LGBTQIA2S+ Pregnancy and Birth Resources

Queer and transgender clients have specific needs when it comes to pregnancy care, birthing, and nursing or feeding their babies.

These resources, blogs, articles and groups are a starting point in knowledge sharing, community building and client support:

• Trans and Queer Pregnancy and Parenting Group (Strathcona Midwifery Collective, Vancouver)
• Trans healthcare resource list by Serious Play Films: Resources for TGNC people curious about fertility and pregnancy, as well as resources for midwives, doulas, and other healthcare professionals

Fertility/Family Planning:

• Reproductive Options for Trans Women
• Choosing Children, Legal Pamphlet by barbara findlay’s law office

Care:

• Trans Pregnancy Project: Articles, studies, and other resources for trans people and health practitioners.
• Birth for Everybody: A group of North American midwives working on inclusivity.

Films:

• A Womb of Their Own by, Cyn Lubow
• Transgender Parents by, Remy Huberdeau

Feeding options:

• The Protocols for Induced Lactation: A Guide for Maximizing Breastmilk Production
• Trevor Macdonald’s blog: breastfeeding and parenting from a transgender perspective
• Trans Women and Breastfeeding: A Personal Interview

Queer Parenting Blogs and Books:

• The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Healthcare, by Zena Sharman
• Decolonizing P@renting, A Zine by & for Queer Parents of Color, by Se’mana Thompson
• And Baby Makes More: Known Donors, Queer Parents, and Our Unexpected Families, by Susan Goldberg and Chloe Brushwood
• Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines, by Gumbs, Martens, and Williams
• Gays with Kids
• Where’s the Mother?: Stories from a Transgender Dad, by Trevor Macdonald

Facebook Groups:

• The Other Box: Parenthood: for parents and future parents who identify as “Other” in any way
• Queer and Trans Pregnancy and Parenting Group

Research articles:

• Transmasculine individuals’ experiences with lactation, chestfeeding, and gender identity: a qualitative study
• Ellis S, Wojnar D, Pettinato M. Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth Experiences of Male and Gender Variant Gestational Parents: It’s How We Could Have a Family. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health
• Obedin-Maliver J, Makadon H. Transgender Men and Pregnancy. Obstetric Medicine

Midwifery Statements:

• Canadian Midwifery Regulators Council – position statement on the use of gender inclusive language
• Canadian Association of Midwives – statement on gender inclusivity and human rights
• Midwives Association of BC – diversity, equity and inclusion statement

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