My Journey to Solo Motherhood | Ep 1 | The journey begins....
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Bree, I started watching you as a young teenager after finding your period vlogs. I learned so much about periods and you gave me so much good advice. You almost felt like my big sister, so watching you now, about to have a baby of your own is amazing and I’m so happy for you! I wish you the best and I can’t wait to watch these videos! 💛☺️
I relate to this so much I feel the exact same!!!!!💕💕💕
I feel the exact same!! ❤️❤️❤️
Omg Bree is my name this is my first time watching her vlogs and I thought you were talking abt me
Also I love the confidence of a young woman deciding “I want a baby and I don’t need no man to get there!”
Same! I’m 24 and haven’t found the right person yet. I’m still looking and want a partner but I’d definitely consider going down the route of solo motherhood in a few more years! It’s amazing to see someone doing that
Actually she still does need a man.. she had to get that egg fertilized by somebody 😆
She does need a man. Where do you think she got the sperm from?
@@morgang1185 precisely. They don't care about the statistics for children who come from single-mothers either.
Still needed a male.
I LOVE THIS!! As a 27 year old woman who has wanted to be a mother for as long as I can remember it’s fantastic to see other women so fiercely going towards starting a family in this way.
I began a journey to single motherhood about two years ago. I had my daughter last year at the end of June. It’s sooooo hard but so fulfilling.
i can’t believe ive been watching you since i was a kid and now youre having your own, this is so unreal and magical and wonderful i am so so excited for you and what the future has in store for you. thank you for everything ❤️
Me too. I found her videos as a kid when I was searching period pads. Time flies!
me too! This is so crazy to me
I did the same thing 17 years ago in America. Best thing I ever did. I was lucky though as I got pregnant at age 39 with the third insemination. Had a breeze of a pregnancy but did have to have a C section. Being a single parent has been a gift. My daughter and I are very close. I wish you the very best in your adventure.
Hi Bryony! Are you planning on doing a video about how you chose the sperm donor? No pressure at all but I’d be so interested to learn about how that works and how much choice you get. Congratulations again on your pregnancy 🥰
Love how you showed the jelly lol I get that all the time thought there was something wrong with me for so long thank you for all the education you’ve given me over the years!
Could it be the lining of her uterus?
Yes, honestly I was surprised she was surprised. I get that (or sometimes a bigger glob) every month leading into ovulation! I thought everyone who ovulated did 😅 So great to share and normalize these things!
my jaw dropped then turned into a huge smile seeing her show it. love the representation 🫶🫶🫶
I’m assuming it’s the like mucus plug that builds up to plug the cervix?
@@georgiagriffles Yup, when you get close to ovulating it passes to make it easier for sperm to pass through the cervix.
I'm a single mom to a one year old little boy. It's a crazy, beautiful journey. They give you a happiness you never knew existed. Enjoy every moment once you have one because they grow so fast! 🥰
Thank you for sharing with us! I’m happy to see your journey!
As someone who’s been watching your vlogs from day 1, this is so exciting!!! I love how informative this is. Can’t wait for the second episode!
So excited for the detail, honestly and openness that you bring to this process. Very excited to watch and I hope more people find you as you release episodes!’
How wonderful to see your video! I watched your videos years ago. Now this one popped up in my feed. I am delighted to hear your update!
