Postpartum doula nurture session

A one-off, 3 hour session of mother centred in-home care. We have a call before our session to see how I can best support you during our time together, choosing services from the below list. You will be provided with a nutritious, freshly prepared food bundle using organic ingredients, including snacks and herbal tea blends.

Postpartum care is often something that families do not prepare for, however this can be the foundation to THRIVING family life, and a deep bond between mother and baby. It can also be the foundation to a woman’s health in the decades following on from birth. We can view it as an opportunity to really replenish the nutrient stores that we lose from giving birth, tending to our pelvic, hormonal and mental health, meaning a more easeful transition into our menopausal years.

A Postpartum Doula tends to the health and wellbeing of the mother. Saying that, the mother and baby are considered a unit in the months following on from birth, and so tending to the mother directly has an impact on the health and wellbeing of baby. This if often referred to as the mother-baby dyad.

In-home postpartum care can include:

• nutritious meals to support postpartum health and replenishment, made with organic ingredients

• herbal blends used for teas, steams and bathing

• cacao - we work with this both as nutritional support, and when holding ceremony

• castor-oil heat pads (alleviating pain/discomfort following on from birth)

• scar tissue remediation

• light house work - laundry, dishes, tidying, gardening, food shopping

• sibling care/pet care

• guidance on vaginal steaming (I bring a purpose built chair)

• moxibustion (a Traditional Chinese Medicine practice of burning Moxa, or Chinese Mugwort, in a purpose build moxa box, promoting increased warmth, circulation and qi to the womb area)

• baby wearing support

• gentle oil massage

• postpartum yoga (usually after 6 weeks)

• yoga nidra (suitable for any time after giving birth)

• “closing of the bones” using a rebozo

• birth storytelling - allowing you to feel witnessed in your experience of birth, and all of the emotions surrounding the event

I provide in-home care, so there is a maximum of 30 minutes driving time from EH49 included in my prices. Additional expenses may be added on top of this depending on where you live.