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Nursing Influencer Hailey Okula’s Husband Mourns Her Death From ‘Very Rare’ Childbirth Complication

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The husband of nursing content creator Hailey Okula is mourning her tragic passing after she welcomed their baby. This week, Matt Okula shared the sad news that his wife – known to her many social media followers as Nurse Hailey – had died at the age of 33 due to complications from childbirth. In a new interview with Fox 11 Los Angeles, Matt paid tribute to Hailey and shared their journey to parenthood, saying that they had struggled to start a family before conceiving via IVF. Their son Crew arrived on March 29 via C-section, and Matt said they were able to share a brief but sweet moment together with their son after his birth. Shortly after, Hailey went into cardiac arrest, which Matt shares doctors said was due to an amniotic fluid embolism.