So excited for you!!! Can't believe I've been following this channel for years now. I've learned so much from you. Thank you and good luck
thank you for documenting this, it’s going to be super interesting
I'm so excited!!! Thanks for sharing this journey with us!!💖💖
I'm so happy for you, Bryony! You are the reason I started using cloth pads yeaaaaaars ago, and it's been so lovely being apart of your journey for all these years! Thank you for sharing this with us
I have been watching you for so many years (so long I actually can't even say for sure how long!!) It feels like such a privilege to be joining you on this journey, thank you so much for sharing such a special and exciting time in your life 💕
Oh my god! What you mentioned @ 6:47- that largish white thick mucus- the SAME THING happened to me after coming off the pill and it was WILD. I was so shocked when it first happened! I unfortunately came off not because I want to experience pregnancy but because I have stress-induced high BP. So I came off the pill and the first time before I suppose I was ovulating I noticed this insane amount of thick mucus - almost like a detox- exiting my vaginal cavity. It was WILD😭 I was a bit alarmed but honestly, more fascinated 😂 it didn’t hurt and it disappeared after 2-3 days. Anyways, I had never heard of it save from a yoni steaming specialist that I follow, so this is really intriguing for me. So excited to follow you on this journey!🖤🖤🖤
Edit: What you mentioned about the Nightime anxious over analyzing; I live by the “Anything your mind tells you after 9 o’clock at night is probably not something you’ll worry about in the morning. So anytime I’m feeling like this, I just say- it’s after 9! I’ll revisit this tomorrow. & I almost ALWAYS feel a lot different/ better about it in the morning! It’s helped me a lot.
not to be TMI but in my experience it's pretty normal if things down there are drier outside than normal (like not wearing underwear, wearing a liner to absorb moisture, etc.) but you're still in that ovulation-ish phase in your cycle
It's probably a mucus plug that was blocking the cervix being expelled.
Happened to me as well! It scared me 😂
I experience that fairly often around the time of ovulation. It’s kinda startling and does feel strange when you’re not used to it.
@@elenaoakes8494 It happens to me all the time, too. It's like the impending doom to see it lol I know I gotta prepare for cramps soon.
Thanks for filming your journey!
I slept with a bloke as friends who had two grown kids and divorced. He swore to me he had a vesectomy. Three years later my periods late and I end up pregnant. I'm currently 25 weeks pregnant at the age of 40 with my first baby. I've not heard from the dad since he got me pregnant. I'm blocked everywhere and he doesn't answer his door. He lives ten mins walk away. I've come to the conclusion I don't need him anyway as he isn't bothered. I have no doubt you'll be absolutely fine Bree. You know what you're doing that's for certain ❤️
make sure you take every cent in child support.
How’s life now?
Thank you for sharing and bringing us on this journey with you.
So excited to watch this video and for you!❤
I admire you so much for following the beat of your own drum and chasing your dreams since you started this channel. Thank you for sharing your journey!
Yay! I'm so excited for you!! Love these journey videos 🙃
I have LITERALLY been watching you since I was 13 and you were about 15 or 16, maybe even younger - I can't imagine taking this on so young, and I wish you all the best on your journey!
I also get cramps when I ovulate (and my periods). It's such a nightmare getting pains so frequently!
yes, if I get lucky i get 2 weeks a month without any kind of cramps. 😅
@@solesuna It's so pants. My cycle has reduced to just over 21 days (between 21-24) so if I weren't on the contraceptive implant then I would just be in pain all the time! Bonkers. At the moment it feels like I'm on my period all the time anyway. With only 2 weeks in between. It sucks.
I feel so seen by your comment. I got horrible pain when I ovulate. My periods are fine but my cycle is also down to 21-24 days and it’s a bit miserable!
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I used to never have cramps during ovulation but recently I do. It sucks since you get pain ovulating AND when you have your period :/
Wow!! Such a cool process to see! I love ur unique journey! Please keep us updated! I’ve literally been watching you for years! I was a young twenty year old when I found ur period blogs and now ur having a baby! Wow how the time flies! I’m so happy for you! You were such a good source for aces and for women getting to know their bodies! I will watch ur journey for as long as I can thank you so much Bree you have been there for me for so long
Thank you for showing that discharge clot. TMI for some people but totally normal and absolutely appropriate for the content of the video.
Oh my goodness I watched your videos on menstrual cups years ago and they helped me immensely. I am so excited you are sharing this journey!
Bree, we are the same age and I want a baby soooo bad. I was devastated when my bf of 4 years all of the sudden decided he didn't want that life anymore and I had to leave him. I thought I was never ever going to have my dream family... I am so happy to see a woman my age deciding to follow her dreams as a single mother. It gives me so much motivation.
