A powerful two-part journey created to affirm, support, and elevate Black and Brown women as they navigate the sacred paths of conception, pregnancy, and birth.
This guide empowers Black women to speak up, advocate for their care, and be heard in maternity spaces.
Breaks down your legal and medical rights so you can navigate the healthcare system with confidence and clarity.
Offers practical ways to gather culturally aligned birth teams and create a safe, supportive environment around you.
Connects birth to ancestral wisdom and provides culturally relevant advice on nutrition, healing, and recovery.
Addresses birth trauma and offers healing practices for mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.
Written with love and unity, this book reminds Black women that they are not alone in their journey to empowered birth.
This guide journeys through understanding the UK maternity system, confronting the Black maternal health gap, building empowering birth teams, knowing your rights, preparing your body and mind, navigating birth, healing from trauma, and stepping into motherhood with confidence, clarity, and cultural pride.
Download a free preview of Empowered Birth and begin your journey to informed, confident, and culturally rooted maternity care.
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This guide journeys through understanding reproductive health from a culturally grounded perspective—addressing the Black and Brown fertility experience, unpacking systemic barriers, nurturing hormonal and mental wellbeing, reclaiming ancestral wisdom, and preparing the body and mind for conception with clarity, confidence, and deep cultural pride.
Download a free preview of Empowered to Conceive and begin your journey towards intentional, informed, and culturally rooted fertility and preconception care.
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While we’re still collecting formal success stories, the response has been deeply encouraging. Every book in the hands of a reader is a step toward empowered, culturally-aligned care.
The Empowered Series brings together two transformative guides—Empowered to Conceive and Empowered Birth—designed to support Black and Brown women throughout their reproductive journeys. From preconception to postpartum, this series provides culturally grounded wisdom, practical tools, and emotional support for navigating fertility, pregnancy, birth, and healing in the UK maternity system.
Empowers you to advocate for your fertility and birth choices with confidence.
Guides you through every stage—from preparing to conceive, pregnancy, labour, to postpartum healing.
Centers cultural identity and lived experience alongside evidence-based care.
Includes downloadable tools, checklists, birth plans, and fertility wellness tips.
Shares real stories that inspire connection, community, and healing.
Both Empowered to Conceive and Empowered Birth are created specifically for Black and Brown women in the UK. Whether you're preparing to conceive, navigating pregnancy, or healing from past birth experiences, these books provide guidance, support, and community.
These are culturally grounded, trauma-informed, and designed to reflect the lived experiences of Black and Brown women. They go beyond general advice by acknowledging systemic barriers and centering cultural wisdom and identity.
Absolutely. This book is also for those exploring the idea of motherhood or wanting to understand their bodies and fertility more deeply, even if conception isn’t an immediate goal.
Not at all. It supports all Black and Brown mothers—first-time mums, those healing from past births, or anyone seeking culturally relevant care and empowerment for their next birth.
Empowered to Conceive covers fertility, hormonal health, nutrition, mental wellbeing, and systemic barriers to conception. Empowered Birth addresses birth rights, the maternity system, trauma recovery, postpartum care, and culturally rooted support.
You can download free previews of both books on this website. For full copies or bulk orders, please reach out to our team directly.
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Sarah Chitongo is an award-winning Midwife, Midwifery Educator, and Advocate for equitable maternity care, with over 20 years of experience supporting women through pregnancy, birth, and beyond. Born in Zimbabwe, she is deeply committed to transforming maternity care for Black and Brown women through culturally sensitive, evidence-based practice.
Now based in the UK, Sarah has become one of the most influential voices in midwifery education. Her groundbreaking research on maternal outcomes for Black and Brown women has been published widely and has influenced local and national healthcare policy. Through innovative teaching and advocacy, she equips future midwives with the tools to deliver compassionate, anti-racist, and culturally competent care.
"Every woman deserves to be heard, respected, and empowered to birth on her own terms. Cultural understanding isn't optional in maternity care—it's essential."
