About this podcast
Sharing stories of Australian women who have become mothers on their own using donor conception (Solo Mum By Choice - SMBC). Empowering and inspiring all women to rewrite the fairytale and create their own happily ever after.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 200 episodes
- S5:E35 - Danielle & Summer · 50 min · Season 5 Episode 35Danielle spent a year travelling solo around Australia in a campervan — her “year of summer” — using the time and the open road to work out whether she was ready to become a solo…
- S5:E34 | Surrogacy in Australia for Solo Mums — with Sarah Jefford, Family Creation Lawyer · 50 min · Season 5 Episode 34Surrogacy is legal in Australia. Most people don’t know that. This week I’m joined by Sarah Jefford — family creation lawyer, egg donor, and surrogate — who has spent the last…
- S5:E33 - Merry, Sullivan & Sinclair · 1 h 1 min · Season 5 Episode 33She does both, and solo is easier. Merryn grew up thinking life would look a certain way. Her parents together, her aunties and uncles together, everyone partnered, everyone…
- S5:E32 - Sam & Bubba · 39 min · Season 5 Episode 32She always knew Sam walked into a fertility clinic at 24 with her friend as her fake partner, because she assumed single women weren't allowed to do this alone. When the…
- S5:E31 - Fertility Counselling & Donor Conception — What Solo Mums Actually Need to Know · 59 min · Season 5 Episode 31Every woman going through donor conception at a fertility clinic in Australia is required to attend implications counselling. And almost every one of them turns up expecting to…
- S5:E30 - Claire & August · 51 min · Season 5 Episode 30The Plan Always Had a Next Step Claire always knew she'd be a mum. She told her mum at 18 that if she didn't find someone, she'd do it on her own. Her mum said she wouldn't need…
- S5-E29 - Brooke & Mia · 1 h 4 min · Season 5 Episode 29The wake up call Brooke spent most of her 30s in a relationship with a man who already had a child and didn't want more. She told herself she was okay with that. She spent 10…
- S5:E28 - Alex, A & Ollie · 1 h 22 min · Season 5 Episode 28From the Very First Try to Six Months In Some women come to this decision with a clear plan. Alex came with a deadline: if I'm still single at 30, I'm doing it on my own. She hit…
- S5:E27 - Alisha & Alexandra - part 2 · 1 h 2 min · Season 5 Episode 27Four and a Half Years Later — Alisha's Update A note: this episode mentions the loss of Alisha's son Jeremy, who was stillborn 12 years ago today. She shares it with gratitude…
- S5:E26 - Kate & Amelia · 1 h 15 min · Season 5 Episode 26She never gave up! Some journeys are long. Kate's is one of the longest we've shared on this podcast — and one of the most quietly remarkable. Kate came to solo motherhood later…
- S5:E25 - Acupuncture and Fertility with Dr Michelle Smith · 1 h 7 min · Season 5 Episode 25Acupuncture for IVF & Fertility — What Solo Mums Need to Know | Dr Michelle Smith, Ova Acupuncture Most fertility specialists will tell you to try acupuncture. Very few of them…
- S5:E24 - Kaitlynn & Sully · 58 min · Season 5 Episode 24Nine People, One Tiny Town, and the Boy Who Brought the House Back to Life Kaitlynn was never much of a dater. In her early 20s, her mum — who, as mums do, knew her best —…
- S5:E23 - Choosing Rose with Beth Sadowsky · 41 min · Season 5 Episode 23Every donor-conceived child from an SMBC will ask it eventually. Mummy, why don't I have a daddy? Most of us lie awake at some point worrying about how to answer it. What words…
- S5:E22 - Jessica & Teddy - Part 2 · 45 min · Season 5 Episode 22She Chose Her Mother's Coffin With Her Newborn in the Next Room A brief note: this episode includes the death of Jessica's mum from cancer during Teddy's first year, and a…
- S5:E21 - Jessica & Teddy - Part 1 · 43 min · Season 5 Episode 21Ten Years, One Afternoon, and a Donor She Wasn't Supposed to Find That Fast A brief note: this episode touches on Jessica's mum's terminal cancer diagnosis, which arrived while…
- S5:E20 - Emma & Franklin - One appointment changed everything · 1 h 2 min · Season 5 Episode 20One appointment changed everything Emma never romanticised motherhood. She spent her whole career caring for other people's children — as a live-in nanny, a live-out nanny, and…
- S5:E19 - Krisina, Otis & Ari · 1 h 8 min · Season 5 Episode 19Two Kids, One Heart Condition, and No Regrets A brief note: this episode mentions a miscarriage between Kristina's two pregnancies. She shares it with grace and without distress…
- S5:E18 - Lindsay & Aric · 1 h 12 min · Season 5 Episode 18First Try, Water Birth & Teaching Full Time Lindsay is the kind of person who, when she decides something is happening, makes it happen. She promised herself at 27 — the day she…
- S5:E17 - Renee & Aria - 7 years in · 1 h 16 min · Season 5 Episode 17Most of the stories on this podcast start at the beginning. This one starts seven years down the track — and it's one of the most valuable perspectives we have. Renee made her…
- S5:E16 - Ashleigh & Z - Eight Months from Egg Freezing to Pregnant · 39 min · Season 5 Episode 16Eight Months from Egg Freezing to Pregnant Ashleigh's story is one of those ones that will genuinely reassure anyone who is at the very beginning of this journey and quietly…
