No need for Prince Charming

S3:E8 - Kathryn, Amy and Jackie

The No need for Prince Charming is proudly brought to you by Solo Mum Society
 
Meet Kathryn and her beautiful daughters Amy and Jackie.
Kathryn used an anonymous donor and successfully conceived her first daughter via IUI 21 years ago. In this episode we discuss challenges she faced throughout her daughter’s childhoods and teenage years, how she mastered the juggle, connections with donor siblings and the implications of not being able to get identifying information of the donor.
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S3:E7 - Kristin and Frankie

The No need for Prince Charming is proudly brought to you by Solo Mum Society and City Fertility
 
Meet Kristin and her gorgeous daughter Frankie.
Kristin used a clinic recruited donor and successfully conceived her daughter via IVF. In this episode we discuss overcoming a silent miscarriage, postnatal preeclampsia, how she negotiated life as a new mum and a carer thanks to a shock terminal cancer diagnosis for her father and making connections with the donor and donor siblings.
 
SPONSOR OFFER:
Not only are City Fertility and Rainbow Fertility the proud sponsors of this episode, they are also offering all of my listeners, and new clients to City Fertility, 20% off a range of fertility services and treatment cycles including:
Intra-uterine insemination (IUI)
In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF)
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET)
Sperm freezing
As well as six months complimentary egg, sperm and embryo storage
City Fertility is Australia’s largest IVF group on a global platform with 12 clinics, over 70 consulting locations and over 60 specialists nationwide. They are committed to providing their clients with excellence in fertility care and IVF, cutting edge technology and most importantly, a personalised approach to treatment. To take advantage of this offer quote voucher code “CHARMING CITY20” when you contact City Fertility or Rainbow Fertility.
Contact City Fertility for more information or to make an appointment:
Phone – 1300 354 354
Email – contactus@cityfertility.com.au
SHARE YOUR STORY:
Are you a successful Solo Mum By Choice based in Australia that would like to share your story?
Send me an email at noneedforprincecharming@gmail.com with a little bit about your story and I’ll be in contact to organise.
 
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S3:E6 - Kate and Baby A

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Meet Kate and her gorgeous son.
Kate used a clinic recruited donor and successfully conceived her son via IVF. In this episode we discuss how being a solo mum by choice was always her plan A to have a family, overcoming conception challenges with a difficult cervix, deliberate lifestyle and career changes she made prior to starting treatment, managing ADHD as a new mum and the super supportive special family situation her son has been born into.
 SHARE YOUR STORY:
Are you a successful Solo Mum By Choice based in Australia that would like to share your story?
Send me an email at noneedforprincecharming@gmail.com with a little bit about your story and I’ll be in contact to organise.
 
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S3:E5 - Trudy, Frankie May and Willow Rose

The No need for Prince Charming is proudly brought to you by Solo Mum Society and City Fertility
 
Meet Trudy and her gorgeous twin daughters Frankie May and Willow Rose.
Trudy used a clinic recruited donor and successfully conceived her daughters via IVF. In this episode we discuss overcoming her and her families religious beliefs to become a mother on her own, the importance of a support network, navigating delivering her babies early when she was away from home and the challenges of being a mum of twins on your own.
 
SPONSOR OFFER:
Not only are City Fertility and Rainbow Fertility the proud sponsors of this episode, they are also offering all of my listeners, and new clients to City Fertility, 20% off a range of fertility services and treatment cycles including:
Intra-uterine insemination (IUI)
In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF)
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET)
Sperm freezing
As well as six months complimentary egg, sperm and embryo storage
City Fertility is Australia’s largest IVF group on a global platform with 12 clinics, over 70 consulting locations and over 60 specialists nationwide. They are committed to providing their clients with excellence in fertility care and IVF, cutting edge technology and most importantly, a personalised approach to treatment. To take advantage of this offer quote voucher code “CHARMING CITY20” when you contact City Fertility or Rainbow Fertility.
Contact City Fertility for more information or to make an appointment:
Phone – 1300 354 354
Email – contactus@cityfertility.com.au
SHARE YOUR STORY:
Are you a successful Solo Mum By Choice based in Australia that would like to share your story?
Send me an email at noneedforprincecharming@gmail.com with a little bit about your story and I’ll be in contact to organise.
 
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S3:B1 - Interview with a Doula

The No need for Prince Charming is proudly brought to you by Solo Mum Society.
 
In this special episode I met with Samantha Gunn, a fabulous doula from Sydney.
This episode is perfect for anyone currently pregnant or hoping to be in the future. Even if you aren't currently considering using a doula, Sam shares some excellent advice on not only the birthing process, but the importance of postpartum care and support. She also shares some fabulous solo mum specific advice.
You can learn more about Sam or engage her services if you are in Sydney at https://www.samanthagunndoula.com/ or follow her on instagram @samanthagunndoula
 
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S3:E4 - Katie & Florence

The No need for Prince Charming is proudly brought to you by Solo Mum Society.
 
