Single Mom by Choice via Sperm Donor w/ Julia Karol

Mama Knows

Cloud10

Parenting, Kids & Family

5.0 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In this episode we discuss: How did you decide it was time to become a solo mom by choice? How did you tell your friends/family and how did they perceive it? Tell us a little bit about navigating the donor conception industry. share with us the alternative family structures and what you’ve learned from them? You’re also a working mom. How is life as a solo mom? mentally/financially A little more about Julia: She is building her family – her way! After an unexpected breakup with the partner she thought she would start a family with, Julia took her future into her own hands. She began exploring her options for motherhood and ultimately made the decision to embark on a fertility journey to become a solo parent while recording the first season of her podcast, Stork’d. Stork’d is not only a sounding board for diverse voices, but has unfolded as Julia’s audio diary – documenting her journey from decision to treatment, pregnancy to birth, and now follows her journey as a solo mom to her son. Julia continues to open up honest, funny, raw, and especially healing conversations looking at what creating a family really means and how it might show up differently than expected. She seeks to explore all the aspects and beautifully unique definitions of family with her community, firmly believing that you get to define your family in whatever way you want. Empowering parents of all different walks or those seeking, Julia says, "there will always be hardships in life, but you have the power to choose your hard, so do so with conviction." InstagramPodcastWebsite________________________________________________________________Did you love this episode? BUY ME A COFFEE for support!Find me on Instagram@balkanina@mamaknowspodcastFind me on TikTokBalkaninaSubscribe to my NewsletterPrivate Facebook Motherhood-Podcast CommunityMama Knows FBDisclaimer: This podcast does not provide any medical advice, it is for informational purposes only! ______________________________Did you love this episode? BUY ME A COFFEE for support!Find me on Instagram@balkanina@mamaknowspodcastFind me on TikTokBalkaninaSubscribe to my NewsletterPrivate Facebook Motherhood-Podcast CommunityMama Knows FBDisclaimer: This podcast does not provide any medical advice, it is for informational purposes only! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys you're listening to m Knows Podcast with your host
0:13.4	Nina Kavagiola aka Balconina.
0:19.6	Join in weekly as she walks alongside you to navigate topics around motherhood, mental health, self-love, and relationships.
0:27.0	The good, bad, and funny.
0:29.0	I bet everyone here has at least one friend that is in her 30s and single and just like wants to settle down but is unable to because dating sucks and she's considered like a family like how do you have a family when you don't have the male portion of that right And there are so many alternative family structures, and I'm still learning about all of them. So I'm really excited to talk to Julia Carroll today. She is the host of Storked Podcast and she's just a regular old mom just like the
1:07.1	rest of us but she's a solo mom by choice and we dive in deep.
1:13.0	Like we're getting personal in this episode.
1:14.9	Julie and I are talking about why she decided
1:18.0	to go the sperm donor route, how she knew she was ready
1:21.9	to have a baby on her own without a partner to help her,
1:26.7	and so much more.
1:27.7	We're going to learn about sperm donation, we're going to learn about egg retrieval, you
1:32.3	name it, this episode is packed, and especially if you're a single lady who wants a family or if you're just in a different family structure that's not your traditional family I
1:44.9	think this episode will resonate.
1:47.0	Hi Julie I'm so excited to talk to you about this topic. I know nothing about it.
1:54.2	Actually, I don't know anyone that has conceived a baby on their own.
2:00.1	Like, so what is it called again? You have, there's a term for it. Yeah there's two terms are you can either call them solo moms by choice or single moms by choice. I prefer solo, but I'm they're sort of interchangeable kind of yeah yeah so I'm really
2:16.7	excited to hear more about this because there are more and more women out there I
2:21.2	have friends who are literally like in their mid 30s and are
2:24.0	single and are just they want kids. So I'm so excited. Do you want to tell us a
2:29.8	little bit about you and tell us a little bit about yourself first and then I want to hear your story
2:34.3	on how you decided it was time to become a solo mom.
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