Our Story
Built for the mother
no one thought to hold.
Maison Mère Care was born from a personal experience that too many women know by heart. A mother alone with her newborn, wishing someone had built a place like this before she needed it.
The Founder
Matilda Giwa
Mother of four. Founder & CEO, Maison Mère Care.
I had four children. Four times, I came home from the hospital exhausted beyond anything I could have imagined, body still healing, heart completely full but hands completely empty of help.
My husband was there. He was wonderful. But between the two of us, we were figuring out everything in real time, in the dark, with no sleep and no map.
There was no family nearby. No village. No one to hold the baby at 3am so I could sleep more than an hour. No one to bring a real meal. No one to look at how I was healing and tell me it was going to be okay.
The nurses at the hospital were extraordinary. I held onto them like lifelines. And then visiting hours ended. And I went home.
Every single time, in the days after delivery, I had the same thought. A quiet, desperate thought that I never said out loud because it felt like too much to ask. I wish I didn't have to leave yet.
I wasn't asking for luxury. I was asking to feel safe. I was asking for a nurse who knew what she was looking at when she checked my incision. I was asking for food I didn't have to think about. I was asking for someone credentialed and calm to be near my baby through the night so that I could close my eyes without fear.
None of that existed. Not in Atlanta. Not anywhere close to us. Not in a way that felt designed for a woman like me.
I built the place I needed. I built it for every mother who has ever lain awake in those first nights wondering why no one thought to take care of her too.
Maison Mèreis the French expression for the mother house. The place you come from. The original source of warmth and nourishment. We chose that name because we believe the weeks after birth deserve to be treated as exactly what they are: one of the most profound and vulnerable chapters of a woman's life.
We are nurse-led because your recovery is medical, not cosmetic.
We are inside a luxury hotel because you deserve an environment that matches the magnitude of what you just did.
We are in Atlanta because Georgia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country and because we believe deeply that where you live should never determine the quality of care you receive after giving birth.
This is not a spa. It is not a babymoon. It is not a retreat in the way that word usually sounds. It is a place where licensed nurses watch over you and your baby through the night. Where an IBCLC sits with you until the feeding feels right. Where a chef crafts meals designed to heal your body. Where your partner is welcome and your needs come first, completely and without apology.
I wished for this for years. Now it exists.
Our Mission
Georgia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country. We are here because that is not acceptable.
Too many mothers leave the hospital in 24 hours and enter a recovery period with almost no clinical support. Too many go home to inadequate rest, inadequate nutrition, and inadequate oversight of their own healing. Maison Mère Care exists to change that for every family we can reach, starting in Atlanta and growing nationwide.
1 in 7
New mothers experience postpartum depression. Most go unsupported.
24hrs
Average hospital stay after birth before a mother is sent home.
42 days
The postpartum window where Georgia mothers face the highest risk. We cover every one of them.
What We Believe
Four things we will never compromise on.
Clinical first. Always.
Our care team is led by licensed mother-baby RNs and certified lactation consultants who currently work in hospital postpartum units. The luxury is real. The credentials are non-negotiable.
Rest as medicine.
Sleep deprivation is not a rite of passage. It is a health risk. Our nursery team takes the night so you can have the uninterrupted rest your body was designed to need.
No mother is invisible here.
Atlanta is a majority-Black city and Georgia's maternal mortality crisis falls hardest on Black mothers. Our staff, our cultural competency, and our mission reflect the community we are here to serve.
You are not asking too much.
We have met so many mothers who apologize for needing help. We built this entire business to tell you: you are not asking too much. You are asking for exactly what you deserve. Come in.
You Belong Here
Every mother deserves
someone in her corner.
We kept the lights on for you. We made the bed. We have your meals ready and our nurses are here. All you have to do is come.