27. Bailey Dykema, CRNA - Infertility, Miscarriage, Stress, & Self-Care

Bailey Dykema, CRNA works in Minnesota at a critical access hospital.  She has been on a four year infertility journey (IUI and IVF) and experienced a miscarriage in November 2022.

Bailey shares her experiences with:

• PCOS, hypothalamic amenorrhea, and nutritional issues related to overtraining/HIIT workouts
• Stress related to moving, getting married, starting a new job/career, COVID-19, infertility, financial strain of paying for fertility treatments, draining PTO
• Self care includes therapy with Debbie Fischer at Partners (in)fertility, taking time off from work, changing her workouts, and Fertility Hope Yoga
• Community support including Hugh and Grace and Mom's In the Making
• Holistic/functional medicine approach to infertility, questioning what is in our environment, in our personal care products, and endocrine disruptors

• Bailey recommends Dr. Hopeman at the Center for Reproductive Medicine in Minneapolis

You can connect with Bailey on Instagram @mrs_dykema

Find more resources in this blog post. 

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