Posted March 10, 2012 at 7:00 AM

Looking to co-parent?

filed under: thinking, being, parenting, known donor, media

I recently heard from a documentarian who is looking for women who are looking into -- or using -- a co-parenting arrangement for their child.

Posted March 1, 2012 at 8:40 AM

Casting call in Atlanta/Fort Lauderdale

filed under: Atlanta, media

I heard from a casting agent who is developing a new reality show that is looking for at least one Choice Mom family in the Atlanta/Fort Lauderdale areas. If there is something here that appeals to you as an adventure, please go ahead and contact her directly.

Posted December 26, 2011 at 9:20 AM

TV Show about Thinking/Trying Choice Moms

filed under: media, thinking

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.

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Posted March 21, 2011 at 4:20 PM

Looking for....

filed under: media, SanFrancisco, known donor

I have three requests in my Inbox, two of them quite unusual. Two of them for media-related projects. One related to a known donor for the San Fran area.

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 January 6, 2011 at 7:40 PM

Excellent article on alternative family building

filed under: trying, fertility, egg, thinking, media

This is a wonderful article that takes a fresh look at building family in non-mainstream ways, which originally appeared in The New York Times in January 2010.

Posted June 7, 2010 at 8:25 AM

Notable documentarian tells her story

filed under: ChoiceChat, thinking, media, NYC

At a Choice Mom networking event in 2008, I had the pleasure of meeting Anne Catherine Hundhausen. Since then, she has told her Choice Mom journey in a highly recommended documentary, about the grays of the donor conception process for her. Here's her personal story.

Posted April 29, 2010 at 8:10 AM

Data on Choice Moms

filed under: news, numbers, media

It's been a big week for keeping up with media requests. NOT, as I had expected, because of my recent debate with a father's rights advocate (thanks to ALL of you for adding your voice to the comments on PublicSquare.net that show our rationality), but simply accidental. Thought you might be interested in hearing what I've been repeating this week about who we are.

Posted February 24, 2010 at 11:00 AM

My documentary about the Choice Mom journey

filed under: media, thinking, ChoiceChat, resources, emotions

submitted by Deirdre Fishel
I began filming "Sperm Donor X," a 54-minute documentary, when I was 40 and found myself at a precipice. I wanted to have a biological child, yet doing it alone with donor sperm felt bizarre and terrifying. I had no idea how my story would end and I wanted to find other women facing the same turning point.

Posted February 18, 2010 at 7:45 AM

Documentaries about this Choice

filed under: resources, media

There have been several documentaries made about the Choice Mom lifestyle. Here are clips from a few of them:

Posted February 2, 2010 at 12:00 AM

Single black women adopting

filed under: media, thinking, adoption

I've talked with a few professional single black women who have admitted feeling almost reluctant to take this step because of the long-standing stigma about single black parenting.

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