RESOURCES
Practical support for her journey.
Pregnancy, birth and motherhood can bring a lot to take in, think about and prepare for.
CherisHer Resources brings together practical, thoughtful and culturally aware resources created with Black women in mind.
Use them to prepare, reflect, organise your thoughts, explore your options or simply give yourself a little more support along the way.
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FREE: CherisHer Birth Plan Starter
A simple place to begin.
Start putting your preferences and questions together with our free Birth Plan Starter.
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CherisHer Birth Plan Booklet
More space. More preparation. More reflection.
The CherisHer Birth Plan Booklet gives you more space to explore your preferences, prepare for conversations about your care and think through different possibilities for your birth.
What should I include in my birth plan?
Pregnancy
Resources to support you through pregnancy — from preparing for appointments and thinking about what's ahead to making space for your own experience.
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Birth
Resources to help you prepare for birth in a way that feels personal to you.
Think about your preferences, your questions, your support and the things you want to communicate.
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Postpartum
Resources for the transition into life after birth.
Make space for recovery, emotions, feeding, relationships, support and the changes that can come with becoming a mother.
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Wellbeing & Support
Resources that make space for the woman as well as the mother.
For the emotional, personal and everyday parts of pregnancy, motherhood and life around it.
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Free Resources
A selection of CherisHer resources available at no cost.
A place to start, explore or take something useful with you.
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Something for where you are now
You don't have to use everything.
You don't have to prepare for everything at once.
Take what feels useful for where you are now, and come back whenever you need it.
CherisHer Resources will continue to grow alongside the conversations, experiences and needs of Black women.
Her journey. Her culture. Her voice.
Frequently Asked Questions
What can I find in the CherisHer Resources section?
The CherisHer Resources section brings together practical tools, guides, downloads and supportive resources created to accompany Black women through pregnancy, birth and motherhood.
You’ll find resources covering areas such as pregnancy, birth preparation, maternity care and advocacy, feeling and wellbeing, life after birth, and Black motherhood and culture.
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The CherisHer Resources section brings together practical tools, guides, downloads and supportive resources created to accompany Black women through pregnancy, birth and motherhood.
You’ll find resources covering areas such as pregnancy, birth preparation, maternity care and advocacy, feeling and wellbeing, life after birth, and Black motherhood and culture.
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Your downloadable products are provided as PDF files, making them easy to save to your device, view digitally or print at home.
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Once your purchase has been completed, you will receive access to your digital download. You can then save the file to your device and use it whenever you need it.
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Are all CherisHer resources free?
No. CherisHer offers a mixture of free and paid resources.
Free resources provide a simple place to begin, while paid resources offer more in-depth support, guidance, reflection and practical tools.
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Yes.
Many CherisHer resources are designed to help you think about questions, preferences and conversations you may want to have with your maternity team.
They are there to help you engage with your care, not to replace it.
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CherisHer resources bring together practical support with the emotional and cultural sides of pregnancy, birth and motherhood.
They are not simply about what happens medically. They also make space for your voice, identity, feelings, relationships, culture and the experience of becoming a mother.
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CherisHer resources are created for your personal use and are protected by copyright.
You’re welcome to download, save and print resources for your own use, but please don’t copy, reproduce, redistribute, resell, upload or share the resources publicly, in whole or in part, without permission from CherisHer.
Please don’t alter the content or remove CherisHer branding and copyright information.
If you’d like to share a CherisHer resource with someone else, please direct them to the original CherisHer resource or website rather than sharing the downloaded file.
If you have a question about using or sharing a resource, please get in touch with us.
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No.
CherisHer resources are designed to support reflection, preparation, understanding, confidence and conversations with your maternity or healthcare team. They do not replace personalised medical advice or care.
Where you have concerns about your health or your baby's health, speak with an appropriate healthcare professional.
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Yes.
CherisHer was created with Black women and Black motherhood at its centre.
The resources consider the experiences, culture, identity, voices and realities that can shape our journeys through pregnancy, birth and motherhood, while recognising that Black women are not one group and do not share one experience.
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Yes.
Many CherisHer resources are designed to be returned to as your thoughts, circumstances and needs change.
Your journey isn't fixed, so your reflections and plans don't have to be either.
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You don't have to choose everything.
Start with where you are now and what would be most useful to you. You can also explore KNOW, FEEL and LISTENto discover the wider CherisHer experience before choosing a resource.
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Yes.
The CherisHer Resource Library will continue to grow as new guides, tools, downloads, cards and other resources are created.
Check back regularly to discover what's new.
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Your pregnancy. Your journey. Your space.
Pregnancy isn't only about preparing for the day your baby arrives.
It's a time of change.
Your body is changing.
Your emotions may change.
Your relationships may shift.
Your thoughts about motherhood may evolve.
There can be excitement, uncertainty, joy, tiredness, anticipation and moments when you simply need somewhere to pause.
The CherisHer Pregnancy Companion has been created to accompany you through that journey.
Rather than telling you how pregnancy should feel, it gives you space to explore your own experience — while helping you prepare for the practical, emotional and personal changes that pregnancy can bring.
A companion for the journey
Inside, you'll find space to explore different parts of pregnancy, including:
Your pregnancy journey
Changes in your body
Your emotions and wellbeing
Your changing identity
Preparing for appointments
Questions for your maternity team
Understanding your maternity care
Preparing for birth
Your birth preferences
Your support system
Relationships and community
Preparing for your baby's arrival
Making space for yourself
Reflection and journaling
Affirmations and moments of reassurance
Your hopes, thoughts and expectations
Becoming a mother
More than a pregnancy checklist
Pregnancy can sometimes feel like a long list of things to do.
