Having a Baby on Your Own (Part 2): Building Your Fertility Team

Part 2: Choosing a Fertility Specialist:

Q: Should I use my ob/gyn or a fertility doctor?
 
Unlike married couples, who go to fertility specialists after a long period of unprotected sex, the single woman is generally trying to conceive without having tried to get pregnant before.
 
Many women into their early 40s are able to conceive without medical [...]

Having a Baby on Your Own (Part 1): Building Your Fertility Team

When I conceived my daughter at age 36 without a partner, I was blissfully unaware that my eggs might be on the verge of expiring. I simply knew I was emotionally and financially ready to become a mother on my own.
I knew nuthin’ ‘bout birthin’ babies, as the line from “Gone With the Wind” [...]

Single Minded Moms: The Single Mom’s 10 Commandments, Part 2

Before you read this make sure you catch the first five Single Mom Ten Commandments.
So… where were we?
 
6. Thou shalt not date jerks. Ahhhh… those beautiful, heart-breakers we like to call bad boys. Unfortunately, as a single mother, jerks and bad boys aren’t an option. We may fall for them unknowingly but as soon as [...]

Is Becoming a Single Mom the Latest Trend to Hit Hollywood?

In these crazy economic times, middle class single moms who have painstakingly paid their mortgages, car insurance and taxes on time– each month- are now being faced with cleaning up the messes of larger than life- selfish- Wall Street tycoons who shamelessly  squandered more money on a dinner at Cipriani’s than a single mom spends on an [...]

Single Moms We’ve Got The Answers to ALL your Burning Questions…

Each week our single mom columnists and experts (we’ve got two great single dads too) will offer inspiration and support for single moms and prove there’s no hard and fast rules when it comes to parenting  solo.  
 
 
Here is just some of the content we’ve got on tap this week…
 
 
Support: The Single Mom’s 10 Commandments: What every single mom [...]

Single Minded Moms: The Single Mom’s 10 Commandments, Part 1

First let me say that I am incredibly honored to be writing this column for SingleMindedMoms.com. and offer my dating and relationship advice. But before we get into all of that, I thought I would spell out some guiding lights – the things every single mom needs – to succeed in life, as a mother, [...]

Failin’ with Palin: So Much for “Family Values”

Live from Minneapolis! It’s…Not Tina Fey.
And that’s too bad for John McCain, the Republicans’ presumptive (considering what just happened, I use that term lightly) presidential nominee. Now that the word is out that Bristol, the 17-year-old daughter of his Evangelical running mate, Sarah Palin,  is pregnant (make that FIVE MONTHS PREGNANT ???)—I’ll just bet he [...]

Should Single Moms Dish About Their Dates and Other Single Mom Voices Around the Blogosphere

It’s Sunday and that can only mean one thing…time for Single Minded Women’s Weekly Shout Out to the single mommy and daddy bloggers who’ve got us buzzing…
Single Minded Women’s  Trench Coat Single Mama—Ready for Whatever Life Throws at Her , the lovely Jessica Pegis, aka O Solo Mama  talks about whether or not single moms should dish [...]

Single Moms you can get Your Boyfriend’s Kids to Tolerate you…maybe even like you!

This week Single Minded Women’s Family Channel has Dr. Tina, and single moms who are trying to appease their boyfriend’s kids will definitely want to check out her article for a few tips on turning their frowns upside down (or at the very least get them to stop shooting dagger-like glances their way- and maybe illicit more [...]

Ms. Single Mama Asks: Did I Lose My Mr. Good Enough?

Check out this honest post from one of Single Minded Women’s favorite single mom bloggers, Ms. Single Mama as posted on her blog MsSingleMama.com.

I’m a dating single mom. It’s hard. Very hard. The dating part. The single mom part, not so bad. You get used to it. You adapt and pretty soon, you [...]

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