Queer & Trans
Science & Decolonization Based
Childbirth Education
Birthing Queer
Interactive & tight-knit queer birth class taught by a trans genderqueer professional midwife
Learn everything you need to birth more SAFELY and so very QUEER in any setting : Staying connected to your (gay ass) self regardless of how the mystery of birth unfolds.
For trans / queer birthers, support folks, & birth workers.
Upcoming Classes
MARCH 19 - APRIL 11, 2024
AUGUST 6 - 29, 2024
The TRANS QUEER BIRTH STUFF:
Chestfeeding
Inducing lactation in non-bio parents/guardians
Self-Advocacy with birth providers: consenting to everything that happens
Trauma and body dysphoria in pregnancy/birth/postpartum
Queering parenting and queer divisions of labor
HRT in the context of birth/nursing
Somatic practices
How/why labor progresses
Protecting the birth space for safer outcomes
Effective self-advocacy for improving outcomes
Trauma conscious skills for labor & parenting
Re-understanding pain & pain management
Support person guidance: confidence in this significant role
Herbal support
Neuro-regulation
Visual & body based fear engagement & coaching
Waterbirth, Homebirth, Hospital birth
Empathetic, Socially Conscious, & Attachment parenting
Guidance on pregnancy, labor & parenting that is affirming of all genders & family structures
“This was the most supportive, inclusive, and nonjudgemental birth class we found. I’m so grateful to Ash. @embodied.birth ‘s ability to hold space in the context of systems of oppression and trauma was beautiful. It made us feel so well prepared and informed to advocate for ourselves in so many different scenarios throughout the birth process. I really can’t recommend their class enough.”
— Dei Dill (they/them), Sept 2023
“[I experienced this class as] so helpful, very knowledgeable, lots of honest unbiased information, and so so affirming to be in a space that was specifically designed for us as trans and queer parents rather than us just being an after thought or addition.”
— Feb 2022 participant
IDENTITY INCLUSION
Agreement with the following is required for all participants:
This class fully embraces, uplifts, and seeks to empower IN their identities: people of all sexual orientations and genders, body sizes and shapes, abilities (including otherly abled individuals with invisible or visible disabilities), racial and ethnic backgrounds, class, income, educational and intellectual backgrounds, religious, language and cultural backgrounds in the context of an English-only class, neurodivergent, emotional health and trauma backgrounds, and people who have other marginalized identities including but not at all limited to sex workers, survivors of abuse and violence, non-nuclear families/alternative family structures including single or multiple parents or guardians, non-legal guardianships and non-biological parents, folks raising children off-grid/lower tech environments, polyamorous individuals, and people who choose to keep various identities private within our group space.
**Photographer: Ashley Ramer of Cedar and Ocean Photography https://www.cedarandocean.com/
In photo: Evan (he/him-gay trans man-gestational carrier-pregnant father- “Dada”):: Joey (he/him-cis man-non birthing partner- “Daddy”)