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Kristin Kali , LM CPM

Kristin Kali, LM CPM provides fertility consultations in person and to distance clients at MAIA. Her individualized approach to fertility care focuses on building an optimal state of health utilizing natural methods alone or in tandem with fertility medicine. As a midwife, she applies clinical knowledge within a context of client education, empowerment and support. Kristin also facilitates support groups for a wide range of prospective and expectant parents, teaches childbirth education classes for LGBTQI families, and conducts workshops on fertility, lesbian pregnancy, and related subjects throughout the greater community.

Kristin is a graduate of Seattle Midwifery School and a member of the California Association of Midwives, the Midwives Association of North America, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, and RESOLVE of Northern California. She is inspired by witnessing the process of transformation that parents experience when welcoming a baby into their lives, from preconception through postpartum. Her midwifery practice is centered in honoring each person as a unique individual, and she has a special love of building community among the clients she serves.


Stephanie Brill

Stephanie Brill is director and co-founder of MAIA
Midwifery & Preconception Services. MAIA has achieved
national recognition by helping thousands of lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals with
every aspect of creating family, pregnancy,
and parenthood. MAIA has also helped hundreds of
single and coupled heterosexual women to conceive and
is renowned for helping older women to conceive using
their own eggs.

As a leading Bay Area midwife, Stephanie has helped more than 500 babies to be born at home. She is a former faculty member of the Midwifery Institute of California. Stephanie presents regularly at state and national midwifery conferences. She regularly contributes to Midwifery Today - an international professional magazine for midwives.

Stephanie is author of the acclaimed books -- The Queer Parents' Primer: A Lesbian and Gay Families' Guide to Navigating the Straight World and The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth.

Stephanie also provides comprehensive training and
consultation for health professionals on the subjects
of fertility, lesbian and transgender reproductive health care, and gender identity information in young children. She presents at queer health forums, mental health forums, and provides inservices for schools.

Stephanie maintains a private practice assisting
babies and toddlers in expressing and releasing trauma
and helping them communicate more fully with their
parents. She has four children.


MAIA Midwifery & Preconception Services :: 925-253-0685
info@maiamidwifery.com