Solo Parenting, By Choice or By Consequence with Molly Hawkey

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For our very first ep, we sit down with the woman who inspired us to get on the mic: Molly Hawkey - actress, comedian, and host extraordinaire of Spermcast.
Molly shares her journey to “solo parenting,” from interviewing comedian friends on why their sperm fits the bill, traveling cross-country pregnant during a global pandemic, to her own podcast audience helping her through very tough times. We promised a rollercoaster, and here it is … hold on tight!

Join us as we chat about:

• The freedom and challenges of solo parenting
  
• The joy (and sometimes annoyances) of grandparents
  
• Sperm, sperm, sperm! Known-donor, anonymous donor, genetic mutations
  
• IUI, IVF … all the acronyms
  
• “Diblings” i.e. donor siblings - yes, it’s a thing.

*Trigger Warning* This episode contains themes of miscarriage and TFMR (termination for medical reasons).

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