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Queer conception : the complete fertility guide for queer and trans parents-to-be  Cover Image Book Book

Queer conception : the complete fertility guide for queer and trans parents-to-be / Kristin L. Kali, Licensed Midwife.

Kali, Kristin L., (author.).

Summary:

The only evidence-based, up-to-date fertility guide for queer people from an experienced health care provider, this is also the first to be transgender inclusive and body-positive. Here, queer prospective parents will find sound advice for navigating complex medical, social and financial decisions. Trusted fertility midwife Kristin Kali walks you through the baby-making process: creating a timeline; fertile health for every body; preconception tests; identifying ovulation; donors, gamete banks, and surrogacy; methods of insemination including IUI, IVF and reciprocal IVF; navigating early pregnancy; and preparing for infant feeding, including lactation induction for trans women and nongestational parents. This book is for all LGBTQ+ readers interested in creating family through pregnancy: anyone who identifies as queer, lesbians, gay men, bisexual people, trans and nonbinary people, couples, single parents by choice, poly families, and coparents. It's an antidote to a culture and medical system that all too often centers heterosexual couples experiencing infertility while overlooking our unique needs. It also contains sidebars with guidance for reproductive healthcare professionals.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781632173980
  • ISBN: 1632173980
  • Physical Description: x, 309 pages : illustrations, charts ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Seattle : Sasquatch Books, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-302) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Making decisions and creating a timeline -- Fertile health for every body -- Lab tests and fertility evaluations -- Gamete donors -- Surrogacy -- Insemination methods and timing -- Troubleshooting and complicated conceptions -- In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer -- Coping with cycle attempts -- Miscarriage -- Early pregnancy and lactation induction.
Subject: Fertility, Human.
Human reproductive technology.
Gay parents.
Lesbian mothers.
Lesbians.
Bisexual women.
Transgender people.
Transgender parents.

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Upper Skagit Library 618.178 KAL 1013533 Nonfiction Available -

KRISTIN LIAM KALI, Licensed Midwife, (they/them) is the owner of MAIA Midwifery & Fertility Services, PLLC. They have supported thousands of LGBTQ+ parents through fertility and preconception care, in-home insemination, prenatal care, childbirth education, delivery in homes and birth centers, postpartum care, lactation management and parenting groups. As a public speaker, educator and consultant, they have trained hundreds of midwives and childbirth professionals to serve the queer and trans community with humility, respect and the widespread use of gender inclusive language.


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