Building Beautiful Babies™
Evidence Based Tools.
Culturally Grounded Support.
Real World Impact.
Building Beautiful Babies™ is a collaborative maternal health initiative designed to improve outcomes by focusing on what research and lived experience show matters most: emotional well being, trusted guidance, and timely action.
We combine culturally grounded virtual perinatal education with structured emotional well being support, including facilitated connection and practical coping skills, to support Black birthing people through pregnancy, postpartum, and the baby’s first year.
Why This Matters
Black women continue to face disproportionately high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality, shaped not only by clinical risk, but also by chronic stress, unmet emotional well being needs, gaps in trusted guidance, and limited access to culturally grounded support.
Building Beautiful Babies responds with an integrated, research informed approach that centers emotional well being alongside practical preparation. Through structured coping support and accessible virtual perinatal education, families build confidence, recognize early warning signs, speak up during care encounters, and move through pregnancy and postpartum with greater clarity, while care teams gain an earlier line of sight to needs that require timely response.
Our Approach
Building Beautiful Babies™ brings together two complementary strengths: culturally grounded perinatal education and evidence based emotional well being support. This integrated model ensures families receive both the tools they need to act and the emotional grounding required to use them.
How families enter
Women and birthing people join through referrals from community partners, doula networks, and clinics, as well as self referral through our website and social channels.
Program pathway
The program follows a sequenced cohort model that moves from pregnancy to postpartum.
Prenatal Cohort, 7 weeks
Participants build practical knowledge aligned to pregnancy milestones, strengthen coping and emotional regulation skills, and increase confidence for clinical visits and self advocacy.
Postpartum Cohort, 5 weeks
Participants focus on recovery and emotional well being, reinforce key education for the postpartum season, and strengthen the ability to recognize warning signs and take timely action.
What this model delivers
Practical, stage matched education paired with structured emotional well being support.
A consistent learning and support rhythm that reduces overwhelm and increases follow through.
Greater confidence, clearer next steps, and earlier action when something does not feel right.
What Mothers Receive
Participants receive support that is grounded, affirming, and designed for real life.
They gain practical guidance that builds emotional safety, clarifies what is normal and what may be concerning, and equips them to communicate more clearly and confidently with care teams.
When something feels off, participants are better prepared to name their concerns, ask informed questions, and seek appropriate follow-up using the tools and guidance provided.
What Communities Receive
Communities and Partner Organizations receive a turnkey model that is ready to implement and easy to sustain. The program comes with a clear curriculum, facilitation guides, recruitment support, and an operational structure that can be adopted by local agencies, clinics, and community based organizations without having to build from scratch.
What Facilitators Receive
Sister Coaches and Facilitators receive training, tools, and ongoing professional support to deliver the model with confidence and consistency. They gain a structured framework for leading Circles, practical resources for real time needs, and monthly consultation that strengthens skills, fidelity, and facilitator well being.
What Partners Receive
Adopting organizations receive a community anchored pathway that strengthens continuity from pregnancy through postpartum and supports earlier action when concerns arise.
They also receive a scalable intervention, implementation support, and practical learning metrics that track reach, engagement, and progress over time.
Human Centered Care
Our spaces are built for real life. They are warm, welcoming, and grounded in respect, so mothers feel seen as whole people, not patients to manage. We use clear language, practical tools, and accessible resources that support calm, confident decision making.
We meet questions with context, not judgment. When information is confusing or conflicting, we offer evidence in plain terms, talk through options with care, and support informed choices that protect dignity and honor what matters most to each mother.
