Single Mom Using Anonymous Sperm Donor, & Children’s Author Of Her Own Story - S6 E56

<p>* At 38, I decided that having kids was more important to me than finding a partner.</p> <p>* This started my journey of becoming a single mom by choice, using an anonymous sperm donor</p> <p>* At 40, I gave birth to my daughter!</p> <p>* Now, I am raising my 4-year-old, working full time, writing, and trying to find time for hobbies.</p> <p>* A large part of my focus has been normalizing our mommy &amp; kid family and making sure my daughter knows her origin story</p> <p>IN HER WORDS: </p> <p>I am a web developer at Georgetown University and, as of recently, a children&#39;s author. I wrote my debut picture book, &quot;Sweet Little You&quot;, after struggling to find a picture book that felt authentic to our mommy-plus-donor-conceived-kid family.</p> <p>FIND HER HERE:</p> <p>* Main website:<a href="https://jhalabi.com/"> https://jhalabi.com/</a></p> <p>* Pregnancy blog:<a href="https://jhalabi.com/blog/pregnancy/"> https://jhalabi.com/blog/pregnancy/</a></p> <p>* &quot;Sweet Little You&quot; on GoodReads:<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61153715-sweet-little-you"> https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61153715-sweet-little-you</a></p> <p>* Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/jonihalabi"> https://twitter.com/jonihalabi</a></p> <p>* Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/jonihalabi/"> https://www.instagram.com/jonihalabi/</a></p> <p>BECOMING PARENTS:</p> <p>Sharing stories about infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, labor and delivery, bottle feeding, breastfeeding &amp; relactation, self-care after birth, sex to get pregnant and after kids, birth options, to medicate or not to medicate, adoption, midwife vs hospital, the struggles, surprises, joys and exhaustion, and - holy cow - you’ve become a parent! WHAT NOW?!</p> <p>Jenn Taylor is Mom Of 18 (yes - 18 kids!). She has written the blog - Mom’s Running It since 2011, has been a published author since 2016, and host of the Becoming Parents Podcast since May of 2017. She is an NLP Practitioner, Speaker, and has 15+ years in the foster care secto