We're back!! We took a break for a couple months to plan new content for season two and in this first episode, we are catching everyone up on how things have been going for us. The topics in this episode include home buying, childcare post pandemic, dating, and what happens now that the world is opening up. We've missed ya'll and hope you tune in to hear about some of the exciting topics in store for this season of the Mocha Single Mothers by Choice podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
Aisha, former co-host of the Mocha Single Mothers by Choice (SMCs) podcast, is launching Start to Finish Motherhood, a podcast for those thinking or already Single Mothers by Choice, just looking for practical advice for navigating life's relationships. When you decide to have children on your own, it doesn't mean that you're completely alone. Aisha is partnering with you every step of your journey. Start to Finish Motherhood website: Start to Finish Motherhood Connect with me: Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@starttofinishmotherhood0 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarttoFinishMotherhood Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starttofinishmotherhood Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/starttofinishmotherhood YouTube: https://youtube.com/@starttofinishmotherhood --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
As Single Mothers by Choice we get to make many of the decisions for our children, up to a certain point. At the point when their personalities and their individual needs emerge many of us learn that the one size fits all approach that we grew up with will not work with our children. We’ve had to adjust parenting styles and even to our support village so that we can safely and consistently parent the child in front of us. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
In this episode, the Mocha SMCs answer questions such as: should I move to be closer to my family, how do I start planning for a will, and what should I put on my child's birth certificate. They also get real about whether you can work and be home full time with your child. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
In this episode of the Mocha Single Mothers by Choice, the Mocha SMCs discuss DNA discovery, relationships with donor siblings, and how to talk about your conception story with your children and others in your life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
In this episode, the Mocha SMCs debrief what they heard in the twins episode - spending time discussing the realities of high risk pregnancies, childcare cost, and always making decisions thinking about how your future child might feel about the decision you are about to make. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
In this episode, Aisha and Hera welcome two special guests (twin Moms Toja and Carla). Toja is a Mocha SMC who is actively parenting 7 year old twins and Carla is a Mocha SMC who just welcomed twins three months ago. Carla also has a four year old son. This episode covers what its like to carry twins in pregnancy, twin births, and the things that surprised and challenged these moms. While twins are often unplanned, if you think you want twins - listen to this episode first and you might change your mind on that. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
In this Mocha SMC travel episode of season 4, the Mocha SMCs discuss more tips for traveling with babies and the differences they've seen traveling with their school aged children. They chat about summer travel and what its been like post pandemic with fewer airport staff and flight delays. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
In this episode, Aisha and Hera chat with two Mocha SMCs (Erica and Kimberly) who are now in committed romantic relationships. They discuss what it's like blending families after becoming SMCs and navigating things like - introducing your partner to the children, to marry or not to marry, who will he or she be to the children, and more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
The Mocha SMCs explain what it means to "choose your hard" by breaking down the pros and cons of SMC life. From navigating respectability politics to coping with the topic of "baby daddy". They also discuss why this path might be more appealing to many women than the traditional two parent household. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
In this week's episode, the Mocha SMCs discuss the topic of biracial babies. With limited Black sperm, Black women specifically are often faced with the decision of whether to choose a donor outside of their race. Aisha and Hera discuss what this decision was for them as well as what women should consider when choosing a donor outside of their race from micro-aggressions and othering to what you might tell your children when they ask why you've made the decision. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
In this week's episode, the Mocha SMCs discuss the realities of living life as an SMC, what that means to us, and how integrity is woven throughout the SMC narrative. Aisha and Hera chat about what it's like to grapple with what to tell your friends and family and how to explain to complete strangers that there is no baby daddy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
In this week's episode, the Mocha SMCs discuss the realities of living life as an SMC, what that means to us, and how integrity is woven throughout the SMC narrative. Aisha and Hera chat about what it's like to grapple with what to tell your friends and family and how to explain to complete strangers that there is no baby daddy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
In the season 3 finale, the Mocha SMCs chat about school challenges, the impact of the pandemic on toddlers and school aged children, plans for the summer, and the importance of therapy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
This week on The Mocha SMC Podcast, Aisha and Hera chat with SMC Abby who donated one of her embryos to a friend of a friend. They discuss the emotional journey she went through, her current relationship with the recipient and her child, as well as the costs associated with the donation (which the recipient typically pays). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
This is the second of the two part series on parenting tweens. Jennifer, Joy, and Yana join us again to discuss the topics of consent, dating, and advice for new moms. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
This week the Mocha SMCs speak with three Mocha SMCs from the Mocha community who are parenting tweens: Joy, Jennifer, and Yana. We discuss schooling, community, allowing independence, and talking about puberty and sex with your pre-teen. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
The Mocha SMCs chat with Michelle, a Mocha SMC and American foreign service officer, who is raising her seven year old son in Africa. The episode tackles how and why Michelle made the decision to raise her son abroad, the logistics of living outside of your country of origin and some tips for other SMCs looking to exit the United States in search of adventure or in the hopes of raising a global citizen. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
In this episode, the Mocha SMCs provide an update on the last few weeks and discuss topics such as changing covid protocol in schools, dating, the Black sperm shortage, and handling the awkward conversations from school parents when they ask "Where's the Daddy". --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support
This week the Mocha SMCs speak with Mocha SMC Domonique who is both an egg donor and a new mom herself. Domonique describes what it was like to donate eggs in her 20s while she was in school, how this has impacted her feelings on being an SMC herself, and her thoughts on contact in the future from the children conceived with her donor eggs. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mochasmcs/support