My mission is to make emotional preparation for postpartum accessible and approachable — so every first-time mom walks into motherhood feeling ready for what's coming.
Most women don't believe you can actually prepare emotionally for postpartum. Pregnancy Pods exists to prove otherwise — through an interactive workshop experience that breaks it down into simple, manageable steps so you can walk into motherhood feeling genuinely ready for the unknown.
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- Pregnant women who want to prepare
- Women who are postpartum and need resources
- Birth workers: Doulas, Lactation consultants, Midwifes and more.
Who do we support?
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- Orange County has approximately 30,000 births per year
- 1 in 5 means approximately 2,400 first-time moms in Orange County alone are at risk every year
- 2,400 first-time moms in Orange County this year alone. Pregnancy Pods exists for them
- Up to 50% of postpartum depression cases go undetected and untreated, meaning over 100,000 women struggling in silence.
- Psychological distress often peaks around three to four months postpartum — precisely when the novelty has faded, family and friends have returned to their own lives, and couples are managing day-to-day parenting largely on their own.
- Up to 1 in 5 women experience anxiety or depression during pregnancy itself — not just after. Most will never be asked about it at a prenatal appointment. And most won't know what they're feeling has a name.
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Isolated. After baby arrives, the world moves on. Your partner goes back to work. Family goes home. And you're left navigating the biggest transformation of your life without anyone beside you who truly gets it.
Unprepared. The identity shift. The relationship changes. The hormonal reality of postpartum. The quiet, disorienting stretch that follows birth. Nobody sat you down and walked you through what was actually coming.
Both of these things are preventable.
Most first-time moms-to-be walk into motherhood feeling two things nobody warned them about.
Hi, I'm Aly!
I'm a mother of three, a perinatal wellness advocate, and a medical social worker with experience in labor and delivery.
I have watched firsthand what happens when women arrive at one of the most transformative seasons of their lives without emotional preparation.
As a volunteer with Postpartum Support International, I have heard those stories over and over again. The gap is real and it's been there long enough.
That's why I built this.
Because preparation doesn't rob you of joy. It deepens your ability to experience it fully.
A Pregnancy Pod is for you if:
- You are a first-time mom-to-be in Orange County
- You are due in August or September 2026 You want more than a pregnancy app or a generic mommy group
- You're ready to prepare, emotionally and mentally for what's actually coming
- You want real women, real conversations, and real friendships that last beyond the pod
– Brené Brown
Strong mothers aren’t the ones who do it all—they’re the ones who lean on others and lift others up too.”
