skip survival mode and start thriving
There’s a lot of noise out there directed right at you mom -to-be. How to get ready for baby, how to be a good mom, how to have the perfect birth, what to put on your registry and more. So much noise that you want to just tune it all out and figure it out on your own. But even that’s overwhelming. Where do you even start?
Let me help you cut through that noise and guide you to the solutions and strategies you’ve been looking for.
Welcome to The Prima Mama
The Prima Mama is my signature postpartum care package ready to be customized to your needs.
The Prima Mama is all about you and supporting you during one of the most vulnerable and transformative times of your life.
The Prima Mama postpartum program is over 12 weeks of guided support starting during pregnancy to get your ready for life after birth and to be there to help you with hands on support and education.
The Prima Mama combines all of the elements that helped me find the postpartum bliss:
Start Working Prenatally (or earlier!)
Postpartum Vision Boarding
Postpartum Planning
Doing Prep Work
Intentionally Being Postpartum
and so much more!
70% of new mothers say they felt unprepared and shocked at the impact birth had on their bodies and lives.
I don’t want this to be you.
Meet Your Postpartum Doula
Hi, I’m Alisa, and I was just like those mothers myself. Blindsided and overwhelmed by postpartum and all of its challenges.
But I used what I learned from working with new mothers and from my own experiences to put together a system that would set me up for happiness and peace after birth.
When I had my second baby, I put that system into action and thrived my way through postpartum feeling energized and transformed on my journey.
I want that same experience for you. With a lot less of the hard stuff.
You and your baby deserve the best.
The Prima Mama Experience:
We can start working together as early as you want. From 0 to 40+ weeks pregnant and up to 6 months postpartum but ideally the best time to get started is 0- 36 weeks pregnant to get the most out of the planning and prep work.
Includes 3 prenatal visits and 1 postpartum visit each week for 8 weeks after birth. Plus I’m available by phone/text/Voxer for support through your first year postpartum
Hands on postpartum planning plus you’ll get my Postpartum Master Planning Workbook to guide you
We will meet for at 3 prenatal visits where I will learn about your space and help you get it ready to bring baby home.
This is where it really gets good. I will come to your home for postpartum visits once a week for 8 weeks after your baby is born. Each postpartum visit will last 3 to 4 hours. And each week has a guiding theme.
You will recieve my customized Prima Postparutm Journal that I only give as a special gift to my postpartum clients. The Prima Postpartum Journal is an 8 week guided journal that includes education, motivation, inspiration and affirmations to guide you on each week of your postpartum recovery, plus daily journaling pages.
Text me, email me or send a voice message on Voxer anytime you have questions or need an ear. From the day you sign your contract through your baby’s first birthday.
How It Works:
Step 1: Your Vision Board, Values & Goals
Our first week is spent getting to know more about you and your desires as a new mother and new parents. We’ll go through my Postpartum Vision Boarding process to make a visual remind of your dreams, pinpoint some guiding values and set some achievable goals. You can speed up the process by downloading my free postpartum vision board kit.
Step 2: Planning For Postpartum
Next, we will schedule your first prenatal visit, where I will visit your home and get more familiar with your space and setup. During this visit we will also go over your postpartum plan together and fill in any gaps or weak spots. I will put together a Prenatal Prep list of recommended action tasks that will get your mind, body and home ready to bring baby home.
Step 3: Getting The Mind, Body & Home Ready For Baby
At our 2nd and 3rd prenatal visits, I will follow up with you on your progress on the Prenatal Prep List and help out with any tasks that you need hands on support with in your home. I can also help to organize and educate your support squad or help out with your events like your baby shower, gender reveal or mother blessing. I will stay in constant contact throughout your pregnancy to answer any questions or just listen. Once baby is born, we get to schedule our first postpartum visit!
Step 4: Lean Into Your Postpartum Recovery
Now that baby is here, it’s time to lock in that first postpartum visit. This can be as soon as baby is born at your birthing place or at your home once you’ve settled in. But I’m more than happy to help you get settled in too. At the end of this visit we will schedule out our 6 weeks tentatively, but I always stay flexible in case you want to make a change. We’ll decide on two weekdays and a specific time, like 9am – 12pm, for me to come to your home each week for 6 consecutive weeks.
For those 8 weeks, I will come to your home twice a week and use the Prima Postpartum Journal to guide your transformation.
Investment starts at
$3200.00
For 12 weeks of support
*Travel Fee outside of the DMV Metro Area will apply.
Payment Types Accepted: – Cash, Check, Debit/ Credit Cared, FSA/HSA
Where are you located?
