A Connecticut native who now calls Massachusetts home, Alison is a second-grade teacher and solo parent of one. Alison walks us along her path to becoming a single mother by choice, recurrent pregnancy losses, the grief of not being able to give her son a sibling, and coping with the range of emotions associated with knowing this was not how she had ever envisioned growing her family. Alison also opens up about the reality of parenting without a partner and her struggle with feeling like she has to do it all, while emphasizing the importance of a supportive community throughout the whole journey.
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
Single mother by choice, single parent, fertility treatment, donor conception, donor sperm, IUI, IVF, ICSI, genetic testing, PGT testing, insurance coverage, insurance appeal, therapy, chemical pregnancy, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, D&C, grief, anger, recurrent pregnancy loss, RPL, pregnancy loss leave, pregnancy after loss, trying for another, blighted ovum, one and not longer trying for another, solo parenting
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