Curveball - Single Mothers By Choice

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As children, we read stories about romance and living happily ever after. We learn there’s a script to follow: find our passion, our job, meet somebody and create a family. What happens when your life doesn’t follow that script, and you are single and want to have children?
Host, Beth Armstrong guides a conversation between three bold, funny and wise women who speak together anonymously to share their stories of how and why they decided to raise children independently.
Some topics included in this discussion may be triggering or distressing. If you need support, please contact Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636 or Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Topics include:

• younger/geriatric pregnancy
• IVF/surrogacy/ embryo donation/co-parent websites
• international/local/known sperm donors
• Baby loss/miscarriage
• Father’s day
• Age-appropriate explanations for children
• introducing donors
• role models
• single mother by necessity /choice
• blended families
• Dating
• Who will care for the children if something happens to their sole parent
• misconceptions
• gender-specific skills as an outdated concept
• Whether to seek out donor siblings - “diblings.”
• Children’s characteristics similar or different to birth mother
• Advice to others considering becoming a SMC (single mother by choice)

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Sound production: Unison Sound.
Producer: Luke Mynott, Beth Armstrong
Host: Beth Armstrong
Editor: Tom Herdman, Mija Healey.
Sound Engineer: Micayla Laurence, Cihan Siral.
Composer: Biddy Connor
Artwork: wisebrownfox
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