World Doula Week Giveaway!

The purpose of World Doula Week #WDW is to empower doulas all over the world to improve the psychological, social, emotional, and psychological health of women, newborns, and families in birth and the postpartum period.  World Doula Week is celebrated each year surrounding the spring equinox, March 22-28. 

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What is it like to have PCOS?

September is PCOS month and we were privileged to interview our former clients, Stephanie and have her give a first hand account of her experience with PCOS and pregnancy. Stephanie is a two time client at DPG and lives in MD with her husband and two beautiful girls.

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Jacquelin Knighton
Cord blood banking? What is that?!

Stem cells are our body’s raw materials. They have the ability to become any type of cell in our bodies including bone, muscle and blood cells. Stem cells are present in bone marrow and other tissues, including the umbilical cord, cord blood, and placenta.

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Jacquelin Knighton
Surrobabe is ONE!

It’s been ONE YEAR since I gave birth as a surrogate for two wonderful DC dads. While the surrogacy journey was a wonderful and smooth journey, the birth process was anything but. It was March 10th and I was 34 weeks pregnant. I went into my OB for a regular scheduled prenatal appointment.

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Jacquelin Knighton
Surrogacy update: 18 weeks and counting...

Hello all!! I know that you all have been waiting for an update and I thank you for your patience. We are currently 18 weeks—almost halfway thru! The biggest update that we learned is that: IT’S A GIRL!! My IPs are really excited about it. They let me find out the gender and do a reveal, so I gave the pink and blue goody bags and confetti poppers!

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Emily Smith
COVID-19 DPG Safety Protocols, New Research, and Virtual Support Testimonial

There is no question that the pandemic has changed the way that small businesses like ours operate as we strive to provide our clients the most supported and empowered experience possible. We would like to take this opportunity to share with you what changes, improvements, and policies have been implemented since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. DPG would also like to share some of the newest research we found on how the virus is impacting pregnant people. And lastly, we will share a client testimonial we received since all this began back in March.

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Emily Smith
Surrogacy: 3 months pregnant!

Well, we made it to 12 weeks!! Pregnancy has been going pretty smoothly, however the nausea is kicking my butt!! A friend of mine bought me some Sea-bands, which are wrist bands that you wear on both wrists and they have a small ball on them that put pressure on an acupressure point. They have really helped with the nausea so I’m thankful for that.

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Emily Smith
Due date is in April!

It has been a few weeks since I have updated you but not much has happened! We are 10 weeks pregnant (2 months!) and the pregnancy has been going smoothly so far. There have been some days that I am very tried and nauseous and one day of being extremely sick, but overall, all is well. We officially have a due date of April 17, 2021!

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Jacquelin Knighton
So, we took a pregnancy test…

So we took a pregnancy test…It has been a while since I last blogged, but life is busy. So, to update you all, I had another lining check that had my lining at a 16 and took a COVID-19 test that came out NEGATIVE!!

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Emily Smith
Lining Check...

I had my lining check on Wednesday, and it went really well! I’m pretty sure I heard my RE say that my lining is a 13 (I’ll confirm that next week) which is really good. Most RE’s want your lining to be at least a 6! I also got really good news that both of my IP’s get to be in the room during transfer which takes the weight off of everyone on having to decide who gets to be there.

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Jacquelin Knighton
The Journey Continues...

We officially have a new transfer date and my IP’s and I couldn’t be more excited. We have an embryo transfer scheduled for July 28th! Our fertility clinic, CCRM, temporarily suspended transfers due to COVID-19 and the unknowns of how this virus would affect pregnant people.

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