What a postpartum visit might look like:
9:00 am
I arrive at your home at 9 am ready to go. I take my shoes off and put my doula slippers on and wash my hands. I find you in the nursery cuddling with baby and say good morning. I do a quick check in asking how the morning has been so far and ask if I can make you some tea. You say that tea sounds lovely and I grab your empty water bottle as I head to the kitchen. In the kitchen, I start your tea, refill your water bottle and soak some bottles and pump parts I notice next to the sink.
Now, your tea is ready and it’s time to check in. Baby is nursing and your tea is cooling. I ask about last night. How did you sleep? How was baby’s sleep? And feedings? We chat about the ups and downs of last night and what you would like to get done today.
I make note of your top 3 things to do on my Doula Notes sheet:
1. Eat breakfast
2. Organize your birth and baby paperwork and make some important calls
3. Wash and sterilize pump parts.
We discuss the things that have been on your mind lately and I take a moment to read a passage from Prima Postpartum Journal that I think will help you.
9:30 am
Baby is done nursing and has fallen asleep. While she’s napping, I start making breakfast you – avocado toast, scrambled eggs and fresh fruit. And you go to take a shower and get dressed.
9:50 am
Breakfast is ready and I hear baby stirring in her crib. She’s wide awake, so I pick her up and change her diaper and spend some face time with her. You finish getting dressed and sit down to eat your breakfast.
10:10 am
Baby is content you sneak off to the office to organize your paperwork and make those calls. I place baby in my Lillebaby soft structured baby carrier and clean up the breakfast dishes and load the dishwasher. I wash the pump parts and bottles and get them in the sterilizer. I wipe down all of the kitchen counters and do a quick sweep to get the crumbs up.
10:40 am
I notices that baby has dozed off for a 2nd nap. I lay her in her crib because you have asked me to do so and grab the monitor and laundry basket on my way out.
I start a load of baby laundry and then go to put away the pump parts and bottles that are sterilized and ready to use.
11:00 am
You’ve finished working in your home office space and join me in the living room. We talk about your physical healing and upcoming appointments. Now, its time for postpartum belly wrapping. I pull out your kit which includes a cotton postpartum wrap, a protective cloth and warming belly oil. I go through the process of my Postpartum Belly Wrapping routine and finish with your abdomen supported and wrapped up snug but not too tight. I make you another cup of tea and you relax with a book.
12:00 pm
Baby’s laundry is done washing and I hang dry it as you have requested. Baby starts waking up from her nap. You want to keep resting so I go to her, greet her, change her diaper and prepare a bottle of pumped breastmilk.
It’s time for today’s visit to end. I check in to go over any notes I wrote down and to confirm our next postpartum visit. I leave your relaxing with baby eating contentedly. I’ll be be back again. 1 day a week for the next 8 weeks.
Your Postpartum Visits Could Also Include
Postpartum womb massage or herbal sitz bath
Help with baby care like bath time
Time to ask questions and talk about feeding baby
Accompanying you and baby to an appointment
Run errands for you like grocery shopping or a Target run
Help assemble baby gear ( I always read the directions!)
It all depends on your desires and preferences.
What My Clients Are Saying
“Alisa was very warm and professional. She was available during a crucial time when I really needed an extra hand. There was no way I would’ve been able to get through the night or day without her.”
FIRST TIME MOM,
G.
“Having a baby is sooo much tougher than I expected. I was so tired, stressed, exhausted. Alisa helped me to find the right balance, giving some interesting information without pushing an agenda. I did end up stopping breastfeeding after 5 months but I am sure I would have quit earlier had it not been for Alisa. At the same time I didn’t feel judged.”
FIRST TIME MOM,
E.
“Alisa was awesome. Easy-going, knowledgeable and judgement free. She helped me get a good start to pumping especially at night and taught me all about feeding formula when we decided to supplement. Alisa also helped me to find balance between spending time with my husband, caring for our baby and running my business.
FIRST TIME MOM,
A.
You've Got Questions, Here Are The Answers.
A postpartum doula is a perinatal professional trained specifically in postpartum care and newborn care. A postpartum doula’s mission is to provide support during the post birth stage of the childbearing year. Some postpartum doulas also help new parents prepare ahead of time for the postpartum season. Postpartum doulas are trained to recognize normal postpartum recovery and newborn development. They also have an extensive list of resources and referrals available for you if the fall out of the range of normal. Doulas are tapped into your local birth and parenting communities.
A baby nurse or night nurse is a medical nursing professional usually with an RN certification. Their mission is to bring their medical expertise into the home for families and babies with needs beyond their birthing place. Many baby nurses and night nurses are familiar with NICU and PICU and specialize in helping those families or families who need help with clinical tasks like weights checks and administering medication. A baby nurse or night nurse is perfect for families with special needs or serious post birth complications.
