Dear Mum, it's Louenna Hood: I Chose a Path of Solo Parenthood, Through Adoption

Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussions around infertility and becoming parents through surrogacy.

"I walked into a room full of cots, and it was like a lightning bolt." That's the moment Louenna Hood describes as the turning point… the second she knew she was going to adopt.

Louenna's spent her whole career looking after other people's children, over 100 babies, a Norland nanny training, and now the app and book that's helped thousands of parents (myself included).

She chose to build her family on her own terms, no father, no partner, just her in her quest for motherhood. We talk about the trip to Ukraine that changed everything, the foster-to-adopt process, and the day Alice arrived — three days old, "dropped off by the stork."

Louenna's honest about what it's really like to parent through adoption: staying open with Alice about her story, meeting her birth parents, and why she pushes back on the idea that adopted children are simply "lucky."

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Links

Louenna Hood:

• IG - https://www.instagram.com/nannylouenna
• FB - https://www.facebook.com/nannylouenna
  
• The app - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/nanny-louenna/id1508344643
• Website - https://louenna.com/

Charlie:

• IG - https://www.instagram.com/charlielaunder
• TT - https://www.tiktok.com/@charlielaunder
• YT - https://www.youtube.com/@charliebarkerr

💪 Bumps & Burpees:
https://www.instagram.com/bumpsandburpees
www.bumpsandburpees.com

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