Choosing to be a single mom is a very personal and emotional choice. The trend of single motherhood is on the rise. Previously, women used to become single moms only by chance due to a divorce, death of the spouse or unplanned pregnancies before marriages. Being a single mother was not an option to choose and was even considered derogatory. Single mothers who were never married were often ridiculed and socially ostracizes. Times have changed now. Women are becoming single moms by choice. They adopt babies or may even go for artificial insemination. Today, it has almost become a movement.

The trend started with celebrities and most of the women who decide to be a single mother are successful career women. More and more women today, reach their 40s while pursuing their careers and still live alone. They prefer not marrying and like being a spinster. Then, there is the urge to nurture and love, perhaps like a mother, innate in women. While some women do not feel ready to accept motherhood, may be because of their lifestyle or their medical conditions, and prefer pets as companions; some others like to raise children of their own and give them that has been locked in their hearts for years.
Besides money, car, nice clothes and a big house, they also long to have children and a loving family for themselves. Raising children and sharing happiness with them gives them the sense of satisfaction that only a mom can feel. These women are generally confident, financially secure, intelligent and self-assured and are fully ready to impart the same to their children. They are ready to face the society and any comments that may come their way. Of course, single parenting and being a single mom is quite demanding but it has its cherish-able moments too. People are also accepting the decision to be a single mom more readily now and also offer to help, which a single mom may like, just like all moms do at times.