Community At Every Stage
Connection, clarity and real-world support — from decision to legacy.
Choosing solo motherhood is a decisive act. Living it well requires proximity.
Each stage of this journey brings different responsibilities — donor decisions, fertility treatment, pregnancy planning, early motherhood, financial leadership, long-term vision. What remains constant is the need for community.
Not noise.
Not endless opinion.
Not performative connection.
But thoughtful, stage-specific support from women who understand the weight and intention behind building a family this way.
Solo Mum Society is designed as an ecosystem — with dedicated spaces for the stage you are in, and a wider community that can grow with you as your family does.
Find Your Stage
The Bump
Trying to conceive & pregnancy
Private, structured support for women pursuing solo motherhood through donor conception.
The Bump combines fortnightly live connection calls, stage-organised WhatsApp groups, practical resources and member discounts — designed specifically for women navigating sperm donor decisions, artificial insemination (AI), IUI, IVF and pregnancy without a partner.
It is steady, informed support while you build the foundation of your family.
The Nest
Baby’s first year
A dedicated first-year space for Solo Mums by Choice with babies under 12 months.
The Nest gives you somewhere to connect with women who are living the same stage right now — while also giving you access to the wider Solo Mum Society community, fortnightly Connection Calls, monthly expert sessions, state and special-interest spaces and the expert library.
It is somewhere to ask the practical questions, share the ridiculous nights, celebrate the tiny wins and start building friendships with women who understand what it means to be the only parent in the house.
SMS Membership
Beyond the first year
For Solo Mums by Choice whose children are over 12 months and who want ongoing connection, friendship, practical support, and a village around them and their children..
Real connection calls, a real community (not a Facebook group), expert sessions for every part of your life — from Wills & Guardianship to finding your feet again — and friendships that go the distance.
Why Stage-Specific Community Matters
This journey evolves.
The conversations you need while choosing a donor or navigating IVF are very different from the questions that come up with a six-week-old baby. And those change again once you are dealing with childcare, school, donor identity, friendships, money, work and raising an increasingly independent child.
That is why our communities are designed around stage.
The Bump brings together women trying to conceive and pregnant.
The Nest gives new mums a dedicated first-year space while also connecting them into the wider Solo Mum Society community.
Solo Mum Society becomes the ongoing home for motherhood beyond the baby stage.
You get people who understand what is happening right now — without having to leave behind the broader community and relationships that can grow with you over time.
The goal is not to keep moving you from one disconnected group to another.
It is to help you find the right conversations for your stage, while building relationships that can continue as your child grows.
Beyond The Screen
Community here is not limited to WhatsApp threads.
Throughout the year, Solo Mum Society hosts:
Virtual meetups
In-person gatherings
Curated events
Group travel experiences — including Bali
As the ecosystem grows, members at different stages access different layers of these experiences — some included, others offered at preferred pricing.
The intention is simple: to move connection from digital proximity to real-world sisterhood.
Free Facebook Community
Join over 3,000 solo mums and single women across Australia and New Zealand — from those quietly researching sperm donor options to women raising school-aged children.
The private Facebook community is an open, welcoming space for broad conversation, shared experience and practical questions at every stage of the journey.
It’s where many women first discover Solo Mum Society. Some remain there. Others move into more structured, stage-specific memberships as their needs evolve.
It’s a starting point — and for many, an ongoing touchpoint.
Find the right community for your stage
If you are:
Trying to conceive or pregnant → The Bump
Baby under 12 months → The Nest
Child over 12 months → SMS Membership
Still deciding whether solo motherhood is right for you? → Start with the Considering Solo Motherhood resources and free Decision Starter.
Wherever you begin, you won’t stay in the same stage forever. The community is designed to evolve with you.