Leilove Postpartum Care

Traditional Postpartum Visits

Our traditional postpartum care offering consists of one, two, or three visits per week for a period of six weeks. As doulas, our primary work is in guiding families to tap into and trust their intuition to make decisions that support and nourish the whole family. We actively observe and reflect on the needs of the new mother, baby, and partner to provide personalized support on a given visit. 

What can you expect? 
While in your home, we will support you in the ways you need. Each family is unique and it really is an art to best support each family on each visit. We will bring an organic Ayurvedic meal for the mother that we have prepared ahead of time. We can go over diet recommendations that will help nourish and support your body during healing. If you are breastfeeding, we can also discuss a diet that will support both milk production and baby digestion. Other offerings include: belly binding, preparing sitz baths, basic newborn care, guidance on healing post-birth, breastfeeding/bottle feeding techniques, emotional support, light housekeeping & daily planning.  As part of our services, we can provide referrals to our extensive network of postpartum care practitioners if something is out of our scope and you’re in need of more care. 

Visits will last between 3 and 4 hours. Instead of charging per hour, we charge per visit knowing that each day may require different needs. If a visit is longer than expected, additional rates may apply. 

Abhyanga Treatments

First, what is abhyanga, and why is it so important in postpartum? 

In India, Abhyanga has long been incorporated into postnatal care or ‘Sutika Paricharya’.  An Abhyanga treatment is an Ayurvedic practice similar to a traditional massage except its primary focus is on the nervous system rather than the muscular system. Ayurveda treats the mother with just as much care as the newborn baby, her nervous system being just as sensitive as a newborn’s after birth. Abhyanga is known to increase circulation, support sleep, help balance hormones, boost the immune system, stimulate lymphatic drainage, encourage milk production, and calm the nervous system.

What we do:

Our Abhyanga treatments last about one hour, however, we are there for about 2.5 hours total. Ideally you would have someone to be with the baby during the treatment, but this is flexible to the needs of each home.  For the treatment, we apply warm oil from head to toe using our own sesame oil blend with Ayurvedic herbs specific to postpartum healing. After the treatment, you’ll shower and we can provide belly binding if desired. During the visit, we may go over any additional questions you have about healing from birth and any baby care questions. 

Belly Binding is included with the purchase of any package.

50% of the invoice is due at time of booking, the remaining balance is due half way through services.

Abhyanga visits may be combined with any traditional postpartum care visit. 

Please see our FAQ page for more details.