I broke up with a long term boyfriend too, whom I adored, because he decided he didn't want to have children. It's heartbreaking I know but after a few years I can now see it was for the best
How old is she
Thank you for sharing your experiences !
This is so interesting, wishing you all the best and thank you for sharing your story!
Bryony!!! This is soo exciting, im soo intriged so see the rest of the journey!
I started watching you when I was very young, I haven’t seen your videos since but always remembered you as my inspiration for menstrual cups. So emotional to see you become a mother now! Congratulations and I wish you all the blessings in your journey
You e talked about wanting to be a mum since you were younger and I'm so glad you're did this for yourself! I know you'll make a wonderful mother and will have an amazing time with family support too!
OMG I'm so excited for you 😍 you got this! And you have a whole bunch of internet aunts that will support your journey and be here for you in whatever capacity you need ✌️💕
So looking forward to the rest of the series!
Aww Bree I remember watching you ages ago and I'm so happy for you being able to start this journey ❤️
So excited for you. I’d love to do this. Have been subscribed to you for years and you’re going to make an amazing mum x
This is so exciting!❤️❤️
Thank you sweetheart for making this very informative video, I am sure your journey will help others. xxx
So excited for this series!!!
This is so interesting, I am really looking forward to following your journey.🥰
I’m so excited for you Bree! I’ve been considering this same journey myself and I’m looking forward to seeing how things unfold for you. Praying for a successful and healthy pregnancy for you 💕
So happy for you? I almost cried with joy. Saw your video right before work and it made my day. You will be a great mommy.
Giving me the courage needed to go forward in the same path, thank you ❤
Can’t wait for this series! 💕
This is so interesting, thank you for documenting the process
So fascinating to follow your journey! I mentioned on your last video, we have due dates 2 days apart, so this is super exciting for me to know we’re experiencing similar things (although my conception story is very different from yours and and more traditional - in a married relationship and surprisingly conceived our first month trying). I hope you’re feeling better. My HG is finally tapering off at 16 weeks 😇
So happy to have found this video, after a major disappointment and thinking about this. I feel so horrible but this gave me some positivity somehow. ❤️ thank you
Bree, this is such an exciting time for you and I know you will be a wonderful mother! I'm excited to hear all about this journey! We're very similar in regards to our fertility issues and I considered doing this as well, however I have now become disabled. This put a halt to my plans and I've cone to terms with that, but now to see someone go through the process is rather exciting for me!
I am so excited to watch this journey. I am thinking of pursing solo motherhood as well. I am 27 and I’m the US, but this is so helpful
started watching you when i was a kid! this is so exciting congrats !
Bryony I am so incredibly excited for you! ❤️ You will be a wonderful mum ✨🤰🏼 I wish you all the best for this pregnancy! 🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I have been following you for ages, watching your period vlogs etc. And i am so excited to get to be part of your journey becoming a mother ❤ Im so happy for you, and i know for a fact that your little one is extremely lucky to get a mommy like you, Bree❤ I love you! Thank you for sharing this with me, with us! ❤ Wishing you a safe pregnancy, and i cant wait for the rest of this journey! Hugs from a Norwegian young mother of a 4yr old👩👦
So excited for you! My little one is 7 weeks old
Pregnancy was very difficult, but so worth it. Congratulations 🎊
I remember watching you when you did the cup videos, and now look at us! We’re BOTH mommies!
I'm so proud of you. I've been watching you since i was like 15 and now I'm 25 and you're the first youtuber I saw talking about alternative menstrual products. I've been using menstrual cups since then and it's been life changing. Now, you are on a new journey and I'm just so happy for you and love that I've been here for the journey from teenage years to adulthood to parenthood. Much love and best wishes for your pregnancy and motherhood!!!!
The ClearBlue company thanks you for your service!👍
So interesting. Looking forward to part 2
Can't believe I've been watching your videos for so long, like way back when I was in high school trying to find a menstrual cup! And now we're both pregnant at the same time!! I'm about a month behind. So crazy. Can't wait to see more of this journey.
