I’m a polyamorous parent — I’m a better mom now that my kids know the truth about my unrestrictive lifestyle

For Nichole Gonzalez, giving birth to her now one-year-old daughter in late 2023 was a family affair. 

As she pushed, her husband, Frank, held her left leg — while their girlfriend, Sasha, held the right. 

“It was important to have both of my partners in the delivery room,” Gonzalez, 29, a stay-at-home mama of two from northern New Jersey, told The Post. 

As a polyamorous parent to both her little girl and a nine-year-old son, she’s in the growing number of mothers and fathers exploring consensual non-monogamy (CNM). 

It’s an unrestrictive relationship style that allows couples to pursue sexual and romantic connections beyond the confines of a two-person partnership. 

The avant-garde arrangement is an everyday setup for roughly one in five adults in both the U.S. and Canada, per a 2024 report from the University of Quebec, which noted, “Among those who practice CNM, many have children.”