I Want to Put a Baby in You!

Episode 6: Dealing With Loss as a Gestational Carrier — Patience Bleskan


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Patience Bleskan is a Developmental Psychologist who is the Founder of the Family Room. She’s also the mother of four kids. Her personal experience as a gestational carrier went very differently than she anticipated.
Tune into listen to Patience talk about:
• Her long road to being a gestational carrier and if she’d do it again.
• How she picked her intended parents and why the first preliminary match didn’t work.
• The importance of the gestational carrier speaking up about preferences for the pregnancy and birth to ensure a good match.
• Her decision process on two embryos versus one embryo.
• The embryo transfer processes and their heartbreaking outcomes.
• Dealing with pregnancy loss when you are used to being the lucky fertile one.
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Learn more about our podcast: iwanttoputababyinyou.com
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Learn more about Ellen’s law firm: trachmanlawcenter.com
Learn more about The Family Room: thefamilyroomdenver.com
Tune in next week as we talk to Marc Gilland from Passport and Visa Advisors!
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