Pause to Remember is about you.

About Pause to Remember

As a healthcare provider, you deserve care and support after experiencing pregnancy and infant loss.

We're creating community, resources, support, and advocacy.

We know pregnancy and infant loss can feel isolating
for grieving providers.

  • Reducing isolation
  • Normalizing difficult conversations
  • Acknowledging the daily triggers experienced when caring for patients at work
  • Sharing resources specifically for grieving providers
  • Raising awareness of higher rates of infertility, pregnancy and infant loss, and major pregnancy complications compared to the general population
  • Advocating for safer work environments for pregnant providers

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RESOURCES OFFERED

team members

year founded

Pause to Remember

2017

3

DAVID
PAWLIKOWSKI,
CRNA

WHITNEY
JABLONSKI,
CRNA

Amy
Pelkey,
CRNA

Meet providers who have experienced loss and are here to support you now.

Our Team

Inspiration for Pause to Remember?

Pause to Remember transformed from an evening mindfulness workshop to a community for grieving healthcare providers looking for someone to understand their experiences and support them.

Meet Amy, the founder of pause to remember

Hello!

Amy Pelkey, the founder of Pause to Remember, is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) and certified yoga teacher. Introduced to yoga in 2003 while attending graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh, her journey into mindfulness deepened after completing the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course led by Barb Ivanko in 2015 and 2016.

The impact of yoga and meditation became apparent when Amy faced deep grief following the stillbirth of her daughter, Anna Grace, in September 2016. She found solace on her yoga mat and through her meditation practice.

Wanting to deepen her practice, Amy completed her 200-hour certification through South Hills Power Yoga in 2017, followed by a restorative yoga certification from Jillian Pransky in NYC, in 2018, and a y4c (yoga for cancer) certification from Tari Prinster in 2019.


At Pause to Remember, Amy's mission has evolved from sharing mindfulness practices with grieving mothers to creating a community of resources specifically for healthcare providers grieving after pregnancy and infant loss.

Over time, the Pause to Remember Podcast, monthly virtual support groups, Facebook groups, eBook, and a guide for safer OR assignments for pregnant anesthesia providers are resources that have been added. 

Off the mat, Amy is a wife and homeschooling mother to her middle school aged son. She juggles these roles with her professional life and personal interests. Born and raised in South Portland, Maine, and currently residing just outside of Pittsburgh, PA,  She misses her parents and extended family as well as lobster bakes and the smell of the sweet ocean air.

Amy's life beyond healthcare and yoga includes traveling, prioritizing family dinner, and cooking Paleo-inspired food with varying degrees of success. 

Resources

PODCAST

SUPPORT
GROUPS

FaceBOOK
Groups

SAFER OR
ASSIGNMENTS PDF

eBOOK

Everyone grieves differently. Pick and choose the resources you need here.

Listen to the podcast where we have honest conversations with healthcare providers who have experienced pregnancy and infant loss.

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3 options tailored to healthcare providers grieving after pregnancy & infant loss

How to Start

Here are some suggestions for pregnant anesthesia providers (with research references) to optimize safety for both the provider and baby while working in the operating room or off-site location.

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Listen to healthcare providers openly share their grief journeys and return to work to help normalize difficult conversations around grief. Additional resources & mindful meditations are also offered.

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Feeling isolated after experiencing a pregnancy or infant loss? Receive peer support from other providers who have had similar experiences when we meet on Zoom each month.

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SAFER O.R. ASSIGNMENTS
FOR PREGNANT PROVIDERS

PAUSE TO REMEMBER
PODCAST

VIRTUAL SUPPORT GROUP
FOR WOMEN & MEN