The Single Greatest Choice: For Single Women Exploring Solo Motherhood by Choice (SMBC), Fertility, and Having a Baby on Their Own Through Donor Conception or Adoption

Holly and Katie describe an unbelievable discovery on the path to solo motherhood. You don't want to miss this story! 👩‍👧‍👦The Single Greatest Choice is here to support you in every stage of your SMBC journey through  1:1 coaching, community groups, the SGC Village membership community, and retreats and SMBC family trips. Reach out to Katie over at katie@singlegreatestchoice.com

Katie has a conversation with another SMC who shares her donor. That's right, our kids are biological half siblings! Connecting with donor sibling families has been a highlight on the SMC path. This conversation will give you an idea of why!👩‍👧‍👦The Single Greatest Choice is here to support you in every stage of your SMBC journey through  1:1 coaching, community groups, the SGC Village membersh...

👩‍👧‍👦The Single Greatest Choice is here to support you in every stage of your SMBC journey through  1:1 coaching, community groups, the SGC Village membership community, and retreats and SMBC family trips. Reach out to Katie over at katie@singlegreatestchoice.com

👩‍👧‍👦The Single Greatest Choice is here to support you in every stage of your SMBC journey through  1:1 coaching, community groups, the SGC Village membership community, and retreats and SMBC family trips. Reach out to Katie over at katie@singlegreatestchoice.com

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👩‍👧‍👦The Single Greatest Choice is here to support you in every stage of your SMBC journey through  1:1 coaching, community groups, the SGC Village membership community, and retreats and SMBC family trips. Reach out to Katie over at katie@singlegreatestchoice.com

In this episode, I mention a few courses I am working through in my final weeks of pregnancy.  Here are links in case you are interested: The Real Deal Childbirth Education (local to Austin, but currently online via Zoom) The Positive Birth Company Hypnobirthing Digital Pack Better Birth Stories Online Hypnobirthing Course Austin Born Infant CPR + Choking + Safety Course (online, on demand) Taking...

Talitha is a successful, single woman in her 30s who has always known she wanted to be a mom. She took proactive steps in her early thirties to preserve her fertility, but now that she’s into her mid-thirties, she’s questioning what’s next. Should she freeze more eggs? Maybe embryos? Keep searching for that partner and a more traditional route to motherhood, or start considering doing it on her ow...

Lindsay shares her story of choosing to pursue solo motherhood through the foster-to-adopt system in the Los Angeles area. Listen as she shares the ins and outs of the process, as well as her own thoughts and feelings about marriage, dating, solo parenting and more. Lindsay shares great tips and advice for anyone considering solo parenthood, whether through pregnancy, fostering or adoption. I know...

This week’s guest is Whitney Bischoff Angel, and egg freezing nurse specialist at Ova Egg Freezing in Chicago.  Fertility preservation is her career path, but it is also quite personal.  Whitney chose to freeze her own eggs back in 2013, and she used her experience on the reality TV series The Bachelor as a platform to bring awareness to issues of women’s reproductive health and fertility.  In thi...

This week I had the opportunity to talk with Maggie, who learned she has a gene mutation that put her at significantly higher risk for both breast and ovarian cancer. So on top of dealing with the ticking of the biological clock that we all hear to a certain extent, Maggie had even more pressing biological matters to address on her path to motherhood. To me, Maggie’s story stands out because these...

Heather is a single mom by chance to a preteen boy and a single mom by choice to a baby girl. In this episode, she shares the differences in those two experiences, as well as the joys and struggles of parenting solo. Heather is positive and real about her unconventional path to motherhood. You can find her on Instagram @momversuswild, and watch out for her forthcoming blog www.momversuswild.com, w...

Today I am doing something I've never done before and sharing an episode of another podcast with you. Kristy Katzmann, host of The Life Unscripted Podcast, generously invited me to be a guest on her new show. Together, we recap my journey to solo motherhood including going on over 50 first dates in order to meet my partner before deciding to embark on becoming a single mother by choice. Whether yo...

