Sponsors who provide ongoing insight and financial support to the Choice Mom community

Thanks to our sponsors, Choice Moms LLC is able to produce podcasts, workshops, welcome kits and a wonderful and growing array of online resources.

CHOICE GOLD:
California Cryobank (sperm bank), read this blog post for more

CHOICE SILVER:
Ameriprise, specifically:

Cryogenic Laboratories and Fairfax Cryobank, owned by Genetics & IVF Institute

European Sperm Bank USA

Columbia Fertility Associates (D.C.), read this blog post for more

CHOICE BRONZE sponsors:

Posted September 13, 2010 at 11:40 AM

What Choice Moms are listening to

filed under: podcast, feature, adoption, anonymous donor, becoming, being, commentary, daddy question, dating, emotions, event insights, expert insight, fertility, genetics, growing up without a father, healthy living, home insemination, known donor, legal, miscarriage, money matters, newborn, numbers, parenting, profile, resources, sperm, , stress relief, support network, thinking, trying, waiting, doula, ChoiceChat

Lately I have been hearing from women who would love for me to return to creating new podcasts. I took 2011 off from the work, but hope to return this year with new shows -- and perhaps a webinar series! I currently have 46 shows available, with more than 39,000 downloads. Here's what's available.

Posted January 13, 2012 at 7:50 AM

Pacific Reproductive Services

filed under: trying, sperm, sperm bank, , open-identity donor,

Periodically on the discussion boards, or in individual emails to me, women will ask for information about Pacific Reproductive Services, which is a less well-known sperm bank that was formed in 1984 to help single women and lesbian couples who were facing discrimination in family-building from the medical community.

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Posted February 14, 2011 at 12:25 PM

Happy Valentine's Day gifts to new moms

filed under: , becoming, waiting, ChoiceKids, newborn, parenting, telling and talking, tips

I'm very happy to report that 30 Welcome Kits went out to new Choice Moms last week. This is a special new perk to the Choice Mom community, which includes...

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 January 18, 2011 at 8:45 AM

Welcome Alta Bates IVF to the Choice Mom community

filed under: fertility, trying, SanFrancisco, expert insight, IVF, embryo,

Thanks to some great referrals, San Francisco-based Alta Bates IVF is now part of the Choice Mom family of recommended fertility specialists.

Posted October 27, 2010 at 10:55 AM

Spotlight: California Cryobank

filed under: thinking, trying, sperm, sperm bank, , event insights, insemination, podcast, policy, products, resources, LosAngeles, donor offspring, open-identity donor, anonymous 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, 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 15, 2010 at 6:55 AM

Spotlight: Sepal Reproductive Devices

filed under: home insemination, trying, known donor, , insemination, donor conception, resources, lesbian

At the ASRM convention in 2009 for reproductive medicine specialists, I finally found a company I wanted to work with for our many women pursuing at-home insemination. Since then, Sepal Reproductive Devices has become a primary sponsor of our Choice Chat podcasts.

Posted October 12, 2010 at 10:25 AM

Spotlight: Columbia Fertility Associates

filed under: WashingtonDC, fertility, doctor,

Our two networking events in D.C. featured the excellent advice of Dr. Rani Abbasi, of Columbia Fertility Associates. Here's what she told us.

Posted September 8, 2010 at 2:50 PM

Spotlight: Laurel Fertility Care

filed under: SanFrancisco, fertility, stress, miscarriage, ovulation,

I couldn't offer what I do on this website and at the Choice Mom networking events without the support of sponsors who specifically value the Choice Mom community. I've had the pleasure over the years of working with doctors from many Bay Area clinics. One of the warmest and most accessible of those has been Dr. Collin Smikle, of Laurel Fertility Care.

Posted September 7, 2010 at 12:45 PM

Spotlight: East Coast Fertility

filed under: NYC, , fertility, IVF

I couldn't do what I do on ChoiceMoms.org, and at our networking events, without the support of sponsors who specifically value the Choice Mom community. At the July 2010 New York City event, East Coast Fertility's Dr. Michael Zinger talked with women about their fertility concerns. Here's what he's offered us so far:

Posted August 19, 2010 at 7:05 PM

California Cryobank in the Big Apple

filed under: NYC, sperm, sperm bank, insemination, anonymous donor,

Long-time Choice Mom supporter California Cryobank announced at the New York City event in July 2010 that it was opening a New York branch office in the fall. It will be located across from Grand Central Station, at 369 Lexington. The benefit for Choice Moms is....

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