Parenting While Trans: Exploring Options and Experiences in Fertility, Pregnancy, and Infant Feeding
Workshop Description
Becoming a parent is a transformation of identity, not separate from but fully fused with one's gender identity and expression. Learn about options for fertility and family building from a gender inclusive, trans-centered perspective. Topics will include considerations for timing of gender transition in relation to pregnancy; gamete preservation prior to hormonal transition; and options for infant feeding. Psychosocial issues such as intersections of gender identity/expression with parenthood, trans-masculine pregnancy, and trans-feminine motherhood will be discussed. This workshop is appropriate for mental health and medical providers as well as families with youth who are thinking about reproductive options. There will be ample time for discussion and Q&A following the presentation.
Conference Track
Family
Medical (Seattle only)
Primary Contact
Kristin Kali, LM CPM, MAIA Midwifery & Fertility Services
Workshop Presenters
Kristin Kali, LM CPM, MAIA Midwifery & Fertility Services
Presenter Bio
Kristin Kali, LM, CPM, is a midwife, teacher, writer, speaker, trainer, and consultant specializing in
LGBTQ family building and gender inclusivity. Kristin is a warm and engaging presence, delivering
professionalism and expertise with a down-to-earth, personable style.
Kristin is an authoritative resource on LGBTQ healthcare during conception and pregnancy, functional approaches to fertility, and midwifery model preconception care. Colleagues and clientele alike remark on Kristin’s special talent for breaking down complex topics into an easily understandable form.
Kristin has presented to national and international audiences such as the Midwives Alliance of North America, Canadian Association of Midwives, and Lamaze International, and Kristin has provided organizational training and consulting for the Association of Ontario Midwives, Midwives Association of BC and Bastyr University. Kristin has given numerous lectures at universities, conferences and local community groups.
Kristin is the owner of MAIA Midwifery and Fertility Services, internationally renowned for LGBTQ
family building expertise and midwifery model preconception care. In addition to providing preconception care via telemedicine to families across the globe, Kristin provides midwifery care,
home insemination, classes and support groups in Seattle, WA, as well as teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can read more about MAIA services, download webinars, and access fertility related products at maiamidwifery.com.