Pregnancy Programs with Liam Kali, LM
Navigate pregnancy in a community of support
LGBTQ+ Pregnancy & Parenting Program
This well-loved program is the creation of Liam Kali, LM -- a queer, trans/nonbinary, community-based midwife with steadfast dedication to meeting the needs of LGBTQ+ people becoming 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 organized by due date, and have 6-10 families each. Families typically stay connected in a WhatsApp or Signal group between meetings.
- Two meetings per month
- Held on Zoom at 5:30-7:30pm 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
- Living in a Pregnant Body
- Gender and Pregnancy
- Non-Gestational / Solo Pregnancy
- Perinatal Mental Health
- Postpartum Planning
- How Babies Get Out
- Coping with Labor
- Providing Labor Support
- Trauma-Informed Birth
- Cesarean Birth
- Newborn Care
- Postpartum Healing
- Lactation
- Infant Sleep
- Sharing Your Birth Story
- Gender and Parenting
- Affirmations of Family
- Infant Communication
- Raising a Donor Conceived Child
- Working and Parenting
- Community Appreciation
CHILDBIRTH PREP
Comprehensive childbirth education is included in the LGBTQ+ Pregnancy Program, including in-depth preparation for the postpartum transition, or "fourth trimester". All birth options are 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:
- Physiology of labor and birth
- Hormones of labor
- Coping with labor
- Positions for labor
- Providing labor support
- Decision making in labor
- Pain medications / epidural placement
- Cesarean birth
- Managing expectations & fears
- Newborn procedures
- Lactation physiology
- Positioning and Infant latch
- Healing after birth
- Postpartum planning
- Perinatal mental health
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.