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Rooted Moon Postpartum Care

Nurturing, Clinical, & Concierge Postpartum Care in the Comfort of Your Home

We believe every mother deserves exceptional, deeply attentive care after birth—delivered with absolute privacy, clinical excellence, and comfort in your own home.

At Rooted Moon Midwifery, we elevate postpartum care into a deeply personal, fully tailored experience. As California Licensed Midwives specializing in comprehensive postpartum clinical care, we provide top-tier medical expertise paired with warm, intuitive support—tailored precisely to the unique physiological and emotional needs of both mother and baby.

Standard hospital discharge releases families within 24 to 48 hours, leaving a long gap before your routine follow-up. Yet, these first two weeks are the most critical window to protect your physical recovery, establish a seamless lactation foundation, safeguard pelvic floor integrity, and ensure your newborn thrives.

We eliminate the friction, rushed appointments, and rigid protocols of traditional medical systems. By bringing advanced clinical oversight, tailored maternal and infant body work, and concierge support directly to your home sanctuary, we ensure you and your baby receive the focused, unhurried, and exceptionally safe care this monumental moment deserves.

14-Day Experience

The First 14 Days Postpartum Care Experience

Tailored Postpartum Medical Care & Bodywork

For Mother & Newborn

$1,500

Custom Ongoing Care Plans Available

We honor "baby time." Every visit takes place in the peaceful sanctuary of your home and lasts around 2 to 3 unhurried hours to ensure you receive undivided attention and tailored care.

Integrated into this package is a custom blend of restorative bodywork from Listening Hands Bodywork—utilizing soothe-inducing warm towels and hot rocks ensuring physical easing and alignment as you and your baby heal and transition together.

Timeline

What's Included in Your Initial 14-Day Package

Click any visit milestone below to expand the full clinical care breakdown.

Day 1: Welcome Home & FoundationUpon return from hospital or first day postpartum
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For Mother

  • Clinical assessment of vitals, uterine involution (palpating to check for normal healing and early detection of infection signs/symptoms), and bleeding assessment.
  • Hands-on guidance with proper breast latch, positioning for successful breastfeeding, and colostrum-to-milk transition strategies.
  • Nutrition/hydration counseling and emotional birth processing space.

For Baby

  • Gentle newborn clinical examination evaluating color, respiration, cord care, overall condition, and baseline weight establishment.
  • Safe sleep guidance and setup.
Day 3: Transition & Milk ArrivalWhen the mature milk comes in
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For Mother

  • Clinical evaluation of vitals, uterine involution, and healing.
  • Targeted lactation strategies for milk arrival, preventing clogged ducts/mastitis, establishing an appropriate milk supply, breast massage techniques, and pumping best practices.
  • Emotional support for normal hormonal transitions.
  • Restorative Body Work Session: Includes Mother Roasting-moxibustion, full body massage with hot rock therapy and warm compresses, Lymphatic movement and drainage, Craniosacral therapy, and dedicated space to release/process emotions.

For Baby

  • Clinical vitals, input/output tracking (bowel movements and urination as key indicators of nourishment), and weight evaluation. (Up to 7% weight loss is evaluated as normal; if concerns arise, a re-weigh is planned in 1-2 days alongside appropriate referrals if weight loss exceeds 7%).
  • Craniosacral session and fascial release techniques given and taught to parents for continued support to your baby.
Days 5–7: Restorative Care & Growth CheckMid-week physical recovery & baby weight check
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For Mother

  • Clinical monitoring of uterine involution, bleeding, and recovery. Rest, exercise, and healing guidance.
  • Restorative Body Work Session: Includes Mother Roasting-moxibustion, full body massage with hot rock therapy and warm compresses, Lymphatic movement and drainage, Craniosacral therapy, and dedicated space to release/process emotions.

For Baby

  • General clinical checkup and weight evaluation (expecting an average gain of ½–2 oz per day). Feeding plan adjustments based on baby's weight gain and general condition.
  • Craniosacral session and fascial release techniques given and taught to parents for continued support to your baby.
2 Weeks: Integration & TransitionFull clinical review, core screening & bone closing
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For Mother

  • Clinical checkup including uterine involution assessment (confirming it has returned below the pubic bone) and perineal healing assessment (visual inspection as desired).
  • Abdominal palpation and screening for diastasis recti with core exercise/rehabilitation guidance.
  • Pelvic floor recovery education, pumping/bottle feeding support, intimacy counseling, birth control/family planning guidance, and re-entry into the world.
  • Includes an opportunity for a closure ceremony (Bone closing) and restorative bodywork session.

For Baby & Next Steps

  • Clinical checkup and growth/weight milestone review.
  • Next Steps: Review of your recovery and option to extend with custom ongoing care plans tailored to your continuing postpartum journey.
Specialized Pathways

Postpartum Care Package & Client Roadmap

Continuous maternal vitality and infant wellness guidance designed specifically for the postpartum journey, featuring customized somatic support, infant bodywork, and developmental milestones.

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Additional Care

Holistic Medicine & Postpartum Services

Placenta Encapsulation Services+

$300

Custom dehydration and encapsulation providing hormonal and nutritive balance for postpartum recovery and future life transitions (menstruation return, weaning, menopause, puberty). Lasts indefinitely when stored correctly.

  • Included Keepsakes: A custom watercolor placenta stamp print featuring baby's birth stats, plus a handcrafted umbilical cord dreamcatcher with the dried cord frame and baby's birthstone at the center.
Herbal Medicine Consultations+

Custom organic tea blends (for milk supply and nutritive recovery), tinctures, and herbal sitz bath blends crafted by an experienced herbalist to prevent illness, promote health, and support your specific goals.

Concierge Postpartum Doula Care+

$40 – $60 / hour

  • Nourishing Meal Prep: Seasonal, warming, nutrient-dense meal preparation focused on healing and lactation, accommodating all dietary restrictions.
  • Household Support: Grocery shopping, errands, laundry, light cleaning, childcare, and pet care. (Overnight and off-hour care available at the higher rate).
  • Emotional Care: Non-judgmental, compassionate emotional support.