Choice Mom Expo (West Coast)
Welcome to registration for the first-ever Choice Mom Expo (West Coast), to be held at Berkeley Faculty Club on Saturday, April 28, 9-1:30. Doors open at 8:30.
Your registration will include the cost of: lunch, refreshments, gift bag, intimate Q&A opportunities with more than 14 speakers, and a valuable 100-page Choice Mom Handbook of information and advice.
Note that the $42 registration fee
increases to $55 after April 25.
Also note that childcare is currently full, although we are accepting waitlisting. NO DROP-IN CHILDCARE will be allowed, because we have a careful child:caregiver ratio.
Speakers and topics:
Anne Bernstein, Answering the Daddy Question
Susan Willman, What to Expect When You Want to be Expecting
Christy Jones, The Egg Freezing Option
Linda Scaparotti, Estate Planning for the Choice Mom
Ellen Resneck, Financial Planning Tips for the Choice Mom
Leah Klungness, Parenting Advice for the Choice Mom
Diane Ehrensaft, Acknowledging the Birth Other
Lynne Jacobs, Building a Multiracial Family
Carla Pedrussian, Selecting a Donor
Alice Ruby, Trends in Donor Conception
Ami Jaeger, Negotiating with a Known Donor
Susan Romer, How to Adopt as a Single Woman
Lynne Jacobs, International Agencies Open to Singles
Rachel Sarah, Dating as a Single Mom
Karen Miller, Momma Zen
We are able to offer the Expo to you at such a low cost thanks to generous sponsor support from:
Ameriprise Financial Services
Extend Fertility
Reproductive Science Center
California Cryobank
The Sperm Bank of California
Law Offices of Linda M. Scaparotti
Adopt International
(Note that a few discounts and scholarships will be available; if the full payment is a hardship for you, check the box on payment page to learn about these opportunities.)
Gift bags for all participants will include the Choice Mom Handbook, giveaways, and discounts.
Official Website: http://choosingsinglemotherhood.com/index.cfm?id=101
Added by kmeelyon on April 22, 2007