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On Tuesday I went to Powell’s Book @powellsbooks to autograph my books @shafiamonroe I am so proud that my books are being sold at the largest book store in the country. And I am happy that my book Mothering the Mother is receiving rave reviews, because it offers hope and solutions to improve maternal and infant health and gives an easy blueprint of achieving a healthy postpartum recuperation.
#solutions #maternalhealth #buythebook #postpartumbible motheringthemoth

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Gumbo with halal beef sausage, navy beans, roasted tomatoes, garlic, bay leaves, onions and a bunch of water. Delicious and nutritious. Get Mothering the Mother: African American Postpartum Traditions, Recipes, and Healing @shafiamonroe for healthy traditional postpartum recipes, soups, stews, desserts and teas. Recipes that produce abundant breastmilk, end anemia, helps with elimination, and keeps a new mama in a happy mood.
You can find my book in the bio.
#gumbo #postpartumhealth #blackmidwifecooking #bestseller #smcdoulas

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It’s always Black Midwives day because our sacred matriarchs and womb stewards are always aroused day or night at the beaconing of a Mothers call 🌹💐🕯🔔

We honor you and bow at your feet! Where would this world be without you?

@shafiamonroe @awakeningtraditions @kimberlydurdin @iamhaizehawke @theartofmothering @sumistouch &&& so many more mages!!!

Tag a cherished black midwife & medicine woman

#blackmidwifery #blackmidwivesmatter #blackmidwives #blackmidwivesday

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This year marks my fourth year returning to Atiak, Uganda.

After my first year, I knew I would come back.
The second year, I knew I wanted to bring other students with me.
Last year, we finalized the vision and created the first official cohort of the Fellowship.

And this year… we’re doing it bigger and better.

My first year changed me in ways I never expected.

I faced my fears traveling to Africa alone.
I worked long nights and long days in the birth center, witnessing birth in its raw, powerful form without the safety of a hospital close by.
I climbed to the top of Murchison Falls with a research student I had just met.
I witnessed a beautiful twin breech birth that reminded me how incredible physiological birth can be.

That first trip pushed me beyond every comfort zone I had.

And somewhere along the way, I realized something profound:

I didn’t just visit Uganda.

I gained a new home over 7,000 miles away.

Now it’s time to open that door for the next group of student midwives.

If you feel called to this work, this may be your moment.

The Black Midwife Fellowship is officially open.

Applications are now being accepted and will close April 3rd.
Once applications are submitted, more program details and next steps will be shared directly with applicants.

🖤Applications close April 3rd.

https://motherhealth.org/blackmidwives/

#BlackMidwivesMatter #MidwiferyStudents #BirthWorkerLife #GlobalMidwifery #MaternalHealth

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Something wonderful is happening at @motherhealthinternational !

The Black Student Midwifery Fellowship Cohort II is now open.

One month.
High-volume birth center.
Community-rooted maternity care

This is not medical tourism.
This is immersion.
This is legacy work.

For Black student midwives ready to expand their clinical skills, cultural humility, and global perspective, this is your call in.

Applications are now open. Dates 10/6-10/29. Scan the QR code on the flyer for details or go to https://motherhealth.org/blackmidwives/.
#blackmidwives #womenshealth #midwifery #globalhealth #blackmidwife

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Last month I had the esteemed pleasure of meeting and sharing sacred space with Dr. Shafia Monroe - THEE Queen Mother of Black American midwifery and birthwork - as she celebrated the release of her new book, “Mothering the Mother: African American Postpartum Traditions, Recipes, and Healing.”

At the beginning of her book, she lovingly scribed “A Love Letter to Black Mothers”. And as per usual, all I could think about was spirals.

Because time is a spiral 🌀

So today - on this very significant day to my personal lore - I’m sharing, “A Love Letter to my Self… 10 Years Later”.

[Swipe to read]

Being able to sit at the feet of an elder who has walked these waters for over 50 years - and to be surrounded by so many others in that mosque whose paths somehow spiraled into that same sacred moment - filled me not only with gratitude, but with deep pride for the younger version of me.

The one who didn’t know what was waiting on the other side of the dark… but somehow still led with curiosity, even through grief, and reached for the light.

The same light I now get to bask in.
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Thank you Mama @shafiamonroe for all you are and the invaluable wisdom you’ve poured into this book. I give my deepest thanks to your elders and to the Granny Midwives (hidden figures to sooo much ancestral brilliance) as well. It’s already become a tool - a “birthworker bible”, as @erykahbadu so beautifully stated - that I use daily.

P.S. I’m still very tickled and very thankful that somehow I got the last book of the night. God is funny that way.

- Signed “a very blessed woman” 😉

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It’s back.

The Uganda Black Student Midwifery Fellowship Cohort II is now open.

One month.
High-volume birth center.
Community-rooted maternity care.

This is not medical tourism.
This is immersion.
This is legacy work.

For Black student midwives ready to expand their clinical skills, cultural humility, and global perspective this is your call in.

Applications are now open.
Link in bio. Dates 10/6-10/29

#UgandaMidwiferyFellowship #BlackMidwives #BirthWorkers #GlobalHealth #MaternalHealth MidwiferyStudents CommunityBirth BirthJustice LegacyWork

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At the Mother’s of Gynecology Conference 2026 with @queenafua and @themothersofgynecology.
The power of these metal statues of young Black women who were tortured at the hands of Doctor James Marion Sims, is a reminder of the historic abuses on Black women’s bodies. At the conference we heard about projects, initiatives and training to empower Black women, with a reminder to use Black midwives for their births, to train as Black midwives, for doulas and midwives to unite, for Black birthing women to stay out of hospital beds in labor and to not be afraid to be pregnant and give birth.
#motheringthemother #doulatraining #smcdoulas #motherofgynecology e

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Oakland midwives and birth workers gather together at my book signing in Oakland, CA. It was a magical night. We are so excited for Mothering the Mother:African American Postpartum Traditions, Recipes, and Healing, to reclaim our traditions that make a difference in healing and eating.
#motheringthemother #Blackdiet #celebration #newborncare #sistacaring

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Such an honor and privilege to attend QUEEN MOTHER @shafiamonroe ‘s Midwives gathering & book signing. Truly awe-inspiring. The setting was exquisite, and I was surrounded by so many beautiful sisters & healers —pure magic. So blessed, this pregnancy journey has been deeply enlightening 🙏🏾✨ We are the original & we set the standard. Honoring the continuation of life, even through death. A powerful reminder of the importance of the entire village, in totality. A vital remembrance and a joyous celebration of life. If everyone could immerse themselves in these teachings… please do. Submerge yourself in her book & support these wise teachings and ancient traditions. ✨

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Oakland, CA here we be. Come join us.
#storytime #motheringthemother #postpartum

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I would be honored for you to attend my book launch party January 31st, from 2-5pm, in Gresham, OR. Registration closes at 40 people.
#motheringthemotherbyshafiamonroe #motherhood #ancientwisdom #postpartummentalhealth

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