Reproductive health guidance that reflects your culture, not just a generic template.
Femin9 is a reproductive health platform built for West African, Caribbean, and South Asian women navigating the UK healthcare system.
01 / Why Femin9 Exists
A Guidance Gap, Not Just an Outcome Gap
National audits show that maternal outcomes in the UK vary by ethnicity. Part of the reason: standard care guidance is rarely adapted to the diets, remedies, and lived context of West African, Caribbean, and South Asian patients.
- 01.Pre-Conception
- 02.Antenatal Care
- 03.Postpartum / 4th Trimester
- 04.Menstrual Health
- 05.Perimenopause
Higher maternal mortality rate for Black women, from pregnancy to six weeks postpartum, compared to White women.
Source — MBRRACE-UK, Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care, 2022–24
Higher maternal mortality rate for Asian women, from pregnancy to six weeks postpartum, compared to White women.
Source — MBRRACE-UK, Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care, 2022–24
Standard NHS Guidance
"Maintain a balanced diet including lean proteins, vegetables, and daily folic acid supplementation."
The Gap We Address
Patients who regularly eat bitter leaf, egusi, moringa, or ackee often can't find culturally specific, accessible guidance on herbal safety or micronutrient thresholds during pregnancy — even where general safety information exists elsewhere.
02 / Origin
Why We Built Femin9
Emmanuel Michael Edem
Founder
Focus: Reproductive and maternal health for underserved communities
Governance: Clinical advisory team comprising a practising UK midwife, three nurses, and a doctor, with an HCPC-registered dietitian involved in nutrition review
Scope: West African, Caribbean & South Asian maternal health
Femin9 began after seeing the clinical care gaps a Nigerian patient experienced while navigating the NHS maternity system. Despite routine antenatal care, standard advice didn't address her everyday diet or give her clear safety guidance on traditional remedies such as moringa or bitter leaf.
Without culturally specific reference material, patients are often left piecing together advice from unverified forums.
Femin9 was built to close that gap — combining software with input from practicing clinicians so cultural dietary realities and standard UK healthcare guidance can sit side by side.
03 / What Femin9 Does
Core Features
One connected health journey, rather than disconnected tools.
Culturally Specific Nutrition Pathways
West African, Caribbean, and South Asian dietary patterns mapped to UK perinatal nutrition guidance. Ingredients such as egusi, moringa, ackee, and bitter leaf are cross-referenced against safety information.
Medication Safety Index
A searchable safety reference covering maternal medications, contraindications, and active ingredient interactions, designed to reduce reliance on unverified online advice.
Connected Reproductive Journey
Cycle, pregnancy, and postpartum information carried forward across life stages, so your history travels with you rather than resetting at each transition.
NHS & Community Resource Directory
Signposting to NHS perinatal mental health pathways, culturally competent doulas, and support groups.
04 / Community & Advisory Support
Built With, Not Just For
Femin9 has been shaped through direct engagement with UK community and church networks, and with a clinical advisory team of a midwife, nurses, a doctor, and an HCPC-registered dietitian. For more on our approach, see our Clinical Research & Governance page.
Partner with Femin9 on Clinical Governance & Research
We're expanding our clinical advisory relationships and looking toward future evaluation with NHS partners. Get in touch to learn more.