As someone who has worked in the healthcare field for the last 15 years, Boma Ubani Akisanya has observed postpartum care as a challenge for many new mothers.
“I kept seeing the same pattern: women are struggling with postpartum recovery, not because they lack resources, but because postpartum care is really impossibly hard to navigate,” Akisanya told What Now Atlanta.
When Akisanya became a mother herself in 2021, she experienced the difficulties of postpartum life and navigating care firsthand. As a new mom, she struggled to balance caring for her newborn and coordinating her own care — a universal tradeoff many mothers struggle with after giving birth.
“I ended up putting off my own needs, as most moms do,” Akisanya said. “I started building this business because I felt like moms shouldn’t have to choose between getting care they really need and having to manage the logistics of that in such a depleted state.”
Now, Akisanya is hoping to address this need with postpartum wellness destination The Alabaster House. Slated to open in 2026 around the second week of January in Morningside at 1409 North Highland Ave., The Alabaster House will coordinate offerings and services such as mental health therapy, pelvic floor physical therapy, lactation support, doula care, nutrition guidance and pilates for postpartum women, with the goal of making recovery after birth feel acceptable and organized.
“Right now in the U.S., postpartum care is really fragmented and women go from having about 15 appointments during pregnancy to a single recommended postpartum appointment, and if they need any other care after they deliver the baby, they have to juggle their own appointments, research their own providers and coordinate recovery at a time when understandably they’re the most energy and resource depleted, caring for a newborn,” Akisanya said. “So we’re trying to offer a solution that brings those key resources and services under one roof.”
Currently, The Alabaster House offers two packages — Threshold, designed as an intensive eight-week plan designed for early postpartum, and Restored, which is angled toward women who are two to six months postpartum. They also have more personalized care plans available.
The spot will also offer a pilates studio featuring semi-private reformer classes available to all women in the community in addition to Alabaster House members. Pilates classes will focus on pre- and postnatal Pilates exercises.
In addition to providing much-needed services and pilates classes, Akisanya wants The Alabaster House to act as a connection space for mothers in Atlanta. There will also be a lounge on site, where moms can gather and connect.
“What we’re hearing and seeing play out in real life is that people want to meet in person. So building this facility was to give women a chance to meet in person,” Akisanya said. “We’re focused on building a strong local community, both for families and providers. We want to make sure our Atlanta moms are getting the best care we can provide.”
