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97 | Dr. Carolyn Clark on solo medical parenting, sperm donation & nephrology

July 28, 2023 Dr. Maple Goh
Doctor NOS
97 | Dr. Carolyn Clark on solo medical parenting, sperm donation & nephrology
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Dr. Carolyn Clark is a nephrologist, lecturer, researcher, public health student and life coach. She qualified as a doctor in 2000 and has spent the last 22 years in public hospitals across Australia and New Zealand. She believes that sometimes our brains get in the way of being our best selves and loves helping people get rid of unhelpful thoughts and step forward into their future with her coaching and supervision business. She is also a solo mother by sperm donation to a busy 7 year old and is living her childhood mantra of 'if you can dream it, you can become it'. She joins us to discuss her journey of becoming a solo parent by sperm donation. 

In this episode, we discuss her journey into nephrology, her PhD, starting her sperm donation/IVF journey at 37, her words of wisdom to others following in her footsteps, her solo parenting 'hacks', the process of sperm donation/IVF and cost of the journey. 

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Carolyn Clark
Finding medicine
Finding nephrology
Moving from NZ to Australia in PGY3
Starting the journey of IVF
Picking a sperm donor
Sharing with your child
Getting into the queue for sperm donation
Time from beginning to 'end' of journey (pregnancy)
Advice for other people on this journey
Family planning and factors to consider
Solo parenting hacks
Supporting solo mums
Cost of IVF/sperm donation