In Baby Making for Everybody, queer millennial midwives Ray Rachlin and Marea Goodman use their professional expertise to demystify the dizzying process of pursuing parenthood as queer and solo people, offering detailed, gender-affirming, body-positive advice on topics including:* Fertility tracking for people with uteruses

* Choosing a sperm donor, egg donor, or surrogate
* Legal considerations for LGBTQ+ families
* Navigating pregnancy and gender identity
* IUI, ICI, and IVF procedures
* Foster parenting and adoption
* Miscarriage and infertility

The result is a much-needed compassionate step-by-step guide for every aspect of the complicated, messy, and glorious process of building a family. Combining practical information with personal narratives and first-person community wisdom, this book provides prospective parents with the information they need to grow their families.

About the Author

Ray Rachlin, LM, CPM (they/she) is a midwife and founder of Refuge Midwifery, licensed in the state of New Jersey since 2017. Ray earned their BS in Midwifery at Birthingway College of Midwifery in 2016, and is a member of the Queer and Transgender Midwives Association.

Marea Goodman, LM, CPM (she/her) is a midwife, writer, and founder of Restore Midwifery. She earned her midwifery degree from the National Midwifery Institute, and has been licensed by the California Medical Board since 2015. She lives in Santa Cruz, California with her three children and her wife, who is also a midwife.

Book Information
ISBN 9781538725863
Author Marea Goodman, LM, CPM
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Grand Central Publishing
Publisher Little, Brown & Company
Weight(grams) 280g
Dimensions(mm) 204mm * 132mm * 26mm