Choice Moms LLC
February 19, 2012
What Is Important?  
As I heard from many of you, there were several unhappy links in the previous e-newsletter, so I'm resending with corrections. AND, highlighting a few new items on the website this week.
 
As I mentioned in the January e-newsletter, I am simplifying the ChoiceMoms.org website, to focus more concentrated resources on the topics that interest our community the most. You'll gradually start to see those changes as you visit. Such as:
Just in time for Valentine's Day -- from mother to child -- I am also happy to announce the new storybook "I Felt You Flutter In My Heart," written by Choice Mom Stacey MacGlashan and illustrated by six Choice Kids. Learn more about it here.
 
2012 Workshop Dates and Locations   
Some of the Choice Kids at our 2011 Toronto event
We've made our list! Thanks to California Cryobank, we will return in 2012 to five cities for Choice Mom networking events: Chicago (April 1), Baltimore (June 23), New York City (June 24), Austin (September 9) and San Diego (October 21). Stay tuned to ChoiceMoms.org and this e-newsletter as details develop. If you'd like to be added to the mailing list for special notification when the event registration opens, go to this link to (privately) indicate your interest.
 
I have coordinators in each city to help plan the events. If you'd like to join the team, let me know at info@choicemoms.org.
New on ChoiceMoms.org   

 

NEW PROFILE: One Year Later -- a Choice Mom's journey with twins

 

Fertility: What do we need to know about fertility drugs?

 

Who Are We?: what do we know about the Choice Mom community? (keyword: numbers)

 

Sponsor: Pacific Reproductive Services,  a sperm bank long friendly to the single and lesbian community, joins us a ChoiceMoms.org advertiser

 

Commentary: Are we growing souls?

 

Q&A: after five years of Thinking, a woman about to Try is having doubts. Sound familiar to you?

 

 

Highlights: Choice Mom Resources

 

Regional Guides: "So you want to be a Choice Mom in Toronto"

 

Directory: Choice Mom-friendly fertility clinics 

 

E-Guide to Embryo Donation -- especially useful for women whose eggs might not be viable. 

   

Would you like a phone consultation?

 

Fellow Choice Mom bloggers 

 

The Choice Chat podcast is a great tool for hearing from experts and fellow moms; this post will lead you to all of them. 

  

Talking Amongst Ourselves   
I have gotten great feedback from a focus group of Choice Moms about how to make improvements to our discussion board; streamlining to come. If you're not part of our interactive support community, join us at:

 

(general one, offers specialized topics and stages, from Thinking to Being, just like ChoiceMoms.org)

 

Choice Mom Ning (newest!)
(puts faces to names, especially in certain localized communities)

 

(for the challenges of becoming or being an "older" mom)
 

 

Choice Moms on Twitter: @ChoiceMoms
Visit ChoiceMoms.org for ongoing resources dedicated to connecting and informing the Choice Mom community.