148. From Choice to Calling: The Journey to Becoming a Single Mother By Choice with Ellie Levi
Ellie Levi, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about her story of becoming a SIM: Single Intentional Mom to her 3 year old daughter, Ayelet HaShachar, her thought process and emotions about each stage of the process and the experience of being one of the first to her freeze eggs in her community.
150. Journeying to Becoming a Solo Mom By Choice with Michelle (Malka) Grunstein
Michelle (Malka) Grunstein, LMFT CATC-IV, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about how she has always known that she wants to be a mother, how she decided that by the time she was 30, if she didn't meet someone, she would take steps to do this by herself and her multiple failed relationships including a broken engagement.
Considering Becoming A Single Mother By Choice
There are so many questions that people ask when considering single motherhood by choice.
Here are a few that we’ve heard over and over from your comments and emails ➡️
I Always Wanted to Be a Mother
Huge thanks to this anonymous follower for bravely sharing her story 🫂🫂🫂
I Could Not Make Peace with not Being a Mother
To all of you out there who are thinking - “This was not the sequencing [of life events] I would have chosen AND I am choosing to take steps into the future I desire.”
We see you. 🫂
Voices From The Community
Sometimes, the hardest part of the journey is sitting with the grief, acknowledging the feelings, and giving yourself space to process. 💔
Especially as an older single navigating decisions like egg freezing or considering becoming a single mother by choice, know that your emotions are valid and processing it all takes time. Don’t push yourself to make a decision quickly. Be gentle as you come to terms with this next stage of your life.
This was not the plan
This was not the plan- said every single mother by choice.
My Story of Adoption As A Single Mom
I was supposed to live a storybook life. Graduate college, get married & start a family. Only, it didn’t happen and suddenly I was in my 40s with a biological time clock ticking so loud I could barely think.
Donor Conception: “It’s Kinda Cool To Be Made From A Donor”
As we’re hearing from more donor-conceived people, we’re sharing an excerpt from a conversation with a 13-year-old daughter of a single mom by choice. Swipe to hear some of her thoughts on being donor-conceived ➡️
Episode 27: Single Mother By Choice with Sara Blum
Sara Blum, joins Aimee Baron, MD to talk about becoming a single mother to her “delicious son”, her entire story, from the years of being single, to freezing her eggs and beyond and deciding to become a single parent without her parents’ support.