Build Your Team
I’m putting structure to postpartum planning.
Build your Postpartum Dream Team
Nine quick questions about the people in your life. At the end, you’ll know exactly who to ask for what after the baby comes.
Build my team ✦Free · About five minutes · Works on your phone
Everyone says “let me know if you need anything.”
People mean it. But when you’re home with a newborn and running on no sleep, figuring out what to ask for, and who to ask, is one more job. So we gave everyone a position.
How it works
Five minutes now. A plan for later.
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Answer nine questions
Each one asks about the people in your life. Type the first name that comes to mind.
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See your roster
Each person lands in the position they’re already great at. Open spots are fine.
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Send each teammate their job
Tap a name to text them their position and playbook. One clear ask.
The nine positions
Meet your starting lineup
Every position is one job, named and clearly theirs. When you build your team, you’ll get a printable playbook for each one to hand to that teammate.
You can use the same person for more than one position.
No one for a spot?
What if I don’t have people who can show up?
A lot of moms don’t, and it’s more common than anyone talks about. Maybe your family lives far away, your friends are in a different season of life, or asking just doesn’t feel possible right now. That doesn’t mean you can’t have support. It means some spots get filled a different way.
Don’t worry. We have a guide for that.
Every position has a short guide for what to do if you don’t have someone yet. Each one starts with a single small step, so you only focus on what matters first. You’ll get all of them when you build your team.
After you build your team, we’ll email you a link to every playbook and guide.
Plus your Coaching Staff
The professionals in your corner
Your roster is the people who love you. Your Coaching Staff is the people trained to know what normal looks like, and what to do when something doesn’t feel right.
Got picked for a team?
You made the team!
If a friend sent you here, she chose you because this is something you’re already great at. You don’t have to do everything. Just show up in this one way. The playbook link in her text shows you exactly what your role looks like.
See all nine rolesEvery day I work on Pregnancy Pods, I repeat one phrase:
Bring structure to postpartum planning.
Why I built this
Most moms plan the nursery. Almost nobody plans the people.
I’m Aly, the founder of Pregnancy Pods. I’m a social worker and a mom, and I spent years coaching teams. I’ve watched so many women do everything to get ready for the baby, then get home and realize the part nobody set up was their support.
There’s no shortage of postpartum advice. What’s missing is a plan. The Dream Team is the simplest one I know how to make.
Aly
“Pregnancy Pods was such a great way to meet women in the same life stage as me, first-time mommas! It was nice being able to come together and learn useful info and tips for navigating the postpartum stage. Aly was a very kind, supportive, and engaging leader of the group.”
SUMMER POD 2026 MEMBER
Questions
Good to know
Is the quiz free?
Yes. It takes about five minutes. You’ll enter your email at the end so we can send you a copy of your roster.
When should I build my team?
While you’re pregnant, ideally in the second or third trimester, while you have the energy to plan and your people have time to say yes.
What if I don’t have someone for every position?
That’s normal. An open spot is just a job nobody’s been asked to do yet. Every position has a short guide for filling it yourself, one small step at a time. You’ll get them when you build your team.
Do my friends’ names get added to an email list?
No. Texts to your teammates come from your own phone, and their names are never added to our subscriber list.
Is this for first-time moms only?
No. The Dream Team works for any pregnancy.
Is this therapy?
No. Pregnancy Pods offers education, tools, and community to help you prepare emotionally for postpartum. If you need medical or mental health care, we’ll point you to the right provider.
Prepare. Connect. Together.
Build your team before you need it.
Five minutes. Nine questions. One roster of the people who’ve got you.
Build my team ✦Having a hard time right now? The National Maternal Mental Health Hotline is free, confidential, and open 24/7 by call or text: 1-833-852-6262 (1-833-TLC-MAMA). Postpartum Support International’s HelpLine: 1-800-944-4773.
Pregnancy Pods provides education and community support. It is not therapy or medical care.
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Phone: 714-497-3037
Orange, CA
Hosted by: Aly Simons
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Please note: Pregnancy Pods is not therapy and is not a replacement for individual mental health treatment. For more information on mental health treatment, please contact the PSI HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis or symptoms of a perinatal mood disorder, please contact a licensed provider or call 988 (National Mental Health Crisis Hotline).
Email: pregnancypods@gmail.com