I’m really excited to see you pushchair and car seat shopping!!! Been following you since before I had my own kids (think we’re a similar age) and now I have two and you’re having one!
So cool to see this. I’m 26 and I’ve been considering this for months now that this is probably what I’ll do in a few years when I’m settled in a career (getting my bachelors in December) because relationships just aren’t my thing.
This is such an interesting and important video! I don’t want children and never have, so it’s really valuable to me to see someone with the opposite desires, and what they’re doing to get there. Just subscribed, and I’m looking forwards to the next episodes!
I am so excited to watch this 💜💜
Very interesting and wishing you the best!
I've had thick cervical mucus around ovulation before babes, I had it in early pregnancy with my daughter too, love you so much, I'm probably more excited for this journey than you are mama, I love the fact that single mums have the option of sperm donation if they don't want a sexual relationship to conceive, shows how far we've come in accepting people's choices, we have a ways to go but it's good, this baby will be so loved and adored I just know it ❤️
So inspiring! 💓🌸💓
Im so happy for you.
I've been watching you since you were a teenager, when I first became interested in cups. I haven't watched in a long while, so I was sooo happy when I saw these videos on my feed! I'm soon to be 39 and I've been thinking of doing single parenthood by choice for at least 5 or 6 years but always get scared and can never pull the trigger. I'm gonna do it! I hope it's not too late now and I do have PCOS but I just wanna tell you you've always been such an inspiration. I love how curious and educated you've always been with all things period and reproductive. I love how there's no shame and you break so many stigmas! You're lovely and I'm so happy you've got your baby now ❤
I’m so glad I came across this! I’m on the waiting list for a donor here in the Netherlands and i’m terrified about doing it alone, but also very excited..
You are so lucky everything went back to normal so quickly. I came off the depo after being on it for 4 injections and I still haven’t got my period back 36 months later… the wait is so hard! Great vlog xx
Hi Bree I was watching your videos when I was 13 I'm 20 naw I Just rediscovered your channel , I'm so happy for you you deserve all the best 😊 thanks for teaching me so much about Periods
My younger self needed it
Omgs, I'm so happy for you. You did it! This is my dream lol..
I'm about 30 seconds in and I relate so much to the giant pile of negative tests. We're TTC and it's definitely a journey.
I love this, this was/is my plan being im almost 35 in 2 years and have been wanting to be a mother for over a decade but it hasn't planned out with previous relationships
I admire how unapologetic, blunt in the best way, just everything about the way you carry yourself as a human with natural human functions. I watched you for a long time when I was younger. I'm not sure how I came to be unsubscribed but I will be fixing that right now. I fully believe that you played a large factor in me being so comfortable with talking about things happening with my body and I thank you for that.
Love these videos !!!
I became a single mom by choice at the age of 22, haven’t regretted a single day 💗
So exciting ❤️
Love this...I have endometriosis and getting older and it's been a real struggle and I to am on a journey to have a kid alone...just starting
What the heck?!! I didn't realise how much time has gone by. I started watching your videos like 9yrs ago and you were a little girl. Finding your channel introduced me to menstrual cups and fabric pads, and it's been a game changer. I've seen you over the years and I guess I didn't realise you're not the little girl anymore. It's trippin me out! Wow!! Amazing 💖
I’m so excited for you
Thank you for sharing! Watched you for long from Russia, and now from Germany
Please please please be candid about the costs involved. People hate talking about money I know but there’s next to no transparent info on how much this actually costs
It’s good that they did the check for your Fallopian tubes being open before the IUI was begun! I had set up for IUI and had two months of great follicles and failed months after insem. I was then sent for the test of dye in my Fallopian tubes and found out that day that mine were scarred shut. I have no clue why or how this happened but had some bad bladder infections as a child and suspect something like that maybe affected me. Who knows but at the time it was so highly emotional to have two failed attempts and then the rest of tubes was extremely painful (I think moreso bc the doc who did it had to grasp my cervix twice which was super painful and then the dye not going through tubes hurt a lot too. I then was told this devastating news and IVF wasn’t an option financially so I had to face infertility while laying on the table being told by a male doctor who had zero bedside manner. I walked out of there shocked by the procedure’s pain and then the painful news all in one short but horrible exam room discovery.
