No need for Prince Charming
The podcast for all Australian women considering, creating or conquering life as a solo mum by choice (SMBC)
Episodes
Most of the stories on this podcast start at the beginning. This one starts seven years down the track — and it's one of the most valuable perspectives we have.
Renee made her first appointment at 37, after a colleague finally said the quiet part loud and told her to...
Ashleigh's story is one of those ones that will genuinely reassure anyone who is at the very beginning of this journey and quietly terrified about how long it might take.
She was 33 when a friend planted the seed about egg freezin...
Nearly half of first-time mums in Australia will have their labour induced. Most of them have no idea what that actually involves until they're in the middle of it.
This episode is here to change that.
When Maree came on to record, she had just had her very first IUI. She was 35, freshly into treatment, overwhelmed by the scan schedule, quietly terrified, and moving back in with her parents to make it financially possible. We recorded Part 1 that day.
Then we waited.
Trigger warning: This episode discusses perinatal loss, pregnancy after loss, premature birth.
Some stories hold grief and joy in the same hands. Gemma's is one of them.
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Trigger warning: This episode discusses premature birth, NICU and neonatal medical procedures.
Missed Part 1? Start with S5:E11 — Luce's IVF journey, multiple losses, and the night her membranes ruptured at 22 weeks.
Trigger warning: this episode discusses pregnancy loss and premature birth.
This is a two-part episode. Part 1 ends at the birth. Part 2 — the NICU journey and life now — drops next week.
Why Making the Decision is the Hardest Part — with Carrie Meckler
This is a different kind of episode.
No birth story. No IVF timeline. No newborn update. Just a conversation about the s...
Michelle always knew she wanted to be a mum. What she didn't know was that the path to getting there would involve a two and a half year wait just to choose a donor.
She made her first appointment at Fertility Associates...
Most women who come to solo motherhood have a moment — a relationship that ended, a birthday that passed, a realisation that waiting wasn't working. Nicola never had that moment. She just always knew.
From the time...
⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of miscarriage, fertility challenges, and medical complications during pregnancy.
Season 5 continues with Nelly’s story — one of resilience, persistence, and navigating an incredibly complex path to motherhood.
Nelly didn’t grow up assuming she would have children. With a history of renal failur...
Season 5 continues with Megan’s story — and her journey to becoming a solo mum by choice.
In this episode, Megan shares how she approached this decision step by step instead of focusing on the end result, and how that made the process feel more manageable.
In this episode, she talks about:
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Listening to other solo mums and how that helped her fe...
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussion of pregnancy complications, pregnancy loss, premature birth, and NICU. Please listen with care and skip this episode if now is not the right time for you.
Season 5 continues with Jane’s story — and this is a story that will stay with you.
Jane always knew she wanted to be a mum,...
Season 5 continues with Hayley’s story — one that will resonate with so many women sitting in the “I know I want a baby… but when?” stage.
Hayley didn’t wake up one day suddenly certain. Instead, her journey was gradual. Thoughtful. Honest.
In this episode, she shares:
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When she realised motherhood wasn’t so...
Rhiannon didn’t spend years planning to become a solo mum. In fact, for most of her twenties she wasn’t even sure she wanted children at all.
Then one night she had a vivid dream about a baby girl named Beatrix — and the feeling never left. At 29, she decided to pursue motherhood on her own terms, travelling to the United States for IVF an...
Carly always knew motherhood was non-negotiable. Marriage? Optional. A partner? Nice, but not essential. But children? Absolutely.
After a serious car accident in 2020 forced her to stop and re-evaluate everything, Carly realised she couldn’t keep waiting for “someday.” What followed was a journey through public hospital waitlists, donor shortages,...
Season 5 begins with one of the most raw and honest conversations yet.
In this first episode of the new season, Alisha sits down with Bec, who never imagined becoming a solo mum — until fertility timelines, life circumstances, and a quiet realisation changed everything.
Bec shares how a routine fertility check planted the seed that ultim...
TRIGGER WARNING - This episode of the podcast discusses baby loss.
Laura never expected to walk the path of solo motherhood. After the heartbreaking loss of her daughter Emilia due to a chromosomal abnormality, she found herself navigating grief, timelines, donor selection and the pressure of changing legislation around donor sperm.
In this e...
Kristi didn’t follow a traditional path to motherhood. After rebuilding her mental health and reaching 40, believing she had missed her window, she eventually found the courage — and the right medical support team — to pursue solo motherhood.
In this powerful and vulnerable episode, Kristi shares her experience with depres...
If you’ve ever wondered which books are the best tools to help your donor-conceived child understand their story, this episode is a goldmine. Alisha is joined by Meike and Fiona from DCP Hub, two solo mums by choice who have built a powerful resource for families navigating donor conception.
Together they share their favourite book...
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