Welcome to CherisHer™
Rooted in Culture, Centred on her.
Where Black motherhood is seen, heard and held.
Her Journey. Her Culture. Her Voice.
CherisHer
Rooted in culture, centred on her.
Where Black motherhood is seen, heard and held.
Pregnancy, birth and motherhood can be many things at once.
A beginning.
A transformation.
A beautiful moment.
A lot to take in.
And your journey deserves space for all of it.
CherisHer is a space created for Black women to explore pregnancy, birth and motherhood through information, feeling, culture, conversation and connection.
Your journey. Your culture. Your voice.
YOUR JOURNEY, YOUR WAY
There isn't one way to experience pregnancy or motherhood.
You may come looking for information about your maternity care.
You may need reassurance before an appointment.
You might want to hear another woman's experience.
Or perhaps you simply want something that feels familiar, calming or uplifting.
Wherever you are, start with what you need.
KNOW • FEEL • LISTEN
Three spaces. One journey.
CherisHer brings together different parts of the experience because sometimes you need to understand, sometimes you need space to feel, and sometimes you need to be heard.
KNOW
Help her understand.
Explore pregnancy, birth, maternity care, choices, communication, culture and life after birth.
A place to make sense of your journey and the systems around it.
FEEL
Give space to her experience.
Make room for the emotional side of pregnancy and motherhood through reflection, encouragement, creativity, calming moments and supportive content.
A space to pause, feel and reconnect with yourself.
LISTEN
Make space for her voice, connection and culture.
Hear women's experiences, perspectives, messages and conversations, and discover the things that connect us.
Because Black motherhood is not one story.
MORE THAN A MATERNITY APPOINTMENT
There is a woman behind every appointment.
Behind every scan.
Behind every birth plan.
Behind every decision.
Her life doesn't disappear when she walks into maternity care.
She brings her culture, relationships, circumstances, hopes, questions and experiences with her.
More Than a Maternity Appointment creates space to look at the bigger picture — the woman, the midwife, the system and what happens when they meet.
Because the appointment is only one part of her story.
Explore More Than a Maternity Appointment →
A LITTLE CHERISHER MOMENT
Sometimes, you just need a little moment for yourself.
A few words that meet you where you are.
A gentle reminder.
A thought to sit with.
A moment of encouragement.
A little space to pause.
A Little CherisHer Moment is a collection of short reflections and supportive moments for the emotional side of pregnancy and motherhood.
Nothing you have to complete.
Nothing you have to figure out.
Just a little moment to take with you.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALL
You don't have to read everything.
You don't have to prepare for every possibility.
You don't have to know exactly where you're going.
Start with one thing.
One question.
One feeling.
One voice.
One moment.
Let CherisHer meet you where you are.
MOTHERHOOD THROUGH A CULTURALLY ROOTED LENS
ROOTED IN BLACK MOTHERHOOD
Black motherhood is not one story.
It is shaped by the woman herself, her culture, family, experiences, traditions, relationships, community and the world around her.
Sometimes that means talking about maternity care.
Sometimes it means talking about identity.
Sometimes it sounds like music, feels like community, looks like familiar traditions or lives in the small things that make us feel at home.
CherisHer makes space for all of it.
Because your culture doesn't sit outside your motherhood. It can be part of how you experience it.
→ Explore Black Motherhood
RESOURCES
Practical support for her journey.
Sometimes you need information.
Sometimes you need something to help you prepare.
Sometimes you need a place to organise your thoughts or explore what matters to you.
CherisHer Resources brings together practical, thoughtful and culturally aware resources created with Black women in mind.
Take what feels useful for where you are now.
SEEN. HEARD. HELD.
CherisHer was created around a simple belief:
Black motherhood deserves to be seen, heard and held.
Seen — recognising the woman behind the maternity journey.
Heard — making space for her voice, experiences and perspective.
Held — creating spaces where she can feel supported, connected and cared for.
Because being seen, heard and held isn't just about what happens during an appointment.
It's about feeling that you matter too.
Your journey. Your culture. Your voice.
What Does CherisHer Feel Like?
Sometimes the easiest way to explain CherisHer isn’t with a list of what we offer. It’s with a story.
Grandma’s House
Come in. Take a seat. Stay for a while.
Grandma’s House becomes a metaphor for the kind of space CherisHer is creating for Black women throughout pregnancy, birth and motherhood.
Not one version of Black culture. Not one way to experience motherhood. And not one voice telling women what their journey should look like.
Instead, CherisHer brings together knowledge, lived experience, emotional wellbeing, cultural identity, stories and the voices of Black women, while recognising that Black motherhood can look and feel different across families, communities and cultures.
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