Danielle Elliott

When I made the decision to pursue being a mom on my own, I thought I was doing something kind of unique.

As soon as I started saying it out loud, all of a sudden I was realizing it was women all over the country making this choice.

Yeah.

So I think that you've tried relationships.

They haven't worked out.

I remember saying this to one friend and his girlfriend was there and she said, no, don't give up on dating.

And it sort of triggered me because I was like, well, I'm not giving up on anything.

I'm finally running towards the thing I really want.

And that kind of put some perspective on it.

You know, I went via sperm donor and the more I understood that process, the less interest I had in dating, the more I sort of took a closer look at some of the relationships of people that I knew and

A lot of women who are married are somewhat still parenting on their own.

And I knew I definitely couldn't handle that.

That situation I felt would be harder for me than actually doing it all on my own.

Mm-hmm.

I mean, I think the thing that gave me the most pause with making this decision was this idea that kids need a dad.

And I kept thinking about it.

And I know so many amazing people who grew up without a dad in the home.

You know, like if you can look around you and kind of counter that cultural narrative.

So that was the first one.

And then I wondered personally how much