The nurse, who was known on social media for sharing her struggle with infertility, died while giving birth to her miracle baby.
Nurse Hailey Marie Okula, who was known on social media for openly sharing her struggle with infertility, died while giving birth to her miracle baby, who will now be raised by the father and their family.
In an emotional post on Instagram, Matthew Okula announced the tragic loss of his wife following complications during the birth of the couple’s long-awaited child.
“It is with a heavy heart that I share the devastating news of the unexpected passing of my beautiful wife, Hailey Marie Okula, due to complications during childbirth,” he wrote. “Words cannot express the depth of the loss I feel.”
In 2019, Hailey founded RN New Grads to support newly graduated nurses and over the past few years, she also shared with her 418,000 followers the challenges she and her husband faced with infertility and IVF, until in September 2024, they announced the long-awaited pregnancy.
In a touching message, Matthew Okula – now gathering strength to raise their son Crew without his wife – shared photos of the couple and words that deeply moved online users.
“Hailey was more than I could have ever dreamed of in a wife and partner. She was beautiful, intelligent, hardworking, passionate, trustworthy, and above all, incredibly loyal,” he wrote.
“For almost 13 years, she stood by my side through the hardest times, loving me endlessly, even when I felt unworthy of that love. She was everything to me.”
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