Nora DeBora is a Preconception Health Coach, Holistic Nutritionist and Yoga Instructor who helps women prepare their bodies for pregnancy and have a healthy baby after age 30. Nora’s connection to the topics we discuss on the show is both personal and professional.  While her signature coaching program, Holistic Pregnancy Prep, teaches women to naturally achieve their best health before pregnancy...

Dr. Traci is a black, immigrant, queer single mother by choice, who came to the decision to parent alone after surviving an infertility diagnosis and pregnancy loss. She was born and raised in Trinidad & Tobago, where most of her family still lives. After moving to the United States for college and later, grad school, she’s made a life here as a psychologist who specializes in child, adolescent, a...

Molly Hawkey is an actor, writer, comedian and host of the podcast SpermCast. In this episode, Katie and Molly talk about the decision to become single mothers by choice, our processes to become pregnant, and what it's been like to go through this experience publicly as podcast hosts. Molly is hilarious and open and has taught the SMC community so much about fertility and conception, miscarriage a...

Kristy Katzmann is most recently the star of Fox's new reality show, Labor of Love, which highlights the journey of a woman who "has it all," except one thing... a family of her own. At 40 and single, Kristy began actively researching and planning to pursue motherhood on her own when the opportunity to be cast on a show (that was quite literally her life) crossed her path. She said "yes" in a last...

Follow Katie on Instagram for the pictures from this episode. New Group: www.facebook.com/groups/singlegreatestchoice 👩‍👧‍👦The Single Greatest Choice is here to support you in every stage of your SMBC journey through  1:1 coaching , community groups , the SGC Village membership community , and retreats and SMBC family trips . Reach out to Katie over at katie@singlegreatestchoice.com

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You can find Dr. Crawford at: Instagram @nataliecrawfordmd TikTok @nataliecrawfordmd YouTube - Natalie Crawford, MD https://www.nataliecrawfordmd.com/ As a Woman Podcast 👩‍👧‍👦The Single Greatest Choice is here to support you in every stage of your SMBC journey through  1:1 coaching , community groups , the SGC Village membership community , and retreats and SMBC family trips . Reach out to...

In this  episode, you'll hear about: how Mecca was blindsided by premature diminished ovarian reserve at age 36 choosing to create embryos with donor sperm for fertility preservation the importance of talking with a reproductive psychologist as part of your fertility treatment what to consider when choosing a donor how race considerations can impact donor selection going through round after round...

In this episode, Katie referenced: The Life Coach School Podcast with Brooke Castillo The Work of Byron Katie Christine Hassler Self Compassion with Dr. Kristin Neff To learn more about working with me as your coach, visit www.singlegreatestchoice.com/coaching . I'd love to work with you! 👩‍👧‍👦The Single Greatest Choice is here to support you in every stage of your SMBC journey through  1:...

After the unexpected death of her husband, Shelle became a life and grief coach to support other women through loss. She also became a solo mom via donor conception. Join us as we talk about grief, donor selection, pregnancy, coaching, and much more. You can learn more about Shelle's coaching at www.shellelynncoaching.com and find her on Instagram @shellelynncoaching. 👩‍👧‍👦The Single Greatest C...

Jess & Lauren and two friends living in South Florida. After years of navigating the dating world and concluding that "all the men were shit", the two friends decided to go to a sperm bank and create babies on the own. Now the friends each have a daughter and they are building houses next door to each other...sounds like a dream come true! You can find out more about Jess and Lauren's story on Ins...

In this episode, you will learn about: the importance of “building your village" how to create your “4th trimester” postpartum nesting plan preparing for the “5th trimester” as you reenter work and social life Kallista’s connection to the Single Greatest Choice community as an egg donor Katie and Kallista “rebrand” SMCs as “single mothers by intention” You can learn more about Kallista and her wor...