Faith Over Fear: Choosing Motherhood Solo with Kellee Stewart

The Mama's Den

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4.9 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

This week in The Mama’s Den, actress, storyteller, and new mama Kellee Stewart joins us for a deeply honest conversation about faith, timing, motherhood, and trusting your own path. After a seven-year relationship ended in her 30s, Kellee made the powerful decision to freeze her eggs — a choice that would shape her future in ways she never expected. Thirteen years later, through what she describes as a divine nudge delivered through her mother, she embraced motherhood on her own terms - at 50 years old - and is now navigating life as a newborn mom. We talk about heartbreak, hope, egg freezing as an option every woman deserves to understand, and the beauty of building a family in a way that feels right for you. It’s vulnerable, inspiring, faith-filled, and full of the real talk you expect from The Mama’s Den. Keep up with Kellee Stewart on IG: @kstew222 The Mamas are building our community and ways to keep in touch with you. Share your email address here: https://tinyurl.com/MamasDen Make sure you connect with our Mamas on IG: @themamasdenpodcast Ashley - @watermeloneggrolls Codie - @codieco Melanie - @melaniefiona

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0:00.0	I froze my eggs over 13 years ago.
0:03.4	And I was in a seven-year relationship and that ended without marriage, without a ring.
0:09.0	And basically, I wasted my own time.
0:11.6	And I always say I gave away my best baby-making years to the wrong man, to the wrong relationship.
0:17.3	And when I was 37, I froze my eggs with the help of my mom.
0:21.3	What's up, y'all? It's Ashley. I'm Melanie. And I'm Cody. And this is the Mama's Den.
0:26.6	Where motherhood needs real talk. We talk about life, love, and all the stuff we're not supposed to
0:31.4	say out loud, even though we'd be thinking it. Whether you're raising kids or a part of the village,
0:35.7	this is a space for you. Let's get into it. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Mama's Den podcast. How did I end up singing every week? I don't know, girl, but you do it. Melanie? You got it, you got it. You got it. You got it. You got it. Melanie only sings when she's paid, sorry.
0:55.0	Okay, I can do all things because my sister's hype me up, okay?
1:00.0	Mama's Den Village.
1:02.0	I am Cody, Elaine Oliver, Mama to three boys, Brooks, Aristotle, and Langston.
1:09.0	Lengston and Aristotle are twins, by the way.
1:12.6	I am Ashley Chia, mama took four daughters, Amira, who is about to be 17.
1:21.1	I know.
1:22.5	Wow.
1:23.6	In about a month.
1:25.2	It's very insane.
1:26.4	That is great.
1:26.8	Asa, who is nine. Asia is seven, and Italia is four.
1:33.1	I'm Melanie, Fiona, and if I love you, I sing for no money.
1:37.7	Yeah.
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