Family models are constantly changing. In fact, single-parent families are becoming more frequent every day , especially those formed by single mothers by choice.
With the aim of normalizing solitary motherhood and making assisted reproduction understandable even for the smallest, Nieves Poudereux has published the story ‘Mom’s dream’.
‘Mommy’s dream’, the story that brings alone motherhood
Many assisted reproductive mothers wonder how to tell their children how they created their family. This represents an added challenge for the new family models and that was one of the reasons that led Nieves Poudereux, a nursery and primary school teacher and mother of a four-year-old boy born by assisted reproduction with the Ginefiv clinic, to launch the book titled ‘Mommy’s Dream’.
Mom’s Dream
“This is a story that was simmered, even before I achieved my dream, because I was constantly thinking about how I would tell my son or daughter how they were conceived.”
This is how the author explains it, who adds that her intention with this story was to explain in a realistic way, but adapted to childhood, how her son was created in a way that he could feel special, but not different :
“As a kindergarten teacher, I know that this can be told to children from a very young age from a scientific point of view so that they understand it. This story is a tool to be able to share at school and read it in class so that, through reading, their classmates can learn from a young age that there are other family models. The aim is that it is normalized from an early age and that the little ones can develop in a favorable environment ”.
In addition, the author has launched the storytelling channel ‘Nieves Poudereux’ on YouTube, dedicated to the search for motherhood, in order to support all families who go through this situation.
“I wanted a story that would excite, that would make future babies feel important. With the channel, in addition, I want to encourage those families who are trying and have no easy task in the search for motherhood ”.
Lonely motherhood, a choice
Today, advances in medicine and new technologies applied to assisted reproduction allow single women who decide to become mothers to fulfill their dream. According to data from the Ginefiv clinic, the number of women in this situation who have come to the clinic for assisted reproduction treatments has multiplied by 2.34 in the last ten years and is expected to soon triple.
According to Dr. Victoria González Villafáñez, gynecologist at the Ginefiv clinic, the profile of women who decide to have a child alone has an average of 39 years and “they usually find themselves at a time in their lives with sufficient stability both professionally and financially, but that they cannot delay the moment any longer since the chances of achieving pregnancy are reduced ” .
Rosa Maestro, single mother and founder of the website Masola.Org (single mothers by choice and family diversity) affirms, however, that “ there is a high percentage of women who come to find out about the treatments without deciding to take the step even today nowadays due to the strong indoctrination that we have had for centuries in the nuclear family. “ However, he adds that the single-parent family model has meant a great step in the acceptance of family diversity , ” every day it is more rooted in our society. “
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