What happens when you plan to become a mum one day — but one day never comes?

At 49, Dianne became a solo mum through double donor IVF. After decades of waiting for the right partner or the “perfect time,” she made the bold decision to stop waiting and start living.

Becoming Dianne is a raw and intimate memoir of surrendering expectations and finding unexpected joy beyond the timeline she once believed in. It’s a story ultimately of hope beyond fertility setbacks to embrace a version of motherhood she never expected – but wouldn’t change for anything.Woven with thought-provoking journal prompts, this book is for the woman grieving what hasn’t happened. The one silently Googling IVF at 2AM. The one afraid to want more.

Becoming Dianne is a story of what happens when you radically choose yourself, even after the world told you it was too late.