Family building with love and science
Expert fertility care for LGBTQ+ families
You deserve care designed for families like yours
LGBTQ+ Family Building and Fertility Care
Midwife Liam Kali, LM has ushered thousands through the process of becoming parents via pregnancy. He offers two decades of clinical expertise and industry-specific knowledge to guide you through the process of building your family in the way you choose. Knowing what to expect and how to avoid common pitfalls can save time, money, and emotional stress. Receiving comprehensive, science-based pre-pregnancy care that centers queer and trans families provides a deep sense of affirmation everyone in our community deserves.
No matter where you live, you can access the information and support you need to build your family through donor sperm from a bank, from someone you know, or with gametes from a partner or coparent. Those in the greater Seattle area can conceive via IUI at home with the most experienced queer conception provider in the world.
Read Liam's recently published paper in Fertility & Sterility, the Journal of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine: Therapeutic donor insemination for LGBTQ+ families: a systematic review.
View Liam's CV
Families We Serve
At Maia, we hold each parent’s experience as important, valid and unique. Maia embraces all families formed with intention and love, and we honor the commitments forged within all constellations of family.
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LGBTQ+ Families
More than 3 decades of providing specialized services for LGBTQ+ families has made Maia widely renowned for the level of sensitivity and expertise we provide. -
Single parent Families
We honor the bold yet emotionally complex experience of welcoming a baby as a solo parent, and we actively forge connections among single parent families in our care. -
Poly Families
Individualized and attentive care makes space for each partner’s experience as the family unit navigates the transition to parenthood. -
Heterosexual Families
Our expertise in low intervention fertility care makes Maia well-suited for all families who desire a midwifery approach to infertility and in-home IUI.
Is Maia right for you?
What makes our practice unique
We specialize in donor conception, not infertility
Current scientific evidence is now proving what we have known all along: low-tech, individualized care results in higher success rates with less risk for families seeking donor conception, compared to routine protocols, unnecessary tests and costly interventions that have been designed for people with infertility. (Bressler 2020, Carpinello 2021, Kop 2022) However, most fertility doctors only care for our community as an afterthought, and therefore most clinics do not provide clinically appropriate options for families seeking donor insemination.
We center LGBTQ+ families and solo parents by choice
Everyone deserves a fertility provider who understands their needs and provides care in a way that affirms who they are, because the goal is not just to become pregnant, it's to become a parent - which is infused with every aspect of who you are! Gender inclusivity, queer positivity, and celebration of all forms of intentional parenthood is at the heart of all we do. By contrast, most fertility clinics lack LGBTQ+ sensitivity and present barriers to care that can result in unnecessary delays, increase cost, and undermine emotional well-being on the path to parenthood.
We can provide IUI in the comfort of your home
Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) is a low tech procedure that need not happen in a busy, impersonal clinic environment. We bring sterile supplies to perform the IUI procedure in your own home, including equipment to prepare a fresh sample (sperm washing) if needed. For those coming to us from out of town, or for any other reason you would rather not be at home, we also provide IUI and sample prep in our West Seattle office.
We take the time for trauma-informed pelvic care
We commonly hear statements like, “That was the most comfortable exam I’ve ever had,” or “Wow, I didn’t know it could be like this!” We take our time, get your permission every step of the way, and ensure you are as comfortable as you can possibly be throughout the IUI procedure. Getting the timing right is part of the trick too, because that’s when your cervix is most open and IUI is easiest - not to mention giving you the best chances for success.
We build community among the families we serve
Our specialized programs for LGBTQ+ and solo parents by choice include conception groups, pregnancy groups, childbirth and lactation education, and early parenting support programs. Staying connected with community builds resilience and helps new parents cope with the stressors of caring for a newborn. Families who participate in our programs throughout pregnancy and early parenthood tend to stay connected for years to come.
We do everything we can to increase access to care
Not in Seattle? No worries! We care for families across the US and Canada via tele-health, and we are actively training community-based midwives to increase access to local, trauma-informed IUI services. For many families in our care, we provide everything but the IUI (including ordering lab work) and help you locate a provider who can do the IUI procedure when you need it.
Although my clinical practice is focused on making babies, at its core, my practice is about making parents. My work as a midwife is to utilize clinical knowledge and procedural skills alongside counseling, education, and community building. From my perspective, it takes all of these to truly nurture and protect each individual’s transition to parenthood.
Queer Conception: The Complete Fertility Guide for Queer and Trans Parents-to-Be
This groundbreaking resource provides a comprehensive antidote to a culture and medical system that all too often overlooks the LGBTQ+ community’s unique needs. Here, you’ll find up-to-date guidance for navigating complex medical, social and financial decisions throughout the baby-making process, with sidebars offering guidance for reproductive health professionals.
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