
  • Process of diagnosing Brynn with a life limiting diagnosis (included a fetal MRI)
  • Decision to terminate the pregnancy in a larger facility with more resources
  • Anticipatory grieving
  • Experience of labor induction at ~21 weeks
  • Special urn made from a woman on Etsy (click here)
  • Maternity leave before gradually re-entering the operating room
  • Impact of infertility and loss on Chelsey's marriage
  • Therapy
  • Freezing eggs

Pause to Remember Information

Pause to Remember Resources for Healthcare Providers Grieving After Pregnancy and Infant Loss

Where to find Pause to Remember Website, Instagram, Facebook 

NEW OFFERING IN 2023!  -  

Support the Show.

Be a guest on the Pause to Remember Podcast, complete this form

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Amy Pelkey, MSN, CRNA, RYT-200 - Speaker at conferences & website

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