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Leah Campbell

I’m pretty much exactly like Lorelei Gilmore. Except I live in Alaska, my parents aren’t rich and Luke is late with my coffee.

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When You’re the One Who’s Broken

When You’re the One Who’s Broken

Realizing that I couldn't conceive was a grieving process. Now I fear it will it be a deal-breaker for future love interests.

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About

Leah Campbell is a single mother by choice, after a serendipitous series of events led to the adoption of her daughter in 2013. Author of the book, Single Infertile Female, she has perfected the art of dancing in the rain, scaring men away and tripping at inopportune moments.

Website

leahcampbellwrites.com

Hometown

Anchorage, AK

Kids

1

Fun Facts

If I could swap places with someone for a day, it would be:

Lady Gaga because Taylor Kinney.
3 things I can’t live without:

Chapstick, cheese and my little girl.
Proudest parenting moment:

The first time my daughter peed in the woods — Alaskan girl, through and through!

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He Ended His Life Before We Even Had a Chance

Now there’s no hope. No possibility. No promise for the future. There’s nothing. And when I think about that, I just feel so … sad.

Relationships

Not Every Parent Needs a Break From Their Kid

Not Every Parent Needs a Break From Their Kid

To each parent their own. Let's just stop judging.

Parenting

I Know My Daughter Doesn’t Look Like Me — Please Stop Telling Me She Does

My adopted daughter and I share qualities far beyond what we see in the mirror.

Parenting

I Want My Daughter to Know That It’s OK to Sometimes Fall Apart

I want her to know that life has its ups and downs. That we can be sad and still swing back to happy again.

Body & Mind

My Kid Is a Total Tattletale and It Bugs the Hell Out of Me

My Kid Is a Total Tattletale and It Bugs the Hell Out of Me

Teaching her the difference between speaking up when something's wrong and being a snitch has grown, shall we say, complicated.

Parenting

When Cutting a Family Member Out of Your Life Is the Only Choice

Sometimes, blood isn't always thicker than water.

Relationships

Please, Stop Asking Me When I’m Going to Try Having “My Own” Baby

My daughter is every bit my own and more, thank you very much.

Parenting

I’m a Single Mom Who Relies on the Affordable Care Act, and I’m Terrified to Lose It

I’m a Single Mom Who Relies on the Affordable Care Act, and I’m Terrified to Lose It

If the ACA is repealed without a replacement plan in place, I stand to lose everything.

Parenting

A Thank You to My Tribe, from a Single Mom Who Couldn’t Have Done It Without You

A Thank You to My Tribe, from a Single Mom Who Couldn’t Have Done It Without You

When my daughter was sick. When I couldn't get a sitter. You were there through it all — and I can't thank you enough.

Relationships

As a Woman, I Don’t Have the Luxury of Leaving the House Without My Guard Up

Parenting

To My Daughter’s Birth Mother: Our Door Is Always Open

To My Daughter’s Birth Mother: Our Door Is Always Open

I don’t know how you did it. I don’t know how you had the strength to make the choices you did. But I'm eternally grateful that you were.

Parenting

To Be Honest, Disciplining My Toddler Sucks More for Me Than It Does For Her

To Be Honest, Disciplining My Toddler Sucks More for Me Than It Does For Her

This thing called "follow-through"? Yeah ... that's not something I seem to have.

Parenting

I’m Genuinely Afraid That I’m Never Going to Have Sex Again

I’m Genuinely Afraid That I’m Never Going to Have Sex Again

I never thought I'd have to choose between motherhood or love, but after becoming a single mom, my circumstance is a little well, different.

Parenting

The Fear That Keeps Me Up at Night Now That I’m a Mother

As a single mother, I grapple with the knowledge that if anything were to happen to me, another parent wouldn't be right there to step in.

Parenting

I Would Rather My Child Be Bullied Than Be the Bully

I Would Rather My Child Be Bullied Than Be the Bully

Parenting

What Makes a Mom “Real”?

Through the beauty of adoption, my daughter has two mommies. We're both "real" — and I hope to honor that always.

Parenting

My Daughter Is Obsessed with the Father She Doesn’t Have

I adopted my daughter myself, as a single mother. But lately, the comments about her "Daddy" keep on coming ...

Parenting

After Losing Her Baby, Mom Donates Breast Milk to Her Friend’s Adopted Daughter

A powerful story about love and friendship.

Parenting

Viral Pregnancy Announcement Highlights the Bittersweet Journey of Conceiving After Infertility

After four years, 107 hormone injections, and two surgeries, one couple is finally getting the baby they've been praying for.

Parenting

Dear Infertile Me …

Dear Infertile Me …

Sometimes I wish I could just reach across time and tell you that it's going to be okay.

Pregnancy

The Heart-Wrenching Struggle of Wanting Them to Grow Up, But Not Too Fast

This is one of those parts about motherhood they don't tell you about; the heart-tugging pull between the past and the present.

Parenting

My Infertility Struggle Opened Me Up to a Sisterhood I Never Knew Existed

Before I knew it, people were finally relating to what I was saying; they were telling me they understood.

Pregnancy

The Moment I Watched My Daughter Limit Herself for a Boy

My daughter is only three — and yet, I can already see it starting.

Kid

Please, Stop Telling Infertile Couples to “Just Adopt”

Those two little words cut deeper than you'd think.

Pregnancy

To the Mothers Who Are Not There

Some damage just can’t be undone.

Parenting