Solo Parenting, By Choice or By Consequence with Molly Hawkey
01/23/24 • 41 min
For our very first ep, we sit down with the woman who inspired us to get on the mic: Molly Hawkey - actress, comedian, and host extraordinaire of Spermcast.
Molly shares her journey to “solo parenting,” from interviewing comedian friends on why their sperm fits the bill, traveling cross-country pregnant during a global pandemic, to her own podcast audience helping her through very tough times. We promised a rollercoaster, and here it is ... hold on tight!
Join us as we chat about:
- The freedom and challenges of solo parenting
- The joy (and sometimes annoyances) of grandparents
- Sperm, sperm, sperm! Known-donor, anonymous donor, genetic mutations
- IUI, IVF ... all the acronyms
- “Diblings” i.e. donor siblings - yes, it’s a thing.
*Trigger Warning* This episode contains themes of miscarriage and TFMR (termination for medical reasons).
Links:
Listen to Spermcast.
Support Molly's Patreon.
Follow Molly (and her adorable baby) on her IG.
For more surprising and authentic conversations about family-forming, subscribe to Our Families, Ourselves:
Apple Podcasts | Spotify Podcasts | Google Podcasts
Join the conversation and follow us on Instagram:@ourfamiliesourselves
For our very first ep, we sit down with the woman who inspired us to get on the mic: Molly Hawkey - actress, comedian, and host extraordinaire of Spermcast.
Molly shares her journey to “solo parenting,” from interviewing comedian friends on why their sperm fits the bill, traveling cross-country pregnant during a global pandemic, to her own podcast audience helping her through very tough times. We promised a rollercoaster, and here it is ... hold on tight!
Join us as we chat about:
- The freedom and challenges of solo parenting
- The joy (and sometimes annoyances) of grandparents
- Sperm, sperm, sperm! Known-donor, anonymous donor, genetic mutations
- IUI, IVF ... all the acronyms
- “Diblings” i.e. donor siblings - yes, it’s a thing.
*Trigger Warning* This episode contains themes of miscarriage and TFMR (termination for medical reasons).
Links:
Listen to Spermcast.
Support Molly's Patreon.
Follow Molly (and her adorable baby) on her IG.
For more surprising and authentic conversations about family-forming, subscribe to Our Families, Ourselves:
Apple Podcasts | Spotify Podcasts | Google Podcasts
Join the conversation and follow us on Instagram:@ourfamiliesourselves
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