* At 38, I decided that having kids was more important to me than finding a partner.

* This started my journey of becoming a single mom by choice, using an anonymous sperm donor

* At 40, I gave birth to my daughter!

* Now, I am raising my 4-year-old, working full time, writing, and trying to find time for hobbies.

* A large part of my focus has been normalizing our mommy & kid family and making sure my daughter knows her origin story

IN HER WORDS: 

I am a web developer at Georgetown University and, as of recently, a children's author. I wrote my debut picture book, "Sweet Little You", after struggling to find a picture book that felt authentic to our mommy-plus-donor-conceived-kid family.

FIND HER HERE:

* Main website: https://jhalabi.com/

* Pregnancy blog: https://jhalabi.com/blog/pregnancy/

* "Sweet Little You" on GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61153715-sweet-little-you

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonihalabi

* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonihalabi/

BECOMING PARENTS:

Sharing stories about infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, labor and delivery, bottle feeding, breastfeeding & relactation, self-care after birth, sex to get pregnant and after kids, birth options, to medicate or not to medicate, adoption, midwife vs hospital, the struggles, surprises, joys and exhaustion, and - holy cow - you’ve become a parent! WHAT NOW?!

Jenn Taylor is Mom Of 18 (yes - 18 kids!). She has written the blog - Mom’s Running It since 2011, has been a published author since 2016, and host of the Becoming Parents Podcast since May of 2017. She is an NLP Practitioner, Speaker, and has 15+ years in the foster care sector as both a parent and a trainer. Jenn spent 12 years as a doula, lactation consultant, and CBE trainer in The Bradley Method and Birthing From Within, and ran LaLeche League meetings with a passion for supporting women who have become Moms. Jenn is grateful to be a Certified Birth & Bereavement Doula® to help families struggling with grief and loss, as well as an Adoption & Surrogacy Doula. She is also married to an amazing man in Reno, NV, and is a runner, minimalist, and healthy lifestyle enthusiast.

CONNECT WITH JENN!

https://linktr.ee/momofeighteen