S5:E26 - Kate & Amelia
She never gave up! Some journeys are long. Kate's is one of the longest we've shared on this podcast — and one of the most quietly remarkable. Kate came to solo motherhood later than she planned, and ...
24 Aug 1h 15min
S5:E25 - Acupuncture and Fertility with Dr Michelle Smith
Acupuncture for IVF & Fertility — What Solo Mums Need to Know | Dr Michelle Smith, Ova Acupuncture Most fertility specialists will tell you to try acupuncture. Very few of them explain why. This week ...
17 Aug 1h 7min
S5:E24 - Kaitlynn & Sully
Nine People, One Tiny Town, and the Boy Who Brought the House Back to Life Kaitlynn was never much of a dater. In her early 20s, her mum — who, as mums do, knew her best — floated the idea of going it...
10 Aug 58min
S5:E23 - Choosing Rose with Beth Sadowsky
Every donor-conceived child from an SMBC will ask it eventually. Mummy, why don't I have a daddy? Most of us lie awake at some point worrying about how to answer it. What words do we use? How much do ...
3 Aug 41min
S5:E22 - Jessica & Teddy - Part 2
She Chose Her Mother's Coffin With Her Newborn in the Next Room A brief note: this episode includes the death of Jessica's mum from cancer during Teddy's first year, and a hospital stay for Teddy shor...
27 Jul 44min
S5:E21 - Jessica & Teddy - Part 1
Ten Years, One Afternoon, and a Donor She Wasn't Supposed to Find That Fast A brief note: this episode touches on Jessica's mum's terminal cancer diagnosis, which arrived while she was starting IVF. N...
20 Jul 43min
S5:E20 - Emma & Franklin - One appointment changed everything
One appointment changed everything Emma never romanticised motherhood. She spent her whole career caring for other people's children — as a live-in nanny, a live-out nanny, and eventually a kinder ass...
13 Jul 1h 2min
S5:E19 - Krisina, Otis & Ari
Two Kids, One Heart Condition, and No Regrets A brief note: this episode mentions a miscarriage between Kristina's two pregnancies. She shares it with grace and without distress, but we wanted you to ...
6 Jul 1h 8min