Appointments.
Decisions.
Preparations.
Shopping lists.
Birth planning.
But there is also you.
The woman experiencing all of this.
This companion creates space for the part of pregnancy that doesn't always fit neatly into a checklist — your thoughts, feelings, questions, identity, relationships and hopes for what comes next.
You are becoming a mother, but you are still becoming you.
Rooted in Black motherhood
Your pregnancy doesn't happen separately from who you are.
Culture, family, community, traditions, identity and personal experiences can all shape how you experience pregnancy and prepare for motherhood.
CherisHer makes space for those things without suggesting there is one way to be a Black mother.
Your culture.
Your experiences.
Your expectations.
Your journey.
Take your time
You don't have to complete everything.
Some pages may speak to you immediately.
Others may become meaningful later.
Return to the companion throughout your pregnancy as your needs, thoughts and feelings change.
Pause.
Reflect.
Prepare.
Connect.
This is your space to journey through pregnancy in your own way.
A companion alongside your birth preparation
The Pregnancy Companion supports the whole pregnancy journey.
As you move closer to birth, you can move naturally into the CherisHer Birth Preparation Guide and Birth, My Voice — My Practical Birth Plan for more focused preparation.
Together, they can become part of your wider CherisHer journey from pregnancy into birth and motherhood.
Your pregnancy.
Your journey.
Your voice.
Start thinking about your birth, your way.
Preparing for birth doesn't mean knowing exactly how everything will happen.
It can simply mean taking a moment to think about what matters to you, what you'd like to discuss with your maternity team and the things you may want to consider before your baby arrives.
The CherisHer Birth Plan Starter Pack gives you a simple place to begin.
Created with Black women and motherhood at the centre, this free resource helps you start reflecting on your birth preferences and preparing for conversations about your care.
Inside the Starter Pack
You'll find space to begin exploring:
Your birth preferences
What matters to you during your birth
Questions you may want to consider
Things you'd like your maternity team to know
Your thoughts and wishes for the day
Space to begin creating your birth plan
You don't need to have all the answers.
Use the Starter Pack as a starting point, return to it as your pregnancy progresses, and add to your thoughts as you learn more about your options.
A simple beginning
Your birth plan doesn't have to be perfect.
It's a way to help you think, prepare and communicate what matters to you.
Start where you are. Add what matters. Make it your own.
Free download
If you'd like more space to explore your birth preferences, questions and preparation, you can also explore the CherisHer Birth Plan Booklet.
The baby has arrived. But you are still becoming.
After birth, so much of the attention naturally turns towards the baby.
How is the baby feeding?
How is the baby sleeping?
How is the baby doing?
But somewhere within all of that is you.
The woman who has just given birth.
The woman recovering.
The woman adjusting.
The woman learning her baby while learning herself again.
The CherisHer Postpartum Companion creates space for that woman.
It is a place to pause, reflect, prepare and acknowledge the many layers of life after birth — not just what you do for your baby, but what this new chapter can mean for you.
Your postpartum journey
There is no single way to experience the weeks and months after birth.
You may feel deeply connected to your baby.
You may feel overwhelmed by the responsibility.
You may feel joyful one moment and lonely the next.
You may feel supported and still need more.
You may miss parts of your old life while loving your new one.
You can feel more than one thing at once.
This companion gives you space for all of it.
Inside the companion
Explore different parts of life after birth, including:
Your recovery
Caring for yourself
Your emotional wellbeing
Becoming a mother
The relationship between you and your baby
Feeding and nourishment
Sleep, rest and daily life
Your support network
Partners, family and relationships
Visitors and boundaries
Asking for and accepting support
When motherhood feels lonely
Making space for yourself
Your changing identity
Finding yourself again
Memories and milestones
Reflection and journaling
Affirmations and reassurance
Bonding through Birth Rhythms
Looking towards the next chapter
Everyone asks about the baby
After birth, it can sometimes feel as though everyone wants to know how the baby is doing.
But how are you?
Your recovery matters.
Your emotions matter.
Your adjustment matters.
Your need for rest matters.
Your identity matters.
This companion gently brings some of that attention back to the woman behind the mother.
You don't have to be okay all the time
Motherhood can hold beautiful moments alongside difficult ones.
You can love your baby and still feel exhausted.
You can feel grateful and still need help.
You can feel surrounded by people and still feel alone.
You can be happy and uncertain at the same time.
There is room for your whole experience here.
The companion isn't here to tell you how you should feel.
It is here to give you somewhere to put those feelings.
Your support matters too
Support isn't only about having people around you.
It's about having people who recognise that you need care too.
Use the companion to think about your support network, the kind of help you might need, the boundaries you want to create and the ways others can support you while you adjust to motherhood.
Rooted in Black motherhood
Black motherhood isn't one experience.
Your culture, family, relationships, traditions, community and identity can all become part of how you experience this new chapter.
The Postpartum Companion creates space to explore motherhood while remaining connected to the woman you already were — and the woman you are becoming.
There is no perfect postpartum journey
Some days may feel full.
Some may feel long.
Some moments you'll want to remember forever.
Others you'll simply want to get through.
You don't have to complete every page.
You don't have to have the right words.
You can return whenever you need somewhere to pause.
Care for your baby.
Care for yourself.
Make space for both.
For the woman behind the mother
This companion is a reminder that after birth, you don't disappear.
You are still here.
Still changing.
Still learning.
Still becoming.
And you deserve to be part of the care, the reflection and the story too.
Your motherhood.
Your identity.
Your voice.
Your space.