The Next Best Thing

Richelle Carey on Becoming a Single Mother By Choice: IVF + Adoption in Your 40’s and Beyond


Listen Later

A growing number of women are choosing single motherhood by choice. Richelle Carey’s journey to motherhood began in her early 40’s. After a failed IVF cycle, she turned to adoption. That posed even more challenges, as she lived in Qatar as a network news anchor. To improve her chances, she quit her job and returned to her parents home in Texas. Now she’s a self described "boy mom" to her sweet son Avery.

In this episode Richelle candidly shares the ups and downs of her journey and answers the questions often only reserved for the group chat.

Join The Next Best Thing community on Instagram @thenextbestthingact

Sign up for Richelle’s new community that delves deeper into non-traditional routes to parenting Website: https://richellecarey.com/becoming-boy-mom/

For many women, pursuing motherhood and a career has become a bitter-sweet process characterized by fear, regret and self-blame. With this entertaining and informative content series Richelle provides answers for difficult, personal and often embarrassing questions. She is building a dedicated community of courageous people who share her ambition to define career and parenting on their own terms. The series is currently in development. Be among the first to be notified when season one drops.
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Next Best ThingBy Aundrea Cline-Thomas

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

47 ratings


More shows like The Next Best Thing

View all
This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

90,641 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

111,121 Listeners

We Can Do Hard Things by Glennon Doyle and Audacy

We Can Do Hard Things

41,361 Listeners

The Mel Robbins Podcast by Mel Robbins

The Mel Robbins Podcast

20,699 Listeners

Awf The Record by Jeannette and Mona

Awf The Record

400 Listeners