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DIY Mom

By: Rachel Lehmann-Haupt
Narrated by: Emily Cauldwell
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A candid, wry memoir about how a "half-liberated" woman stops waiting for Mr. Right and chooses to have a baby on her own. From the decision to freeze her own eggs and the selection of a sperm donor to her multiple attempts to become pregnant to taking her profile off Match.com, the author explains how she came to make "the best decision of her life."

Rachel Lehmann-Haupt is an author, editor, and media strategist living in Sausalito, California. Her writing on gender politics and the influence of science and technology on culture has appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, New York, Vogue, Self, Outside, Wired, New York Observer, and MSN Money. She is the author of In Her Own Sweet Time: Unexpected Adventures in Finding Love, Commitment, and Motherhood (Basic Books).

This is a short audiobook published by Shebooks - high quality fiction, memoir, and journalism for women, by women.
©2014 Rachel Lehmann-Haupt (P)2015 Audible, Inc.
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Hmm I don’t usually leave negative reviews but this had very misleading sub title

Hardly a solo parenting journey, when you have full support from your parents, (including financially). A brother who moves to your town to see your child every week). A group of friends and an au pair.

To sum this up: a middle class woman pays for and has parents who pay for her tries to get pregnant by donor. And then decides to abort a twin as it means changing her life too much. ‘Luckily’ the unwanted twin dies naturally.

I avoid this kind of person in real life, so was very glad I hadn’t paid for their book.

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