In episode 4 I meet Claire. Solo mum of gorgeous 1 year old Ruby.
Claire and I met at a solo mum meet up and became friends. We spent last Valentines Day together with our kids and some other solo mum friends (in the same pub Max George from The Wanted but that's another story!) We spent most Wednesday evenings together via Zoom during lock down on The Stork and I Solo Mum Calls. I love Claires banter so I knew she'd be a great guest on the podcast. She loves to tell it as it is!
In this episode we discuss:
- Deciding between IUI and IVF
- The pressure of dating when you want a baby
- Sharing the journey with family
- Planning for every eventuality
- Building a support network including overnight sleep support throughout the first 4 months
- An honest account of the elements Claire has found challenging being a solo mum
- Finding a night a month to go out for a bit of a blow out
- Creative dates to fit in with childcare
- Fertility tests and their role in helping to make a decision to start the journey to solo motherhood
- Our views on whether we would have found parenting with a partner any easier than parenting solo
You can follow Claire on Instagram @clairesofield
I hope you enjoy the episode. Mel xx
S7: E3 Solo Parenting with Holly
S7: E2 Solo Parenting with Sarah @singlemammybychoice
S7: E1 Cultural considerations with Jayneel
S6: E10 Inconceivable - the Solo Parent Memoir
S6: E9 Solo parenting abroad with Jess
S6: E8 Solo parenting with Talia
S6: E7 All things Solo Parenting with @Claire_Needs_Coffee
S6: E6 Deciding on the ethnicity of your sperm donor
S6: E5 Solo Parenting Twins When One Has a Complex Heart Condition
S6: E4 Making the decision to use double donation and to have 2 children solo
S6: E3 When the hardest part of the journey isn’t the decision to start
S6: E2 Solo Parent and Doula, Amelie
S6:E1 No Need For Prince Charming
S5; E10 Chatting to donor conceived Skyler who was raised by a solo mum
S5: E9 Being connected to donor siblings families as a baby
S5: E8 Hearing from donor conceived Natasha who was raised by a solo mum
S5: E7 Being donor conceived and using donor conception to conceive
S5: E6 Julianne Boutaleb, Perinatal Psychologist
S5: E5 Finding out you’re donor conceived in your teens
S5: E4 Hearing from the US Donor Conceived Council
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