u/Who_is_doctor_Ranger

Hi everyone! ❤️

I’m currently 3 months pregnant as a SMBC, and I’d love to hear from those of you who started this journey single but eventually found a partner.

Did anyone meet their person while pregnant or during the first months after giving birth? What was your experience like?

I’m finding myself a little worried that pregnancy means putting my love life on hold, and I’d really love to hear some hopeful stories from women who began this journey alone but didn’t stay alone.

Thank you so much for sharing. It would really mean a lot to me. 😊

I recently bought an Acne Studios long sleeve and I’m trying to verify whether it’s authentic.

What concerns me most is the fabric composition. The garment label says 100% cotton, while on the official Acne Studios website I found the same item listed as:

Shell: 85% Cotton, 15% True Hemp

The product code is FA-UX-SWEA000042 C10048.

The seller told me that different production years of this model had different fabric compositions, which is why the label on my piece shows 100% cotton.

Does anyone know if Acne Studios has actually released this model with different compositions depending on the year or production batch? How can I determine whether this is authentic or a fake?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I had an abortion around this same time last year, and it was one of the most traumatic experiences of my life. I was with a man I loved and had been dating for a year. He pushed me toward abortion, and I believed him when he said it was the only right decision. After the abortion, he ghosted me and we broke up.

Ever since then, I became almost obsessed with my fertility and the fear that I might never get pregnant again. I’m turning 37 this summer and my AMH is 0.2, so I genuinely thought it might be my only chance. I spent the last year grieving, panicking, researching fertility nonstop, preparing for IUI, choosing donor options, doing medical tests, trying to mentally accept becoming a single mother by choice.

And then I accidentally got pregnant naturally from a casual partner in my friend group. We were never together officially, but I always had feelings for him. He immediately said he didn’t want a child or a relationship and thought I should have an abortion. I told him I would keep the baby for myself and that he would not be involved at all — no pressure, no expectations, not even his name on the birth certificate. After that conversation, he became “okay” with the situation as long as I truly left him out of it.

We kept seeing each other in our shared friend group. The first time after the conversation was actually good. He was kind, supportive, we joked around, it almost felt normal.

Then the next time he showed up with another girl and spent the evening hugging and kissing her right in front of me.

And something inside me broke.

Now I keep thinking: what am I doing? Who am I planning to have a child from? Why does this feel so humiliating and painful? What kind of person does that knowing I’m pregnant and emotionally struggling?

And the worst part is: I don’t think I can survive another abortion psychologically. I truly don’t think I can walk back into that clinic and lie on that table again. The thought alone makes me panic. But at the same time, now I find myself hoping for a miscarriage because I feel trapped between two unbearable options.

I feel ashamed, terrified, completely alone, and emotionally destroyed. I don’t even know what I’m asking for here. Maybe I just needed to say this somewhere because I genuinely feel like I’m at the edge of a breakdown.

I made a post recently about unexpectedly getting pregnant from a casual partner while literally planning to start IUI with a donor next month, and I wanted to give an update [https://www.reddit.com/r/SingleMothersbyChoice/s/ldIBUVKNcJ\](https://www.reddit.com/r/SingleMothersbyChoice/s/ldIBUVKNcJ)

So… the guy basically wants absolutely nothing to do with the baby. At first he asked me to get an abortion. I said no. Since then he’s been in full panic/avoidance mode. He told me: “okay, keep it, but don’t send me photos, don’t come up to me on the street, and don’t put me on the birth certificate.” He said he doesn’t want involvement because he would “feel guilty.”

And honestly I don’t even know if I’m supposed to feel relieved or heartbroken.

Technically this means the child will be fully mine, which is something I was mentally prepared for anyway because I was already planning to do IUI as a single mother. I even tried to calm him down and said something like “thank you for the genetic material, I was going to use a donor anyway, live your life peacefully, we won’t bother you.”

But the reality still hurts because I actually had feelings for him.

I think what’s messing with me emotionally is imagining raising a child in a relatively small city while knowing the father is somewhere nearby actively wanting nothing to do with us or even acknowledge the child’s existence. That part feels incredibly sad and surreal.

At the same time, I know forcing someone into parenthood emotionally would probably create even more damage and resentment later.

I guess I’m trying to process how something can feel simultaneously empowering and deeply heartbreaking at the same time.

Hi!
I’m trying to understand my ovulation timing and got a progesterone level of 9.5 ng/ml in the morning.

I’ve seen charts showing this could be around 3 DPO, but also read that in practice it’s often closer to 4–5 DPO.

For those who tracked progesterone closely or had monitored cycles:
👉 what DPO did you usually see levels around 9–10 ng/ml?

Hi everyone,

I would really appreciate your perspective.

I’m 36 (turning 37 in August), with low AMH 0,13 and high FSH, and I was planning to start IUI with a donor this July.

However, I’ve just found out I’m likely pregnant from a casual situationship (not a partner).
He is not someone I can rely on long-term (lifestyle, no stability), so realistically I would be doing this on my own.

Now I’m trying to decide:
- Do I continue this pregnancy and become a single mom this way?
- Or do I terminate and proceed with my original plan (IUI with donor), knowing that with my ovarian reserve there are no guarantees?

If you were in a similar position, how did you think about it?
Any honest experiences or perspectives would mean a lot.

Thank you 🤍

Hi, how much does a gynecologist visit with ultrasound cost in Zurich for someone who not is living in Switzerland (no Swiss insurance)?
Where I can go near city center ?
It’s urgent 🫣

Has anyone successfully manifested a specific person after they suddenly lost interest?

I met a guy and everything was going really well - classic early-stage dating, lots of attention, texting every day, strong vibe. Then I told a few of my friends about him (and I lowkey believe in the idea that you shouldn’t talk too much about something new), and right after that… he just disappeared.

At first it was a bit of ghosting, then he came back but with very low effort, and now it basically feels like everything just died out.

It was so abrupt that I can’t help but feel like something shifted energetically.

So my question is — has anyone here actually managed to manifest the dynamic back in a situation like this? Not just contact, but the same level of interest/energy as before.

What techniques worked for you?

Would really appreciate real experiences, not just theory 🙏