Birth: Recovery Care

COVID-19 Statement
Birth Recovery Care services are invaluable at ALL times, and equally (if not more so) during stressful and disrupted times like the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the Birth Recovery support that I offer is available remotely when safety or logistics prohibit in-person care or remote services are otherwise desired. For the protection of all, especially those most vulnerable to COVID-19 and healthcare workers (and others unable to shelter in place), Birth Recovery support care when Shelter in Place Orders are in effect can be provided as follows:

Check-in, emotional support, and/or instruction of and support with most contemporary well-being practices (such as self-massage, breathing practices / stress management, EFT, Self-Breema®, TRE®, etc.) is available remotely (by Zoom video appointments &/or by phone) and during any in-person appointments to which we have agreed (including special safety terms).
- Breema Bodywork® is postponed/unavailable until authorities have lifted the Shelter In Place Order AND the California Massage Therapy Council ("CAMTC") and any other applicable legal authorities have declared it safe and legal to provide massage and other hands-on bodywork regulated by the CAMTC without special restrictions.
Traditional physiologic postpartum care ("Mother Roasting" / "Postpartum Sealing" offerings described below) may be available in person if clients and all household members agree to special safety terms.

Please see below, to learn more about my Birth Recovery Care Services.

Physiologic recovery care services are heating, integration, and sealing practices performed for Birth Givers in traditional cultures around the world. These services are intended specifically to nurture mind, body, & spirit; support physical, hormonal, energetic, and emotional wellness; and facilitate recovery from pregnancy and birthing. While they are especially recommended during the first 40 days after giving birth (starting in the first 2 weeks, if possible), they may be enjoyed anytime during or beyond the first year postpartum.

Services provided to the Birth Giver will include*:

Check-in, including about what the Birth Giver's needs and wishes are for that day;
Safe space to share any thoughts, feelings, experiences which may want to be expressed;
Any of the following body-based care:
- Traditional Physiologic Postpartum care:
  - herbal steam;
  - herbal sitz or body bath;
  - abdominal work;
  - abdominal castor oil pack (with or without guided deep relaxation meditation);
  - moxibustion (herbal warming);
  - "closing the bones" bodywork (gentle body swaddling performed with one or more scarves, at various points along the body));
  - hip+belly wrapping (aka "belly binding");
- Contemporary well-being support:
  - Breema Bodywork®;
  - Yoga;
  - Self-Breema Exercises®;
  - TRE®** ("Tension, Stress & Trauma Releasing Exercises");
  - EFT ("Emotional Freedom Technique" aka "tapping") may also be integrated into the appointment(s) to complement the traditional physiologic practices, especially when booking a series of Birth Recovery Care appointments.**
Suggestions &/or instruction for ongoing self-care practices (such as gentle movement, energy-work, self-massage, etc.) to further support recovery and well-being between and/or beyond visit(s).

Please see here for hourly & package rates, etc., which do not include costs for any supplies used which I provide.

*Birth Recovery Care support can still be provided immediately following a birth in which the Birth Giver experienced any perineum tearing or a cesarean birth, however, selection of services will be modified for safety & comfort.

**When learning TRE® for the first time, you should plan to spend 1.5 hour just on that and wait until the healing of any areas with stitches or other special recovery considerations.

Belly Binding / Castor Oil Pack Special

Belly bindings and castor oil packs provide great physical and emotional comfort and support in the early days, weeks + postpartum. In addition to preparing and administering these services, I offer the Birth Giver the opportunity to process their birth and/or how things have been going since the birth, ask questions about their recovery, learn about traditional postpartum recovery, and/or be offered a deep guided relaxation during this appointment to further support the nervous system being in a state of rest/digest/heal mode.

My Belly Binding / Castor Oil Pack Special is as follows:

1 hour appointment (described above),
supplies, including 1 lightweight belly binding bandage (which can be reused for ~2 more applications), organic cloth, organic castor oil, and more, and
1 online group Yoga class (once your medical provider has cleared you for regular exercise)
- If you purchase the package before giving birth, you can take my prenatal yoga class instead of a regular Hatha yoga.

Cost: $150
Value: $170

Birth: Recovery Care Services