A nanny is a childcare professional trained specifically to supervise and care for children and is hired to do so in the absence of their parents.
A nanny’s mission is to take over child care so that the parents can do other important activities like going to work or date night. A nanny cares for children as young as 6 weeks old all the way up to 18 years old.
Working with a postpartum doula will give you evidence based and real world based education, a huge boost of confidence and the understanding help you need navigate early motherhood successfully.
Here are just a few ways that education, confidence and support benefit you as a new mother:
More confidence
More self-efficacy aka belief in yourself that you can do this
Smoother transition into mother role
More satisfaction with your body and how you are healing
Reach your breastfeeding goals
More understanding of newborn emotional and physical needs and behaviors
Earlier bonding
More independent confidence in new role
Less risk for postpartum depression or perinatal mood disorders
Less exhaustion, frustration and apprehension
Smoother return to work
I suggest booking your postpartum doula as far in advanced as possible. Ideally 12 weeks or even earlier will allow you to maximize all of the support and resources that your postpartum doula has.
The postpartum doula doula search can be daunting. You want to be sure that the postpartum doula you love will be available to support you. This means signing that contact and securing your spot on their calendar as soon as possible.
If you wait and they aren’t available this could leave you scrambling for support or worse going with out the help at all.
Most new parents do’t start looking for a postpartum doula until baby is already born. And at this point they are desperate and may choose anyone who is available instead of being able to take time to find a postpartum doula they really love and work well with.
The postpartum support portion of the Prima Mama experience is designed to start in the first 2 weeks after birth. However, you might decide on a start date after that two weeks. You will still receive 6 weeks of support.
The Prima Mama Signature package is designed to provide in person doula support during the first 6 to 8 weeks after birth. However, if you choose a start day 2 weeks or more after birth you can will end 6 weeks weeks from that start date. If you really love The Prima Mama experience you can book for another 6 weeks.
"I KNOW I WOULD'VE HAD POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION, IF IT WEREN'T FOR ALISA."
FIRST TIME MOM, A.
Frequently Asked Questions
A postpartum doula is a perinatal professional trained specifically in postpartum care and newborn care. A postpartum doula’s mission is to provide support during the post birth stage of the childbearing year. Some postpartum doulas also help new parents prepare ahead of time for the postpartum season. Postpartum doulas are trained to recognize normal postpartum recovery and newborn development. They also have an extensive list of resources and referrals available for you if the fall out of the range of normal. Doulas are tapped into your local birth and parenting communities.
A baby nurse or night nurse is a medical nursing professional usually with an RN certification. Their mission is to bring their medical expertise into the home for families and babies with needs beyond their birthing place. Many baby nurses and night nurses are familiar with NICU and PICU and specialize in helping those families or families who need help with clinical tasks like weights checks and administering medication. A baby nurse or night nurse is perfect for families with special needs or serious post birth complications.
A nanny is a childcare professional trained specifically to supervise and care for children and is hired to do so in the absence of their parents.
A nanny’s mission is to take over child care so that the parents can do other important activities like going to work or date night. A nanny cares for children as young as 6 weeks old all the way up to 18 years old.
Working with a postpartum doula will give you evidence based and real world based education, a huge boost of confidence and the understanding help you need navigate early motherhood successfully.
Here are just a few ways that education, confidence and support benefit you as a new mother:
More confidence
More self-efficacy aka belief in yourself that you can do this
Smoother transition into mother role
More satisfaction with your body and how you are healing
Reach your breastfeeding goals
More understanding of newborn emotional and physical needs and behaviors
Earlier bonding
More independent confidence in new role
Less risk for postpartum depression or perinatal mood disorders
Less exhaustion, frustration and apprehension
Smoother return to work
I suggest booking your postpartum doula as far in advanced as possible. Ideally 12 weeks or even earlier will allow you to maximize all of the support and resources that your postpartum doula has.
The postpartum doula doula search can be daunting. You want to be sure that the postpartum doula you love will be available to support you. This means signing that contact and securing your spot on their calendar as soon as possible.
If you wait and they aren’t available this could leave you scrambling for support or worse going with out the help at all.
Most new parents do’t start looking for a postpartum doula until baby is already born. And at this point they are desperate and may choose anyone who is available instead of being able to take time to find a postpartum doula they really love and work well with.
The Prima Mama Signature package is designed to provide in person doula support during the first 6 to 8 weeks after birth. However, if you choose a start day 2 weeks or more after birth you can will end 6 weeks weeks from that start date. If you really love The Prima Mama experience you can book for another 6 weeks.
Proudly providing pregnancy and postpartum support to new families in Maryland, Washington, DC and Northern Virginia.