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How do you know when you're ready to give up on marriage and have a baby? Ask yourself these 5 questions before you become a single mom.

Find out what it was like when I decided, as a single woman, to have a baby via a sperm donor.

I spent three years deciding whether or not to become a Mother on my own. During that time I worried a lot about how I would tell people that I had gotten knocked up by a sperm donor. The words stalled in my brain. I worried what people would think and what they might say....Read the full article

How do single moms by choice navigate the return to work after maternity leave? Read Mindful Return’s interview with Masha Sapper to find out.

"I remember telling my friends and family that if I wasn’t married or in a serious relationship bound for marriage by the age of 30, I was going to have a baby on my own. They laughed and told me I was crazy. Little did they know, I was completely serious."

I recently "came out" with my pregnancy as a single mother by choice on Facebook, and I was surprised that the most common reaction to my post was "You're a badass!"

Phone background for Single Mom / Mum by Choice There are 6 variations that are included in download file. Sized for iphone *Note: actual download doesn't have the @sweetvalentineSMBC stamp on it :)

In my latest podcast episode, I had a chance to chat with Mel Thompson, a solo motherhood coach who had her three-year-old daughter Daisy via donor sperm. Learn answers to the top questions about solo motherhood in the blog post.

Kids don't necessarily miss the things they've never had - even a dad. It's good for single-moms-by-choice to remember that! Solo Mama Dilemma 101.

A single mother by choice explains her path to motherhood by using a sperm donor to get pregnant, and the joys of raising a child alone.