So, having them check this first can save you on vials of sperm cost, emotions of having one or more IUI and fails if you aren’t physiologically capable. It is the most logical and safe and gentle way to see if you are ready for potential success or not and not blow even more money which for some could go towards IVF, adoption fees, surrogacy, etc.
Sounds like you did a great job learning and researching and also not putting yourself through such hell of more periods and also moving forward with your goals before your body couldn’t handle it.
I am excited for you and at the same time feel for you having morning sickness and all of that. I love love your very down to earth and REAL description even down to the cervical mucous blob that surprised you lol. I wish this kind of frank info was available to me when I was going through it and really wish I could have had the screening for tubes working before I poured my heart into the insem process and excitement and waiting and tests and then repeated extreme disappointment. (As well as money out that I wish I saved on so many visits. J had an ultrasound before each IUI procedure to be sure my follicles were numerous and big and all of that. I even took Clomid to help that process along which I could have prevented with having tubes checked first.
Super excited for you and sorry you are feeling so poorly. I hope you turn a corner in your second or third trimester and get to enjoy the process. I look forward to your great descriptive installments of the story.
Hang in there and all the preg moms I’ve seen online say to eat something small before you even get up out of bed. Keep some crackers or a granola bar or whatever stays down next to the bed and be sure to take your prenatal vitamins with food.
Happy for you good luck
Super excited for you, I have twins from IUI and a sperm donor. My husband is functionally infertile so it was either that or IVF which would have cost significantly more money and I would have had to take time off work all the time to do it, which was not feasible for my job.
Something to think about now for future planning is who might be your back up support system if your parents are unavailable. I have my husband and my mom, who is retired but there’s been times when my mom got sick or something and usually what happens is I have to drop something I needed to do. Most of the time I have to call off or shorten my work shift. Luckily since you work for yourself from home, you have a lot more flexibility but I’m sure there’s times when you have something to do that you absolutely can’t take a child to. Because my kids were born a month before the pandemic, they don’t know anyone except us 3 so we really can’t leave them with anyone else and also we have no one who knows how to do our cloth diapers, so we’d have to teach whoever we’d want to watch them how to handle those as well.
What???! I haven't watched your vids in a long time, I knew you were fostering but always got the vibe you weren't going to have your own children. But I'm very happy for you and wish all the best!
I've watched you for a number of years and have no doubt you'll be a great mother. As a donor conceived person myself, I hope you will be transparent with your child about their conception and choose a donor who does not need to be anonymous. It's a very painful thing to grow up feeling like one person's possession to the exclusion of half their family.
I’m so very proud of you.
I love your rawness
What a great intro! 💕
This is so amazing. Been watching Fir so long I'm currently holding my newborn I'm so excited for you! This is so interesting and so incredible.
The rubella thing is interesting! I've had the MMR as a child and when I moved to the US, I had to take it not once but twice more for occupational health reasons (working at a hospital). Each time I did a blood test, it showed that I did not have immunity for rubella . Turns out some people don't create lasting rubella antibodies when vaccinated!
I can’t wait until the next episode! Such an incredible journey you’re on. I explored this just before I turned 30yrs old. So many choices on who the donor would be, prices, the timing, etc… I’m hope that you’re doing better as your progresses. ❤️
The large thick sticky discharge is probably your body expelling a mucus plug that was blocking your cervix. I experienced the same thing and was told as such.
it's interesting to watch. I'll never understand the disappointment aspect as an antinatalist, but at least you push through and commit to your wants.
The mini pill works by thickening cervical mucous, the mucous is normal for those coming off the mini pill.