Who is a Single Mother By Choice (SMC)
A SMC is someone who feels they have a lot to give a child and has the emotional and financial resources to support a family. She is someone who is starting out as or will be, the child’s sole parent. Typically someone in the 30’s or 40’s who wants to have a child before its “too late.” Many go to doctors for donor insemination or adopt, and others became pregnant and make the decision to raise them.
In this case, I have begun my journey with Shady Grove Fertility Clinic. I spent months debating if this was right for me. Overcoming the thoughts of what would others think and what would I say to my child. I attended seminars, read blogs, joined a Facebook group, and spoke to women who had already made this decision. But ultimately it was one of my students questioning why I wasn’t a mom already that really convinced me to move forward!
Want to learn more: try https://www.singlemothersbychoice.org/, SMC Facebook groups, Single Mothers By Choice book by Jane Mattes https://amzn.to/3rYC9m9, https://www.liveabout.com/becoming-a-single-mother-by-choice-2998103.