synopsis

Romance, love, marriage, family.  This is what every little girl thinks of as Plan A for their lives.  But in today's reality, many of those girls have grown into women who pursued careers, fell in and out of love and now face the tough question of how to have a family without the other factors coming first.  Welcome to the women of Plan B.  Intelligent, determined and vibrant, they are choosing to take matters into their own hands, and thanks to an open society and advanced reproductive technologies, they are succeeding.

 

 

This provocative documentary explores the new social picture single motherhood presents and the reasons this trend is snowballing among women in their thirties to mid forties. Edited as a dynamic conversation between twelve women who share a common bond, the film captures these womens most intimate thoughts on everything from failed relationships to choosing the perfect sperm donor and the financial and emotional stakes that come with being a single parent.  As the issues of single motherhood unfold, so o the engaging personalities of these remarkable women. 

 

Also given in the film are the perspectives of a sperm donor and a grown child of a single mother by choice.

 

In what may be the most candid film to date about single mothers by choice, you won't believe the hunger for this information and the growing number of women considering this path.  If you're even a little curious, just ask the single woman sitting next to you.