Posted January 4, 2012 at 10:15 AM

NEW SPONSOR: European Sperm Bank USA

filed under: trying, thinking, sperm, sperm bank, , Seattle, sperm donor, insemination, open-identity donor

I've been looking for additional sponsors to help develop Choice Mom resources, and one that has long been interested in working with us is European Sperm Bank USA.

Posted July 27, 2011 at 9:15 AM

Sarah: Opening My Heart to a New Path

filed under: profile, Seattle, lesbian, trying, foster care, adoption

I'm very much looking forward to meeting Sarah at next week's Choice Mom event in Seattle. She's updated me on her journey a few times. And it's a great example of how life can unfold in unpredictable ways. Here is her story.

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Posted June 12, 2011 at 3:20 PM

Danielle: meeting half siblings

filed under: being, ChoiceKids, daddy question, donor offspring, profile, Seattle

I am a Choice Mom of twin girls who are now 6. I did artificial insemination in the U.S. with sperm that could not cross the border into Canada. This is my story of making contact with half siblings.

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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, waiting, becoming, being, Canada, Chicago, doula, healthy living, house, adoption, legal, Minnesota, newborn, organization, parenting, products, regional guides, SanFrancisco, Seattle, , stress relief, Toronto, WashingtonDC, UnitedKingdom

There are 20 major markets where Choice Moms live. There are Choice Moms everywhere, of course, but I'm focusing on 20 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 August 3, 2010 at 4:55 AM

Who visits ChoiceMoms.org, and why?

filed under: NYC, research, Atlanta, Texas, Europe, Minnesota, SanFrancisco, Seattle, WashingtonDC, numbers, UnitedKingdom

Since I've been keeping track of website traffic for two years now, I thought it would be interesting to share information about where we tend to live, what information we tend to look for on the website, and what's been happening since I relaunched the website with its new format in February 2010.

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Posted May 24, 2010 at 12:30 PM

Support from city to city

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

I am happy to report that we have a new option to create five informal coffeeshop gatherings in a few cities in 2011. I'm reinvigorating an inquiry into which cities have women most interested in contact that they're not otherwise getting.

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