Charlotte Fielding talks to a mum whose partner left when she was pregnant after a six-year struggle to conceive. It’s a story of daring to hope, of struggle and resilience, and of how we can make it through the most unexpected and gut-wrenching events. The door is propped open and Anna* is breastfeeding her four-month-old … Read more
Charlotte Fielding wants another child. In this, the final in a four-part series, she writes about the end of her attempt to use the dating app Tinder in an attempt to complete her family. Read part one and part two and part three if you haven’t already. Alright, time to end the suspense. The things I have written … Read more
Charlotte Fielding wants another child. In a four-part series she writes about her journey trying to use Tinder to complete her family. Read part one and part two if you haven’t already. When a woman decides to have a baby on her own, it’s not usually an easy or casual decision. Although it’s a choice, it’s … Read more
Charlotte Fielding wants another child. In a four-part series she writes about her attempts to use the dating app Tinder to find a sperm donor and help complete her family. Read part one of the series here. Sperm. Sperm sperm. Spermspermspermspermspermspermsperm. I think I used up my lifetime’s allotment of talking about sperm early on … Read more
Charlotte Fielding wants another child. In this, the first in a four-part series, she writes about why she turned to the dating app Tinder in an attempt to complete her family. What if I had a baby and it didn’t have a dad? I asked my six-year-old son this question, as if it was rhetorical, … Read more