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Intro:

Dr. Antonette Whitehead (She/Her) is an OB/GYN at Downtown Women’s Health in Lower Manhattan. She is a reproductive health provider from Detroit, Michigan, and has been practicing in NYC for 13 years. Her approach to care is focused on the importance of deep listening and validating her patients. As a queer Black woman, she understands the intersections of her identity and how her experience informs her practice and provides a safe space for all of her patients to voice their concerns. 

Today Antonette and Cat discuss Queer Family Planning and what considerations Queer People and partners need to make during this stage in their lives. While all Family building requires some planning Queer people or alternative relationship styles or people pursuing co-parenting agreements may need to make additional considerations compared to their heterosexual cis-gendered counterparts when they are planning their family. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

• What were sex and reproductive education like for Antonette? 
• How does being a queer Black woman inform her practice? 
• Queer Family Planning and the various options available for queer individuals and couples
• What to consider when you’d like to have and raise a child with your partner(s)
• What options do Queer Folks have when it comes to having children 
• Pride and Parenting
• What is it like to raise a child when you are Queer 

You can find Antonette Whitehead here:
https://downtownwomen.com/
@dtwobgyn

Please support Antonette Whitehead’s foundation of choice:  

https://everymothercounts.org

Every mother counts works to achieve quality, respectful, and equitable maternity care for all by giving grants and working with partners and thought leaders to increase awareness and mobilize communities to take action.

Let’s connect:

Head South Instagram - @Headsouth.World

Cat Meyer Instagram - @Kittycatmeyer