A woman I have been in communication with over the years is a television producer who is ready to create a show about the Choice Mom journey, starting at the beginning of the process.
Posted December 26, 2011 at 9:20 AM
TV Show about Thinking/Trying Choice Moms
They are looking to shoot some interviews in January with the following three scenarios:
- One woman, aged 37-43, who is single and doing this on her own.
- A lesbian couple.
- A young woman (under the age of 35) who is doing it on her own 'before its too late.'
Any women interested must be in the early stage -- having just made the decision, who are about to start the Trying phase of the journey: Sharing their decision with family and friends, choosing a donor (they are looking right now only for stories involving conception, not adoption), pre-insemination testing. Right now they are looking for parts of a two-day commitment. There is no renumeration involved.
It's not an easy task. They are ultimately looking for women able to be honest about their personal process, and willing to have the crew shoot many aspects of this path. Not only personal interviews, but reactions of family and friends, doctor visits, sperm bank and donor selection process.
You must also be open to sharing the entire process along the way, from Waiting to Becoming a mother. So, obviously it takes a special kind of Choice Mom candidate. But I know you are out there.
Note that though the candidates will be shot now, in this early stage, the show itself would not air for at least a year -- after motherhood. So the stories will not be public until after you are in a very different place than you are now.
Why would I encourage you to think about this, if you are open enough to sharing your story? Because it is definitely time for Choice Motherhood to step out as an option for more women, who need to be made aware of it before it's too late. Some of us regret waiting as long as we did to start. Some of us wish we had known or accepted this idea -- had time to reach this decision -- before fertility challenges became so great in later years.
The only way to get more exposure for this family-building option is to have some of the proud (yet sometimes fearful), not-afraid-of-what-people-think (yet sometimes humbled), open and honest (raw and thoughtful) women who are starting the Choice Mom journey show other women what this decision-making process and path means to them.
Contact me with your brief story if you'd like to be considered for this important step in promoting the Choice Mom journey, and I'll pass it along. Use the comments field below (I won't publish it).
Thank you for considering representing Choice Motherhood!
Mikki
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Posted December 30, 2011 at 1:48 PM by Jahna
This sounds like a great opportunity. Many women of all ethnicities and cultures do need to experience a program like this so that they can realize all of their options for the lifestyle they want.
Personally, I'm moreso of a 'relay experiences via written blog and/or written chat' type of communicator versus a 'relay experiences via television visual' type of communicator. But I hope there are a few bolder women out there whom can help Choice Moms take advantage of the tv program opportunity.