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

I Want to Put a Baby in You!

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. Want to share your story or ask a question? Call and leave us a message on our hotline: [phone]. Learn more about our podcast: iwanttoputababyinyou.com Learn more about our surrogacy agencies: brightfuturesfamilies.com 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!