Pause to Remember: Providers Sharing Loss Stories
Pause to Remember: Providers Sharing Loss Stories
Amy Pelkey, MSN, CRNA, RYT 200
4. Whitney Jablonski, CRNA and Her Daughter, Colby
58 minutes Posted May 26, 2022 at 8:45 am.
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Whitney Jablonski, CRNA lost her daughter, Colby, less than two days after she was born in March, 2019.
Listen to this honest conversation about Whitney's grieving journey and how Whitney is trying to help other families in honor of her daughter.
Whitney and Amy discuss the following in this episode:
Mother's intuition in the 1st trimester
Self advocating to see maternal fetal medicine (MFM) before 20 weeks
Trisomy 18
Fetal cardiac workup
How are you the same person prior to this situation?  How do you get out of bed everyday and go back to the routine of being a mother?
Returning to work in the same facility where you lost your baby
Working in the OB department and taking call
Maternity leave - Is six weeks enough?
Funeral and the need for bereavement days
The emotions felt when your milk comes in
How do you respond to peoples' comments (that are upbeat) about your pregnancy when you know your baby will not survive?
Anticipatory grief
Worried about decreased fetal movement, your baby dying, and wanting the obstetrician to check for a heartbeat while wondering if this is going to be your baby's last day alive
Grieving the life you had as well as your baby
Feeling less organized
Wanting to move into a new home
Getting pregnant after loss, grieving, and COVID-19
How COVID-19 impacted the grieving process and next pregnancy
What journaling revealed
Caring for yourself so you can care for your patients
Biggest trigger at work, talking to the hospital chaplain
Wishing for more self care and feeling like a different person
Sufficient Grace Ministries in the Toledo, OH area
New Virtual Support Group for Healthcare Providers grieving after pregnancy and infant loss
 
Virtual Support Group for Healthcare Providers after pregnancy and infant loss
2nd Monday of every month
Led by Amy Pelkey, CRNA and Whitney Jablonski, CRNA
Via Zoom - get the link and updates here
This is for female, licensed healthcare providers grieving after pregnancy or infant loss
 
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Music credit: Fractal of Light, by Chris Haugen