Meet Katie and her adorable daughter Florence.
Katie used a clinic recruited donor in the NT and successfully conceived her daughter via IVF. In this episode we discuss her thought process to become a SMBC after she was adamant women shouldn’t have children on their own, her conception journey, having a child with no family in the same state, meeting donor siblings and the tips she has learned travelling with a child given they have already been back to the UK four times. There are a few audio challenges with this episode and it’s authentic real solo mum life with Florence joining in from time to time.
SHARE YOUR STORY:
Are you a successful Solo Mum By Choice based in Australia that would like to share your story?
Send me an email at noneedforprincecharming@gmail.com with a little bit about your story and I’ll be in contact to organise.
 
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S3:E3 - Ash & Jed

The No need for Prince Charming is proudly brought to you by Solo Mum Society and City Fertility
 
Meet Ash and her gorgeous son Jed.
Ash used a clinic recruited donor and successfully conceived her son via IUI. In this episode we discuss her conception journey, the importance of a support network, dealing with a health scare with a young child, her considerations for whether or not to expand her family, and planning for the future if the worst was to happen to her.
 
SPONSOR OFFER:
Not only are City Fertility and Rainbow Fertility the proud sponsors of this episode, they are also offering all of my listeners, and new clients to City Fertility, 20% off a range of fertility services and treatment cycles including:
Intra-uterine insemination (IUI)
In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF)
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET)
Sperm freezing
As well as six months complimentary egg, sperm and embryo storage
City Fertility is Australia’s largest IVF group on a global platform with 12 clinics, over 70 consulting locations and over 60 specialists nationwide. They are committed to providing their clients with excellence in fertility care and IVF, cutting edge technology and most importantly, a personalised approach to treatment. To take advantage of this offer quote voucher code “CHARMING CITY20” when you contact City Fertility or Rainbow Fertility.
Contact City Fertility for more information or to make an appointment:
Phone – 1300 354 354
Email – contactus@cityfertility.com.au
SHARE YOUR STORY:
Are you a successful Solo Mum By Choice based in Australia that would like to share your story?
Send me an email at noneedforprincecharming@gmail.com with a little bit about your story and I’ll be in contact to organise.
 
LOVE THE PODCAST:
Show your appreciation and help cover the costs and time associated by shouting me a coffee xx
 
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S3:E2 - Helen & Billie

The No need for Prince Charming is proudly brought to you by Solo Mum Society
 
Meet Helen and her gorgeous daughter Billie.
Helen travelled interstate to use a clinic recruited ID release donor. She successfully conceived her daughter using IVF. Billie was less than 6 months old when we recorded this episode which gives us great insight into the early days of being a solo mum by choice and how Helen is navigating mum life without family who live in the same state or country. in this episode we also discuss some of the challenges of conceiving in Western Australia currently that has a shortage of local donors and how Helen is building her village around her in the absence of family.
SHARE YOUR STORY:
Are you a successful Solo Mum By Choice based in Australia that would like to share your story?
Send me an email at noneedforprincecharming@gmail.com with a little bit about your story and I’ll be in contact to organise.
 
LOVE THE PODCAST:
Show your appreciation and help cover the costs and time associated by shouting me a coffee xx
 
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S3:E1 - Lauren & Daisy

The No need for Prince Charming is proudly brought to you by Solo Mum Society and City Fertility
 
Meet Lauren and her adorable daughter Daisy.
Lauren used a recruited donor and home insemination (AI) to conceive her daughter. In this episode we discuss her consideration process for choosing her donor, life as a solo mum by choice and her decision to keep her journey relatively private until she was successfully pregnant. We also chat about whether she may add another child to her family in future and how she is discovering the solo mum by choice community around her in Perth.
 
SPONSOR OFFER:
Not only are City Fertility and Rainbow Fertility the proud sponsors of this episode, they are also offering all of my listeners, and new clients to City Fertility, 20% off a range of fertility services and treatment cycles including:
Intra-uterine insemination (IUI)
In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF)
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET)
Sperm freezing
As well as six months complimentary egg, sperm and embryo storage
City Fertility is Australia’s largest IVF group on a global platform with 12 clinics, over 70 consulting locations and over 60 specialists nationwide. They are committed to providing their clients with excellence in fertility care and IVF, cutting edge technology and most importantly, a personalised approach to treatment. To take advantage of this offer quote voucher code “CHARMING CITY20” when you contact City Fertility or Rainbow Fertility.
Contact City Fertility for more information or to make an appointment:
Phone – 1300 354 354
Email – contactus@cityfertility.com.au
SHARE YOUR STORY:
Are you a successful Solo Mum By Choice based in Australia that would like to share your story?
Send me an email at noneedforprincecharming@gmail.com with a little bit about your story and I’ll be in contact to organise.
 
LOVE THE PODCAST:
Show your appreciation and help cover the costs and time associated by shouting me a coffee xx
 
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S2:B7 – 2023 wrap up

Another fabulous season of the No need for Prince Charming podcast with another incredible 40 mums who’ve so generously shared their story – thank you!
In this wrap up we hear from some of our previous guests from season 1 and 2 and get updates on life for them since the podcast. If you’re interested in sharing your story in season 3 out in 2024 please reach out.
Have a fabulous summer, binge listen to old episodes and we’ll be back in March xx
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