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 8, 2012 at 7:45 AM

Being the "perfect" single mom

filed under: being, parenting, LosAngeles, stress

As the Choice Mom of a 6-year-old boy, noted author and counselor Lori Gottlieb understands that our drive to succeed -- a trait of many Choice Moms -- can also lead to personal meltdowns when we think we are failing our beloved children. She offered this insight...

Posted September 19, 2011 at 6:10 AM

Find a local fertility clinic

filed under: trying, resources, LosAngeles, fertility, donor egg, drugs

Our Choice Mom-friendly fertility clinic in the Los Angeles area, C.A.R.E. Fertility, has created this Fertility Ties resource for helping U.S. women nationwide find a fertility clinic, egg donor agency, fertility pharmacy, and much more in their area.

Posted April 16, 2011 at 8:55 AM

Meet Jessica: an Atlanta coordinator

filed under: Atlanta, ChoiceChat, support, regionalguides, resources, NorthCarolina, Boston, Chicago, UnitedKingdom, LosAngeles, Philadelphia, Texas, Toronto

I met Jessica at our Raleigh event. She had driven in from Atlanta with Cyndi. They met after I let them know both were traveling from the same area, so they made contact, drove together, became friends, and will now co-moderate our new Atlanta conversation board.

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Posted April 15, 2011 at 8:35 AM

Do you understand ovulation?

filed under: fertility, LosAngeles, trying, waiting, insemination, miscarriage, ovulation, pregnancy

We all think we know how our cycle works. Until it's time to time ourselves for the purpose of insemination.

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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 February 20, 2011 at 7:30 AM

L.A.: Jewish Journal article

filed under: media, ChoiceChat, LosAngeles

Here's an article about Choice Motherhood in the Los Angeles-based Jewish Journal. My thanks to the Choice Moms here who volunteered to share their stories.

Posted February 2, 2011 at 7:10 AM

Welcome C.A.R.E. Fertility (Los Angeles)

filed under: LosAngeles, fertility, trying, expert insight, resources, insemination, ovulation,

We have a new fertility team in the Choice Mom network. I'm happy to introduce Dr. Rudy Quintero, who runs his own clinic in the Los Angeles area. His team is starting us off with some tools about ovulation detection.

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 October 18, 2010 at 10:50 AM

Are you in one of our Top 20 markets?

filed under: resources, Atlanta, Texas, Canada, Chicago, Minnesota, regionalguides, SanFrancisco, Seattle, sponsors, Toronto, WashingtonDC, UnitedKingdom, Australia, Baltimore, Boston, Europe, LosAngeles, NorthCarolina, Philadelphia

There are 10 major markets where Choice Moms live. There are Choice Moms everywhere, of course, but I'm focusing on 10 communities where this website gets the most traffic from single women. I'm building resource guides for the cities listed below, with your help.

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Posted October 12, 2010 at 9:00 AM

UPDATED: Our friends in the fertility industry

filed under: fertility, trying, WashingtonDC, SanFrancisco, NYC, doctor, Seattle, NorthCarolina, LosAngeles, Philadelphia, Toronto

Given the large number of questions on the Choice Mom discussion boards about fertility, and the fact that many of us don't realize until late in the game how fragile our fertility is, I couldn't do this topic justice on the website and in our networking events without our Choice Mom fertility experts.

Posted October 6, 2010 at 10:05 AM

Our Top 20 Choice Mom-friendly therapists

filed under: emotions, thinking, resources, support, trying, SanFrancisco, nyc, stress, Minnesota, Philadelphia, LosAngeles, Seattle, Texas, Toronto, Canada, Boston, NorthCarolina

When you are feeling isolated, angry, depressed or confused about the Choice Mom path, the discussion boards have become a good place to vent and share. But sometimes we need someone who not only understands the Thinking to Being stages, but is specifically trained to talk with us about our emotions.

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Posted September 17, 2010 at 12:50 PM

Therapists who understand the Choice Mom journey

filed under: emotions, thinking, trying, resources, stress, support, nyc, sanfrancisco, losangeles, chicago, boston, minnesota, philadelphia, Seattle

These mental health therapists have an interest in working with single women about grief, fertility, adoption, and other aspects of the Choice Mom journey. They have been recommended by Choice Moms.

Posted March 16, 2010 at 1:00 PM

Creative solutions to simplifying life

filed under: support, Minnesota, Seattle, Texas, Atlanta, SanFrancisco, NYC, WashingtonDC, Europe, UnitedKingdom, resources, regionalguides, LosAngeles, Australia, Canada, Chicago, NorthCarolina, Philadelphia, Toronto, Boston, London, Baltimore

At the Austin Choice Moms event we started to talk about ways to simplify, and add flexibility to our work life, so that we can enjoy more time with our kids. How do we do it?