Becoming a Single Parent by Choice: How Gloria Met Emmet

04/08/24 • 16 min

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With a focus on her career and a determination to find the right "other half” for her child, today’s guest shares her journey to being a single parent by choice.

Navigating the stress of her ticking biological clock, Gloria Soler went from realizing that the perfect parenting partner was not yet on her horizon to manifesting her own dreams of parenthood. Gloria went to find the doctor, the right sperm donor, the right treatment, and with a comprehensive employer-sponsored benefit, Gloria met the love she had been searching for all along, her son Emmet.

Tune into Gloria’s journey with Progyny to learn how she navigated her path to parenthood.

Guest: Gloria Soler, Progyny Member

Host: Dan Bulger, Progyny

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With a focus on her career and a determination to find the right "other half” for her child, today’s guest shares her journey to being a single parent by choice.

Tune into Gloria’s journey with Progyny to learn how she navigated her path to parenthood.

Guest: Gloria Soler, Progyny Member

Host: Dan Bulger, Progyny

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