When a choice mom faces unwanted co-parenting

We’ve opened several frank conversations about answering your kids’ questions about an absent parent.  It’s such a comfort to hear advice from single moms – and dads -  who understand exactly what you’re facing. Choice moms also chimed in detailing how they answer their kids’ inevitable “daddy” questions. So, when this mom contacted us about [...]

Why single moms need this children’s book in their library

When Mary Ryan’s sister told her very traditional family about her plan to use a sperm donor to conceive a child, you can imagine how this conversation might have initially gone. “This was seven years ago and sperm donation was not dinner table conversation for many families,” Mary says about her sister, Jean, who gave [...]

When a choice mom worries about the “daddy” question

We’re all familiar with that middle of the night panic. Suddenly, you’re wide awake worrying — often needlessly — about some future event or conversation that you’re simply not ready to face. This is exactly what happened to a choice mom who wrote to us. Her son is just 15 months old, yet she’s already [...]

Are you a mom whose kids have different dads?

We were surprised to read in a recent news story that more than one-quarter of women in the United States with two or more kids have conceived these kids with different men. Of course, we both have close friends with multi-dad families — we just didn’t realize that the percentage was so high. While some [...]

Is singlemommyhood potentially forever?

A single woman with a snazzy job title contacted us recently via Twitter. She described her longing for a child — and a string of failed romances. So, she’s seriously considering donor insemination (DI). Happily, her mother is on her side. And her extended family is ready to help in case life throws her an [...]

Did you need a fertility boost?

There  are many reasons we appreciate you, our readers.  We respect the value you place upon community and honest conversation — no matter what your life story, or how you might have eventually found your way to Singlemommyhood. Some of you become single mothers when you were teenagers, others were married for more than a [...]

Have you met our choice moms?

When we first did a “shout out” to single moms by choice last spring, we were excited to that so many of you chimed into say “hello.” (We hadn’t anticipated, however, to see this post stir up so many emotions for some of you.) We love to drop by and read these forthright and often [...]

Did you have a C-section?

When this uber-organized pregnant solo mama contacted us, Rachel and I flashed back to our own pregnancies. And we both admit that our own child birth experiences (forever fresh in our minds) uh … took place a while back. So, gratefully, we share this soon-to-be solo mama’s worries with you. Of course, we’re relying on [...]

Are you a choice mom?

Despite our solo mom status, we’ve got much to learn about the special challenges choice moms face. No topic is “off limits” in our Singlemommyhood community: from where to hide the sex toys to how to manage breastfeeding and a career, we’re ready to lead the conversation. We genuinely applaud women who’ve decided to become [...]

When a [maybe] choice mom worries about dating

  Did you know that The Complete Single Mother, co-authored by our very own Dr. Leah, was the first book to EVER discuss choosing Singlemommyhood via donor insemination? So, it was no surprise that Dr. Leah was quoted as an expert in the Marie Claire article, “Sperm and the Single Girl,” . That’s why we’re [...]

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