postpartum care · kelowna & okanagan

INNATE Postpartum Care

An intimate offering for mothers who desire in-depth postpartum care and physical restoration. No matter where or how a woman gives birth, her needs in the fourth trimester are sacred.

A family resting together with their newborn by a window in Kelowna
SERVICE
In your home
PACKAGES
3, 5, or 8 visits
PRENATAL
Prep visit included
INVESTMENT
From $550 CAD
the care

What a Postpartum Care Visit May Include

Each in-home session is shaped around what your body, emotional state, and family need that day.

Warm oil and towels prepared for massage

Warm oil abhyanga massage

This timeless practice from ayurvedic medicine uses specific herbs and warming oils designed to nourish depleted tissues, ground the nervous system and encourage lymphatic flow, allowing a new mother to receive the medicine of warm, intentional touch.

A mother seated for a womb steaming session

Womb steaming & belly binding

Postpartum steaming is a beautiful way to facilitate full-body warmth and lends to an optimal uterine cleanse after birth. Steaming can prevent infections and aid in scar tissue healing. Belly binding practices are used in tandem to support the womb after birth and pregnancy.

Herbal infusion being poured into a bath

Herbal supports for your healing

Herbal infusions for peri rinsing after birth to aid in tissue healing and soothe after-birth tearing. Herbal baths and sitz bath blends to reduce extended inflammation. Herbal tinctures and tonics to nourish your vitality and enhance your milk volume.

Gentle hands-on scar tissue work on the abdomen

Scar remediation

Gentle remediation work can assist in tending to scar tissue after surgical birth, paired with castor oil packs to penetrate the layers of skin, muscle and fascia that need healing. Tissue stretching and basic hands-on techniques loosen existing scar tissue and break down adhesions.

A moxa stick held above a moxibustion box

Moxibustion

An ancient TCM practice used in the postpartum time to help tonify the uterine ligaments after birth, bring warmth to the uterus and encourage healthy blood flow to the pelvic organs and connective tissue. Moxa can also be effective for tapering extended postpartum bleeding.

A swaddled newborn resting beside their mother

Sacred rituals to ground you

Together we slow things down and utilize the imperative postpartum principles of rest, warmth, nourishment, bodywork and our loved ones to hold us through this tender chapter of becoming. Engage in simple daily rituals to anchor yourself within the demands of mothering.

the innate principles

When a mother is seen and held in her fullness, her healing can begin

As a Certified INNATE Postpartum Care provider, the principles and practices I offer orient to the necessity of:

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  • Extended rest. An extended resting period after birth to heal connective tissue and safeguard lifelong pelvic health.
  • Warmth after birth. Warming modalities to nurture and fill the void of the after-birth body and protect it from cold and dis-ease.
  • Warming foods. A specific diet that is warm in temperature and warm in nature, including nutrient-dense and protein-rich foods.
  • Bodywork and touch. Gentle practices that facilitate a deep holding to nurture the nervous system of both mother and baby.
  • Community. Family and community support to witness, hold and help the family unit blossom and thrive, however that family may look.
packages & investment

Choose Your Postpartum Holding

Every package includes an in-home prenatal consultation to map out your fourth trimester plan before baby arrives.

Gentle Restoration
3 IN-HOME VISITS
$550 CAD

Immediate postpartum tending for acute recovery.

  • 1 In-home prenatal consultation
  • 3 In-home visits (2 to 2.5 hrs each)
  • Abhyanga massage & womb steaming
  • Herbal peri wash & tonics
The Golden Month
8 IN-HOME VISITS
$1,350 CAD

Extended sustained care across the first two months post-birth.

  • 1 In-home prenatal consultation
  • 8 In-home care sessions (2.5 hrs each)
  • Weekly hands-on therapies & mother tending
  • Bone Closing Ceremony ($195 value) included
Bone Closing
CEREMONY
$195 CAD

Sacred traditional rebozo holding to seal the birth space.

  • Dedicated 2-hour in-home ceremony
  • 9-point rebozo body holding
  • Guided integration meditation
“I really appreciated the herbal baths, nourishing elixirs, warm oil massages and a very grounding moxibustion treatment as they all helped in my healing.”
Katie, mama to Oliver and Andy
A mother lying wrapped in colourful rebozos during a Bone Closing Ceremony in Kelowna
ceremony · $195 in-home

Bone Closing Ceremony

A tender holding for mothers who wish to close the energetic space of body and mind following the expanse of pregnancy and birth.

This guided meditation and ceremony honours the teachings of Clara Alfaro Peña, a grandmother, midwife and healer from the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, as shared with me by Rachelle Seliga. During this ceremony, nine points on the mother’s body are held and honoured with traditional rebozos.

LOCATION
In-home session
LENGTH
~2 hours
INVESTMENT
$195 CAD