Support Group for Queer, Non-Birthing Parents- Winter Cohort
Winter Cohort | 6:00-7:30pm PT/ 8:00-9:30pm CT/ 9:00-10:30pm ET
Session 1: Monday, January 9th, 2023
Session 2: Monday, January 23rd, 2023
Session 3: Monday, February 6th, 2023
Session 4: Monday, February 20th, 2023
Session 5: Monday, March 6th, 2023
Session 6: Monday, March 20th, 2023
*Held via Zoom
*Live captioning available
*Open to folks with partners who are pregnant or have already given birth
*All queer identities and family configurations welcome
DESCRIPTION
Preparing for and adjusting to the birth of a child can be a challenging process. As the non-gestational parent, there are struggles unique to this positionality that are often experienced in addition to this transition.
Join us for a peer-led space devoted to connection with other queer, non-gestational parents. Here, folks are invited to share the full spectrum of experience whether it be struggle, celebration, seeking guidance, or all of the above.
Here are some common questions/themes we might explore:
- Navigating pregnancy after a challenging conception journey
- Navigating postpartum after a challenging birth
- Concern about parenting role
- Parenting within polyamorous dynamics
- Navigating frustrations around comments regarding your relation to your child
- Fear of not feeling or being seen as a legitimate parent due to not having a biological connection or due to not being in a heterosexual dynamic
- Concern about connection to kiddo being less than or different
- Navigating unsupportive extended family
- and more!
SCHOLARSHIPS: Full & half scholarships are available for folks who identify as Black, Indigenous &/or a Person of Color.
To apply, send an email to Hola@BirthBruja.com with a short share on which scholarship you are applying for and why you want to attend. Be sure to indicate "Fall Support Group Scholarship Request" in the subject.
FACILITATOR
Brooke Patmor (they/them) is a full-time, full-spectrum birth worker working in occupied Olohne territory otherwise known as the San Francisco Bay Area. As a queer, fat, white, non-binary person, Brooke is dedicated to offering inclusive care with a trauma-informed, anti-racist, and social justice framework. They support people through ALL birth outcomes including abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth and welcome people of all identities and family structures- recognizing the added challenges of navigating the birth and postpartum world as a queer-identified person or someone with other marginalized identities. www.borncollectivesf.com
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Once payment is received, you will receive a confirmation email with a PDF. The Zoom link is on the second page. Email Hola@BirthBruja.com if you do not receive your confirmation email.
NonRefundable: All payments are nonrefundable.