When a baby is born, a mother is born — and she deserves care too.
Hi, I’m Marisa Switzer
I'm a mother, a postpartum doula and a functional health practitioner. I built Wellmother because my own recovery showed me how little care mothers get once the six-week checkup is over.
My daughter was born after a traumatic birth and spent 27 days in the NICU. For those weeks my whole world was one hospital room. I drove there every day, ate whatever the drive-through had and never once thought about the fact that my body had just given birth too.
That's survival mode, and in the moment it's exactly what you need to do. But survival mode has a cost, and it doesn't always come due right away.
Around five months postpartum, once the shock finally wore off, my body sent the bill. I was depleted in a way that sleep didn't touch. My body ached in places I didn’t know it could, and I was having mysterious reactions to foods and products that never bothered me before.
When I went looking for answers, I got the response so many mothers know by heart: everything looks normal. One appointment brushed off symptoms I couldn't ignore anymore. So I kept digging, and I learned to advocate for myself.
I got there. But it took far longer than it should have, and I kept thinking about all the mothers who don't have the time, energy or words to fight that hard.
What if mothers were cared for as intentionally as their babies?
Health and wellness have always been part of my life, out of necessity, not as a trend. I've worked with nutritional therapists, healed my own gut and managed food allergies for years. I know what it feels like to finally get answers after being told everything looks fine.
After more than a decade running a successful creative agency, I took a leap. I trained as a postpartum doula so I could care for mothers in those first weeks at home. Then it clicked: I could also help mothers who are months or years past birth and still don't feel like themselves.
So I went back to school for Functional Diagnostic Nutrition. Today, Wellmother offers both: hands-on postpartum doula care in Charlotte, and the Wellmother Rebuild, a 90-day functional health program for mothers anywhere.
MY APPROACH
MY APPROACH
Recovery isn't enough. Mothers deserve to rebuild.
MY APPROACH
Conventional care is built to diagnose and manage symptoms. My work looks for the hidden stressors behind them, and treats you as an active partner in your own healing. My philosophy is simple: women deserve to have a full picture of their body after baby.
My work brings together:
Hands-on postpartum support
Nourishment and meal preparation
Postpartum planning
Functional lab testing
Personalized nutrition and lifestyle protocols
Compassionate, trauma-informed care
The Wellmother Method™
At the heart of Wellmother is a simple belief:
When a mother is cared for, everything changes.
Our philosophy is built around three phases:
Prepare
Intentional planning before baby arrives.
Replenish
Hands-on support and nourishment during the fourth trimester.
Long-term restoration beyond breastfeeding.
Together, these phases form The Wellmother Method™—a more complete approach to postpartum care.
I'm so glad
you're here.
Months or years postpartum? The January Rebuild begins January 25, with 10 spots.
Expecting or newly postpartum in Charlotte?