Ashley Stegmayer, BS, BSN, RN

Fertility Nurse • New York
  • Registered Nurse, Based in NYC 
  • 1 year of clinical experience at Spring Fertility of New York and 2 years of clinical medication education teaching at NYU Langone
  • Ashley’s strength is her ability to make everyone feel empowered and comfortable regarding their medication administration and surgical procedures. She knows that learning how to self-inject medications and that undergoing surgical procedures can be very intimidating and scary. She focuses on easing concerns around medications and procedural anxieties.

Experience

Ashley started her career as a surgical nurse in organ transplant. There she gained valuable experience in medication teaching and surgical preoperative/postoperative education. However, her calling was to work with those struggling to conceive and preserve their fertility as she had a personal connection to IVF. After working as a surgical nurse at spring fertility Ashley wanted to help support patients through other steps of their fertility Journey.

Ashley is here to help from the moment you unbox your medications to the moment of your egg retrieval. She wants to empower you to feel confident about self administering injectable medications. Her goal is to make you feel comfortable regarding the surgical procedures you may encounter as a fertility patient such as egg retrievals. She specializes in those who have never had surgery or undergone anesthesia. She believes that everyone deserves to feel safe and at ease with their fertility journey.

Education

BS in Health Science, Pace University

BSN, Pace University

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