Coming soon to bychoicemom.com
Single mother by choice, from first thought to grown child.
What the research says, and stories from the moms who have done it. The full site is on its way. The writing has already started on Substack.
Get an email when the site opens. One note at launch. No spam.
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What the site will hold.
Guides by life stage
From the first "could I?" to the identity question at 18.
Each stage gets the questions that come up then, and what is known about each one.
ThinkingTryingPregnantBabyKidsTeens
Research you can check
Every claim labeled by how strong the evidence is.
So you can tell a long-term study from one person's story at a glance.
Stories from moms
Real accounts from women who did it.
Published with their consent, never with a child's name, next to what donor-conceived adults say.
Reading now on Substack
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The first guides are free on Substack while the site is built.
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A note from Mallyce
I'm a single mother by choice, too.
Long before this site, I was keeping spreadsheets of books, podcasts and articles and passing them to other single moms by choice. By Choice Mom is that list, grown up and checked against the research.