Midwifery-led fertility care

a new & evidence-based approach to family-building using the midwifery model of care

Applying the midwifery model of care to preconception & fertility healthcare

Time & Attention, Evidence-Informed & Shared Decision-Making, Person-Centered & Inclusive

Family-building, whether you are queer, trans, or straight is a transformative process - much like pregnancy and birth. However, it is often done in isolation and with little healthcare support, unless significant fertility challenges arise.

As midwives specializing in fertility, we aim to come alongside individuals and families in the months leading up to a planned pregnancy.

Supporting folx with evidence-informed clinical care (labs, ultrasounds, gamete testing, and preconception vitamins and supplements); with group peer support, trauma-informed and health-at-every-size care; time and attention.

Following a proven schedule of care that includes regular appointments leading up to a planned conception date (insemination); each appointment is at least 30 minutes long, with time for questions, with in-depth counseling and education, and with individualized care plans tailored to the health and pregnancy goals of each person.

“We do not have to wait until we have an infertility diagnoses to access supportive preconception care”

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“Why are there no healthcare plans for preconception & fertility?”

I believe midwifery care is for everyone, and that everyone has the right to make a baby and parent in gender-affirming ways.
— Rae Jimenez (she/they), Owner

Rae P. Jimenez (she/they) is a Latina, queer midwife and fertility provider based in Renton.  Focusing on BIPGM & LGBTQ+ preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum healthcare, Rae has been supporting folx build their families since 2019 by providing IUIs (intrauterine inseminations), family-building education, and functional medicine, while centering the queer & trans experience.  

De-gendering medicine, fertility, and family-building has been the foundational theme of Rae’s clinical work, believing that healthcare is better accessed in the context of a “village” where all bodies are welcome and wellness is decolonized.  The intention of her practice is to support individuals in feeling that their reproductive and sexual healthcare is not mutually exclusive with their intersectionalities and identities.  Families that work with Rae often conclude their care with mottos such as “fertility, pregnancy, and birth have no gender” and “my body has as much right to make and grow a baby as any other body does.”    

“I surround myself with a village that will support my family-building hopes, affirm me as a person, and go through the highs and lows with.”