In This Episode: We're joined by Liam Kali — licensed midwife and author of Queer Conception: The Complete Fertility Guide for Queer and Trans Parents-to-Be — for a conversation about the landscape of queer family-building. This one is for folks in the thick of family building, thinking about it, or anyone who loves someone who is.

Chapters:

00:00 KU Episode 4

00:01 Garden Drama Continues

00:10 Meet Liam Kali

00:11 Welcome Liam!

00:12 Who Is Your Kin?

00:17 Liam's Entry into Midwifery

00:23 Deconstructing Family

00:30 Pathways to Queer Conception

00:38 The Shortage of BIPOC Donors

00:41 Known Donor vs. Sperm Bank

00:53 Psych Evals + Queer Considerations for Clinics

00:58 Navigating Grief in Queer Conception

01:18 Changes in the Landscape

01:29 A Little Bit of Hope

01:31 Find + Work with Liam

Resources Mentioned:

• Queer Conception: The Complete Fertility Guide for Queer and Trans Parents-to-Be by Liam Kali
• Liam's practice: https://maiamidwifery.com/
• Seed Scout — known donor matching service for queer families
• Inito — hormone tracking monitor
• Mira — hormone tracking monitor
• Reproductive Losses: Challenges to LGBTQ Family-Making by Christa Craven
• LGBTQ Reproductive Loss
• ASRM LGBTQ+ SIG guidelines on fertility care and family building: https://www.asrm.org/news-and-events/podcasts/asrm-today/asrm-today-donor-sperm-and-lgbtq-family-building/

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Maia Midwifery

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Credits:

Hosted by Martissa Beard & Chanel McFollins

Cover Photo by MARS. Beard

• (00:00) - On Queer Conception w/ Liam Kali
• (00:24) - Garden Drama Continues
• (09:39) - Meet Liam Kali
• (11:24) - Welcome Liam
• (16:28) - Liam's Entry into Midwifery
• (23:00) - Deconstructing Family
• (29:50) - Pathways to Queer Conception
• (38:16) - The Shortage of BIPOC Donors
• (40:02) - Known donor Vs. Sperm Bank
• (53:47) - Psych Eval and Queer Considerations for Clinics
• (57:37) - Navigating Grief in Queer Conception
• (01:18:01) - Changes in the Landscape
• (01:28:53) - A Little Bit of Hope
• (01:30:57) - Find and Work with Liam