What does it take to pursue motherhood when the path isn’t always easy—and the people you hoped would support you don’t necessarily understand your decision?
In this episode of Who’s the Daddy? w/ Alexandra K., I sit down with Maree, a 33-year-old Single Mom By Choice from Boston, who shares her journey to becoming a mother to her daughter.
Maree’s journey began with a search for community. Specifically, she wanted to find other Black women who had chosen to become mothers on their own. After discovering my content on social media, she found a community that helped her see what was possible and gave her the encouragement to begin her own journey.
We discuss how she accessed fertility benefits through a part-time job at Tractor Supply, navigated PCOS and IVF, selected a sperm donor, and worked with CCRM. She also shares her embryo results: 25 eggs retrieved and seven PGT-normal embryos.
But getting pregnant was only one part of her journey. Maree opens up about difficult family reactions, including her father’s decision to cut off contact after referring to her daughter as a “science experiment.” She also shares her experience with severe preeclampsia, an emergency C-section at just 29 weeks, and the challenges of recovering from surgery while her newborn daughter spent an extended period in the NICU.
We also get into the realities of donor conception, sperm bank costs and buybacks, searching for donor siblings, dating as a solo mom, and how she plans to talk with her daughter about her donor-conceived origins.
This is an honest conversation about representation, resilience, family, and choosing motherhood on your own terms.
In This Episode, We Discuss:
• Finding the Single Mom By Choice community and the importance of representation for Black women.
• How social media helped Maree discover solo motherhood.
• Accessing Progyny fertility benefits through a part-time job at Tractor Supply.
• Navigating PCOS, IVF, and choosing CCRM as her fertility clinic.
• Sperm donor selection and the realities of sperm bank costs and buybacks.
• Her IVF results: 25 eggs retrieved and seven PGT-normal embryos.
• Navigating family rejection and her father’s reaction to her decision.
• Severe preeclampsia and an emergency C-section at 29 weeks.
• Recovering from a C-section while her newborn daughter spent weeks in the NICU.
• Searching for donor siblings and navigating donor conception.
• Dating as a Single Mom By Choice.
• Talking to her daughter about being donor conceived.
• What she wishes she had known before beginning her journey.
• Answering the question: “Who’s the daddy?”
About Who’s the Daddy? w/ Alexandra K.
Who’s the Daddy? w/ Alexandra K. is the podcast where we discuss all things Single Mom By Choice. Through honest conversations and personal stories, we explore solo motherhood, IVF, sperm donors, donor conception, and the many ways women are choosing to build their families.
Our goal is to share stories that create representation, foster community, and remind women that they aren’t alone in their journey.
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Instagram: @_itsjustmaree
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And remember, keep discovering and choosing the life that’s best for you!
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