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