Midwife with passion: Cathi Kaiser loves her job. During the training, she discovered how difficult it is for rainbow families in delivery rooms and clinics. Photo: Christin Hartard
Rainbow families often face special challenges when it comes to having their own child. The Stuttgart midwife Cathi Kaiser offers you the opportunity to prepare for birth and the postpartum period in queer birth preparation courses.
The midwife Cathi Kaiser, with her black cycling shorts and short, peroxide blonde hair, sits cross-legged on a yoga mat and kneads a rubber breast. She carefully strokes the ball-shaped model from back to front with her fingertips again and again. She talks about let-in, breast pumps and the benefits of breastfeeding. A woman sitting opposite Cathi Kaiser asks how exactly that would work if she also wanted to breastfeed the baby. It’s not she who has the round stomach, but rather her partner, who is cooling her neck with a wet washcloth next to her on the sofa. It’s not an easy path, answers Cathi Kaiser, but a very exciting option for rainbow families.
