Posted May 24, 2010 at 12:30 PM

Support from city to city

filed under: support, Minnesota, Seattle, Texas, Atlanta, SanFrancisco, NYC, WashingtonDC, Europe, event insights, UnitedKingdom, emotions, feature, resources, regional guides, LosAngeles, Australia, Canada, Chicago, NorthCarolina, Philadelphia, Toronto, Boston, London, Baltimore

There has been a resurgence of interest from women in many parts of the United States, Canada and Europe to find connections with others on the Choice Mom journey. So I'm re-featuring this list of support options to help women find each other.

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Posted March 1, 2012 at 9:20 AM

Chicago Event Details for Sunday, April 1

filed under: Chicago, event insights

Have you registered for our April 1 event in Chicago? Find details and registration here.

Posted October 21, 2011 at 9:00 AM

News from Reproductive Medicine conference

filed under: fertility, event insights, trying, commentary, embryo, donor egg, donor offspring, sperm donor, lesbian, adoption, miscarriage

I just returned from Orlando, where hundreds of specialists in reproductive medicine gathered for their annual convention -- largely focused on helping women get pregnant with up-to-date research and technology. Here is some of what I learned, and people I talked to.

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Posted October 21, 2011 at 8:50 AM

Regional E-Guide for Toronto Choice Moms

filed under: Toronto, fertility, emotions, event insights, parenting, regional guides, support, Canada

I am happy to announce the launch of our regional e-guides -- compilations of resources and expert insight coming out of our Choice Mom Networking Events in particular cities. These e-guides will be of great help to women in those communities -- advice from local Choice Mom-friendly doctors, for example -- and some of the insights will certainly be of value to women everywhere, such as understanding what a doula might do for you.

Posted June 22, 2011 at 8:55 AM

Getting debt-free

filed under: money matters, Toronto, expert insight, event insights

At our recent networking event in Toronto, noted money management expert Gail Vaz-Oxlade offered in the raffle a copy of her book Debt-Free Forever: Take Control of Your Money and Your Life. Here's an excerpt.

Posted May 3, 2011 at 6:30 AM

Q&A: Talking about half-siblings

filed under: halfsiblings, ChoiceKids, insemination, QandA, resources, talking, event insights, being, Texas

A San Francisco Choice Mom wrote to me recently, asking how to address the half-sibling topic with her son. She's been in contact with two lesbian couples on the East Coast who have sons from the same donor.

Posted April 21, 2011 at 8:10 AM

Exploring IVF and Donor Egg

filed under: resources, trying, fertility, Philadelphia, egg, donor, embryo, event insights, insemination, IVF, Baltimore

As we continue our look this month into alternatives to the "traditional" IUI route for Choice Moms, here are some great resources.

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Posted April 18, 2011 at 7:30 AM

Top 5 steps for your estate plan

filed under: Philadelphia, event insights, legal, money matters, tips, checklist

At the Philadelphia Choice Mom networking event, estate planner Laura Stegossi offered these 5 steps to a healthy estate plan.

Posted March 20, 2011 at 7:40 AM

Fresh and Raw Voices: Choice Mom Bloggers

filed under: resources, support, thinking, trying, waiting, becoming, being, ChoiceChat, NorthCarolina, LosAngeles, media, event insights

I'd like to refresh this "blog of blogs" and encourage anyone who is writing about her Choice Mom journey to include a link to it in the Comments field below.

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Posted October 27, 2010 at 10:55 AM

Spotlight: California Cryobank

filed under: trying, thinking, sperm, sperm bank, , event insights, resources, LosAngeles, donor, ChoiceKids

Several years ago I got a call from the long-time co-founder of California Cryobank (CCB), gently and intelligently "checking me out" as an educational partner in his attempt to help his colleagues in the sperm bank industry understand why some policies needed to change. Since then...

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Posted August 19, 2010 at 10:20 AM

Notes from NYC event

filed under: NYC, talking, money, donor, sperm bank, simplify, stress, event insights

I lived in New York City 18 years, so it's always a little odd for me to fly in and out of town for a weekend workshop, as I've done the last two visits. But we do pack a lot of information-sharing and support into these events, and the NYC event held in July 2010 was quite dense with resources. Here is some of what we shared.

Posted August 18, 2010 at 5:00 PM

NYC: Choice Mom Guide

filed under: NYC, regionalguides, emotions, simplify, parenting, fertility, money, sperm, event insights, stress, resources

I am happy to announce that Choice Moms® is launching a growing library of regional resource guides for the Choice Mom community. The first guide is now available, with its ongoing collection of insights and tips offered by experts and single women specifically from the New York City area.

Posted August 17, 2010 at 6:55 PM

Austin: Choice Moms Guide

filed under: Texas, resources, event insights

A new resource for Choice Moms will be regional guides for the cities where we have networked. Here's a work-in-progress for Choice Moms in Austin, based on notes from the networking event we held there in March 2010.

Posted July 24, 2010 at 3:20 AM

Notes from the U.K.

filed under: support, UnitedKingdom, Europe, research, money, event insights, having two

Thanks to the generosity of Choice Mom Emily, I've been able to spend a wonderful 10-day holiday in London with my kids and parents. While here I met in Coram's Field with 14 women, including Moms, Thinkers and Tryers from Belfast, Dublin, Belgium and many others in the United Kingdom. I also met with a large group of Ph.D. students in Cambridge, who were interested in the Choice Mom story.

Posted July 12, 2010 at 9:40 AM

Report from D.C. Event

filed under: WashingtonDC, fertility, event insights, regionalguides, support

I’m on the Amtrak from D.C. to NYC, having finished the first of back-to-back Choice Mom networking events. In D.C. we shared stories, tips and insight about:

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Posted July 12, 2010 at 9:35 AM

How to get to "yes?" to this choice

filed under: event insights, thinking, WashingtonDC, emotions, support

My favorite part of Choice Mom networking events this year is our opening large group discussion, when we talk together from all stages about the issues and concerns we have faced. In the D.C. event, we had several Thinkers who wanted to know how women moved comfortably into the Trying stage. The question being, "How did you get to yes?" In response, Tryers and Moms reported:

Posted July 12, 2010 at 9:30 AM

Tips for building a support network

filed under: support, WashingtonDC, thinking, waiting, becoming, UnitedKingdom, event insights

At the Choice Moms networking event in D.C., Birthing Hands doula Claudia Booker offered many great tips for women about how to build a support network. She reiterated the importance of preparing for this well before the baby arrives. Some of her suggestions:

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