Riding the Waves: Support for the Ups & Downs of TTC

Join Portal Doula, Michelle Castor (she/they) for an affirming circle to build and strengthen skills, tools, and support for navigating fertility struggles and the ups & downs of TTC.

Our time together is all an invitation and will include:

• gentle breathing & somatic exercises,
• acknowledging the impacts of fertility struggles - especially as queer, trans, non-binary, and solo folks TTC
• recommendations for navigating the myriad experiences of these waves (from grief to uncertainty to hope and hopelessness - and beyond) to help nourish your nervous systems, your hearts, your families,
• reflections and tools to ground and center you in your own wisdom, strengths, and communities of care,
• guidance to vision and create your own personalized “taking care” plan
• time for Q&A

Michelle is a mixed non-binary femme of color and a portal doula. They support individuals and communities navigating the portal-like experiences of grief & loss, fertility & TTC, and great life transformations through trauma sensitive space holding, somatic care, intuitive coaching, and herbal remedios. She has over 15 years of experience supporting BIPOC, queer, and trans folks with getting pregnant - and the ups and downs along the way. Michelle is available for 1:1 support, group facilitation, and healing circles. Learn more about their work at aguasangrehealing.com and @aguasangrehealing

Hosted by Marea Goodman, LM, CPM (they/them), a licensed midwife specializing in caring for the LGBTQ+ community from pre-conception into the first year of parenting. A graduate of the National Midwifery Institute, Marea has been licensed by the California Medical Board since 2015. Marea is also the founder of the PregnantTogether Community, a vibrant online community supporting queer folks, solo parents, and anyone who has ever felt different through TTC, pregnancy, postpartum and parenting. Marea is the co-author of the book, Baby Making for Everybody—Fertility and Family Building for LGBTQ+ and Solo Parents (touted as the What to Except When You're Expecting for non-traditional families). What they are most proud of is getting to be "mommy" to their three amazing kids.

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PregnantTogether is a family-building community for queer folks, solo parents, and anyone who has ever felt different.

The community offers:

• Access to your own personal midwife who can help you navigate through the challenges and joys of trying to conceive (TTC) and pregnancy.
• A family-building community for queer folks, solo parents, and anyone who has ever felt different, to connect and support each other.

• Monthly hangouts for solo parents, people trying to conceive, people who are pregnant, non-gestational parents, postpartum parents, and more.
• Monthly webinars with experts specializing in some aspect of the TTC or pregnancy experience.
• Recorded video content and self-paced courses containing educational and empowering information about every stage of preconception, pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum.
  
  ...And so much more!

If you'd like to join the community and receive FREE access to this and all future events, head to community.pregnanttogether.com and sign up.