Pregnancy Programs with Liam Kali, LM
Liam Kali, Licensed Midwife
Pregnancy Programs for LGBTQ+ and Solo Parent Families
This well-loved program is the creation of Liam Kali, a queer, trans/nonbinary, community-based midwife with steadfast dedication to meeting the needs of LGBTQ+ and solo parents. Gather with families like yours to receive balanced, practical information about pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting a newborn. Participate in a space where community building is actively facilitated, creating a sense of solidarity and fostering resilience for navigating the transition to parenthood. Liam offers an evidence-based clinical perspective, wisdom from 30 years caring for newborns and their parents, and well-honed group facilitation skills. Join from anywhere! All sessions are held on Zoom.
Build your circle of support under the guidance of author, parent, queer elder and seasoned midwife Liam Kali
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
"We are SO GRATEFUL for this group!"
"Liam's timely and succinct pearls of wisdom have been crucial to our experience of this pregnancy."
"I so appreciated being able to text the group and get support in real time."
"Our meetings are always the highlight of my week!"
"This group showed us what we actually deserve as queer parents, so when we are in spaces where we are not seen, we don't buy into it."
"It was been truly meaningful to develop these relationships and watch them deepen over time - I feel so held by this group."
PROGRAM DETAILS
Participants receive comprehensive instruction and facilitated peer support for navigating pregnancy, childbirth and the 4th trimester. Groups are specific to LGBTQ+ Parents or Solo Parents, organized by due date, and have 6-10 families each. Families typically stay connected in a WhatsApp group between meetings.
- Two meetings per month
- On Zoom at 5:30-7:30pm Pacific
- Two-day Childbirth Prep Intensive
- On Zoom at 10am-4pm Pacific
- Cost per family is $150 per month
Questions? Email us.
MEETING TOPICS
At each meeting, we check in on physical and mental health, have a Q&A session, take a short break, and then Liam provides instruction or facilitates a discussion. We close each meeting with a gratitude share.
Topics include:
- Sharing Your Conception Story
- Building Your Care Team
- Non-Gestational / Solo Pregnancy
- Physical Health in Pregnancy
- Living in a Pregnant Body
- Perinatal Mental Health
- Postpartum Planning
- Parenthood and Identity
- Healing After Birth
- Sharing Your Birth Story
- Infant Sleep
- Infant Communication
- Navigating Relationship Changes
- Raising a Donor Conceived Child
- Working and Parenting
- Affirmations of Family
- Community Appreciation
CHILDBIRTH PREP
Liam has been teaching this widely popular and well loved class for over 20 years! Now offered exclusively as a part of the LGBTQ+ / Solo Pregnancy Programs and held on Zoom for two weekend days from 10am to 4pm Pacific. All birth options are discussed and supported, including hospital birth with epidural, home or birth center birth, and cesarean birth. Lactation content focuses on what you really need to know for the early days of establishing milk production and feeding a newborn with human milk.
Topics include:
- How babies get out
- Hormones of labor
- Coping techniques for labor
- Pain medications for labor
- Positions for labor
- Providing support during labor
- Decision making in labor
- Epidural placement
- Cesarean birth
- Managing hopes & fears
- Postpartum procedures
- Establishing Lactation
- Positioning and Infant latch
- Maintaining your Milk Supply
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I join the Program if I don’t live in Seattle?
You can participate in our programs no matter where you live - everything is held online!
Is there a deadline to sign up for the LGBTQ+ Pregnancy & Parenting Program?
We arrange each group based on due dates, and we max each group at 10 families. Sign up in first trimester to make sure you you get in!
Visit our FAQ to find answers to more of our commonly asked questions
Liam has the experience to address issues specific to queer families of all sorts. It’s not just about using neutral pronouns and terms (like “birth parent” instead of “mom”). They really understand the complexities of queer families, whether it’s specifics like co-nursing or broader issues like emotional dynamics. It’s also great to be in a room full of queer folks who understand my experience, so I feel like my queer specific questions are adding to the group’s experience rather than distracting or pulling the class off on a tangent.