Where courage, choice, and motherhood meet.
If you’re considering single motherhood by choice, navigating infertility, or exploring donor insemination, you’re not alone. This is a place for honest stories, practical guidance, and a community that understands the courage it takes to build a family on your own terms.
Welcome
Hi, I’m Robin.
Twenty-two years ago, I became a single mother by choice when very few Black women were publicly sharing that journey. After seven donor insemination attempts, countless questions, and more than a few moments of fear, I became the mother I’d dreamed of becoming.
Today, I share that journey to educate, encourage, and support women who are creating families in their own way.
Coming Soon: Choosing Motherhood
I’m excited to introduce my upcoming podcast, Choosing Motherhood—a space for honest conversations about the courage, questions, and choices that come with building a family on your own terms.
Hosted by me, Robin Bass, the podcast will explore the journey of single motherhood by choice through personal stories, candid conversations, and thoughtful discussions about fertility, donor conception, relationships, identity, and motherhood.
For women who are considering this path, navigating it now, or simply wondering what it looks like to choose motherhood outside of the traditional script, I want this podcast to be a place where you feel seen, informed, and encouraged.
Choosing motherhood is more than a decision. It’s a journey. And every journey has a story.
🎙️ Choosing Motherhood is coming soon.
Welcome to My Substack
Welcome. I’m Robin Bass, an author, storyteller, and single mother by choice.
I created this space to share the honest, sometimes complicated, and deeply personal journey of choosing motherhood on my own terms. Through stories from my own experience, reflections on infertility and donor insemination, and practical insights for women considering single motherhood by choice, I hope to offer something that is often hard to find: a place where you can feel understood, informed, and less alone.
Here, I’ll write about the questions we wrestle with, the choices that require courage, the disappointments and unexpected joys, and what it means to build a family in a way that may look different from what you once imagined.
Whether you are just beginning to consider single motherhood, navigating your own fertility journey, or simply curious about the experiences behind this path, you are welcome here.
This is a space for honest stories, meaningful conversations, and choosing the life—and motherhood—you envision.
Robin Bass - Mother and Author 