Choice Moms: Building Strong Families Together

"Thanks for all the energy you put into creating an open, productive, always-learning environment for us to engage in." -- joan

Not only are single women who proactively choose motherhood growing in number, but we're turning to each other for support, advice and resources in innovative and empowering ways. This new website brings together some of the amazing information and communication tools available to the worldwide Choice Mom community.

What's New on the Choice Chat podcast

NEW Episode 10: What donor-conceived offspring tend to want to know.
Episode 9: Choice Mom Cathi on the ups and downs of conceiving alone.
Episode 8: Lori Gottlieb on settling for Mr. Good Enough.
Episode 7: Dealing with the emotions of fertility treatment.
Episode 6: How to carefully choose a sperm bank.

Check out the blogs:

Thinking: Kim stuggles with the 'to be or not to be a mother' debate.
ChoiceMom: John McCain and his view that every child looking for adoptive parents needs both a mother and a father.
Becoming: Cathi talks about 10 ways she knows she's a new mom.
Being: The debate about settling for Mr. Good Enough continues...and we have an interesting comments field related to the "dad" term.
Trying: Terri talks about her 7th BFN (no conception) and turning 40.
Waiting: Julie wonders if she should share her many IUI disappointments and attempts with family and friends.

Sample Q&A:

Check out the resources particularly useful to the Choice Mom community, such as the Choice Mom Guide to Fertility and the Choice Mom Guide to Adoption

Our simple RSS feeds enable you to sign up for automatic notification of the newest blog entries, podcasts and topics that interest you, whether you are in the Thinking, Trying, Waiting, Becoming or Being stages of Choice Motherhood. If you need help with this, or downloading the podcast, contact our website developer.

As always, welcome to the discussion and the journey.