Online Pregnancy Resources:

Breast/ Chestfeeding:

• La Leche League Trans and NB breast and chest feeding support

Transgender/ Nonbinary Fertility Support

• Trans Fertility Co

• At Home Insemination: A Step By Step Guide

LGBTQIA+ Miscarriage and pregnancy loss support

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Pregnancy Blogs: 

• Breastfeeding and parenting from a transgender perspective

• Spencer and Kelly's Pregnancy and Fatherhood Journey

• Trystan: I’m a transgender storyteller, facilitator, and parent.

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Pregnancy Books: ​

• Queer Conception
  The Complete Fertility Guide for Queer and Trans Parents-to-Be, Kristin Liam Kali ·

• Where’s The Mother? Stories from a Transgender Dad, MacDonald

• Trans/Love: Radical Sex, Love, and Relationships Beyond the Binary, Diamond

• Transformed By Birth, Britta Bushnell (uses gender neutral terms for parents throughout and an EXCELLENT book!) 

• Why Did No One Tell Me This?: The Doulas' (Honest) Guide for Expectant Parents, by Natalia Hailes and Ash Spivak

• Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag, Summers Not trans friendly but might be helpful to some. 

• What Makes a Baby? "What Makes a Baby is a book for every kind of family and every kind of kid. It is a 21st century children’s picture book about where babies come from that reflects the reality of our modern time by being inclusive of all kinds of kids, adults, and families, however they came to be"

Pregnancy Podcasts:

• Masculine Birth Ritual

• Transgender Dad Shares his Pregnancy & Birth Story

• The Longest Shortest Time: Accidental Gay Parents

• Gender Reveal: Grover Wehman-Brown

• Natal: A docuseries about having a baby while Black in the Uniteed States. 

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Facebook groups:

• Birthing and Breast or Chest-feeding Trans People and Allies

• LGBTQ+ Prepping to TTC

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Childbirth Education Classes

• Britta Bushnell, PhD (she/her)

• Marlee & Megan Malone-Franklin (she/her)

• Dana Morgan

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Doula Support

• Sydney Reyes

• Marleen Jett

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Lactation Support

• Sara Howard, LM, CPM, IBCLC (she/her)

• Kate Zachary IBCLC (Kaiser) (she/her)

Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy

• Dr. Grace (they/them) sees clients privately and through Kaiser Insurance. 

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Parenting Support Group:

• Trans & Gestating Virtual Support Group with Moss Froom. Trans led and all gender inclusive.

Online Healthcare Support:

• Folx Health- hormone telehealth and Rx delivery​

• PlanCPills.org

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Trans Proficient Perinatal Support in Los Angeles:

(based on real experiences from people I know and work with)

OBGYN Care​​

• Audrey M. Moruzzi, MD

• Tamara Grisales, MD

Midwifery Care

• Mychal Shifrah and Faith Freeman LM, CMP

• Jessica Diggs, LM 

• Faith Freeman LM

In Person Care in Los Angeles

(not pregnancy care):

Los Angeles LGBT Center

• Hormone therapy, including education and management

• Pre- and post- surgical care

• Trans-sensitive pap smears, pelvic exams, and prostate exams

• Primary care for Lesbian, bisexual, and queer women

• Accepts Medi-Cal

• And a lot more not directly related to pregnancy

Cedars Sinai Transgender Surgery and Health

• Patient education

• Fertility preservation

• Internal medicine, primary care and family medicine

• And a lot more not directly related to pregnancy

Kaiser Transgender Care (mixed reviews about their services)

• Gynecology

• Mental Health Services

• Primary Care

• Endocrinology

• Transition Pathways Clinic

The UCLA Gender Health Program:

• Primary Care Services

• Hormone Therapy

• Facial Reconstruction and Body Modification

• Chest/Top Surgery

• Genital Reconstructive Services/Bottom Surgery

• Gynecological Care

• Reproductive Health and Fertility Services

• Voice Therapy and Voice Surgery

• Behavioral Health Services

• Case Management and Care Coordination

• Referrals to Specialty Physicians​

For Care Providers

​Trainings:

Moss Froom (they/them)

Survey findings and recommendations on Trans and Non-Binary experiences of maternity services.

​​Guidelines for the Primary and Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary People