A generous collection of handcrafted herbal care for the sacred weeks after birth

Investment: $425
San Francisco pickup available

The Rootmother Postpartum Care Package is a deeply nourishing collection of handcrafted herbal preparations created to surround a new mother with warmth, tenderness, beauty, and practical care during the postpartum season.

The early weeks after birth can be profoundly tender. A mother is recovering physically, adjusting emotionally, learning the rhythms of her baby, and often giving nearly all of her attention to the needs of someone else. This package is an invitation for care to flow toward her, too.

Each preparation offers a simple ritual of tending: warm baths, mineral-rich soaks, botanical oils, grounding nourishment, abdominal warmth, and quiet moments of reconnection with the body.

This is not simply a box of products. It is a complete postpartum care experience designed to help make rest, touch, warmth, nourishment, and ritual more accessible during a time when even the smallest act of self-care can require support.

The package may be purchased by:

• Expecting or newly postpartum mothers

• Partners, family members, and caregivers

• Friends creating a postpartum care circle

• Postpartum doulas supporting private clients

• Birth doulas offering continuity of care after birth

• Midwives assembling postpartum resources

• Birth workers seeking a meaningful client gift

• Community organizations supporting new families

Each package is formulated by Amaya Rose, folk herbalist and postpartum doula, with organic ingredients that are locally sourced whenever seasonally and practically available.

What Is Included

Three Postpartum Womb Steam Blends

Three individually portioned herbal blends created for an optional postpartum steam ritual later in the recovery process.

Each blend is intended to offer a quiet ceremonial moment of warmth, privacy, and reconnection with the pelvic and womb space. The ritual may be approached as a time for listening, reflection, prayer, grief tending, transition, or honoring the body after birth.

Postpartum steaming is not intended for immediate use after birth. It should not be used while bleeding, during active wound or incision healing, with infection, fever, pelvic pain, prolapse symptoms, or without clearance from the mother’s licensed medical or midwifery provider.

Instructions and contraindications are included.

Two Botanical Body Oils

The package includes two separate body oils: one created for the mother and one created for gentle infant touch.

Botanical Body Oil for Mama

A rich, slow-infused body oil created to support intentional touch, massage, and reconnection with the postpartum body.

The oil may be used on the shoulders, arms, legs, feet, hips, lower back, belly, or other areas that would welcome gentle touch. It can become part of a daily body-care ritual or be applied by a partner, caregiver, or doula during a period of rest.

Rather than asking the body to quickly “return” to what it was before pregnancy, this oil offers another invitation: to meet the postpartum body with gratitude, patience, tenderness, and reverence.

Avoid direct application to incisions, open wounds, irritated skin, nipples before feeding, or areas where the baby’s mouth will make contact.

Gentle Body Oil for Baby

A simple, fragrance-free botanical oil formulated separately for gentle infant massage and bonding.

It may be used sparingly for intentional touch after a patch test and with the baby’s pediatric provider’s guidance. Baby massage can become a quiet ritual of warmth, presence, connection, and communication between baby and caregiver.

The baby oil is formulated without essential oils or added fragrance.

Herbal Salve

A multipurpose botanical salve for external body care.

The salve may be applied to dry hands, elbows, feet, knees, and other areas needing a little additional protection and moisture. It is especially useful for mothers and caregivers whose hands may become dry from frequent washing during the newborn period.

The salve offers a practical form of daily care that can be kept beside the bed, changing station, nursing chair, or bathroom sink.

Not intended for internal use, open wounds, infected skin, or direct application to the nipples immediately before feeding.

Four Sea Salt Soaks

Four individually portioned mineral soaks created for moments of rest and release.

Each soak can be added to a full bath or used as a foot soak when a full bath is not accessible or appropriate. Warm water, salt, and aromatic herbs help transform ordinary bathing into a small ritual of being held.

A caregiver can prepare the soak, bring the mother water or tea, care for the baby, and create the conditions for her to rest without needing to organize the experience herself.

These soaks are especially beautiful for:

• Evening wind-down rituals

• Tired feet

• Quiet time after a long day

• Moments of sensory grounding

• Reconnecting with the body

• Receiving care from a partner or doula

Bathing should begin only when medically appropriate following birth and after receiving guidance regarding tears, incisions, bleeding, and infection risk.

Three Herbal Bath Blends

Three generous herbal bath preparations designed to create an immersive botanical bathing ritual.

The herbs can be steeped before being added to the bath, allowing the mother to be surrounded by warm water and the sensory presence of the plants. Each bath can become a ceremony for rest, release, gratitude, grief, transition, or simply being alone with oneself.

The bath blends may also be prepared as concentrated herbal infusions for an external compress or foot bath when full-body bathing is not appropriate.

These baths do not need to be elaborate. A dim room, warm water, a cup of tea, and twenty uninterrupted minutes can be enough.

Herbal Ghee

A nourishing jar of traditionally inspired herbal ghee created as a simple way to bring warmth and richness into postpartum meals.

The ghee may be added to warm grains, soups, rice, vegetables, toast, broths, or other meals already familiar to the mother. It is designed to make everyday nourishment feel more intentional without requiring complicated preparation during the newborn period.

Postpartum nourishment should be comforting, accessible, and easy to receive. The herbal ghee allows a caregiver, partner, or doula to enrich simple meals with an additional layer of care.

A complete ingredient list and storage instructions are included. The recipient should review the ingredients for allergies, dietary restrictions, medication interactions, and individual postpartum considerations before use.

Eight-Ounce Herbal Elixir Powder

An eight-ounce jar of herbal elixir powder created to make warm, grounding drinks easy to prepare.

The powder can be blended into warm water or another preferred beverage according to the included instructions. It offers the mother a daily ritual that does not require extensive measuring, steeping, or cleanup.

A caregiver can prepare the elixir while making breakfast, bringing a feeding snack, or settling the mother into bed. It can also become a gentle pause in the day: a warm cup held between both hands, a breath, and a moment to receive.

The formula is accompanied by a full ingredient list and usage instructions. Because postpartum needs differ—especially during breastfeeding or when medications are involved—the recipient should review the formula with an appropriate healthcare professional before use.

Infused Castor Oil

A bottle of infused castor oil for external ritual and body-care use.

The oil may be incorporated into a slow abdominal self-massage or used as part of a warming castor-oil ritual after the body has had adequate time to heal and the mother has received provider clearance.

It is not intended for use during pregnancy, on fresh incisions, over open wounds, during active infection, or during the immediate postpartum recovery period without individualized guidance.

Hot Water Bottle

A reusable hot water bottle is included to bring warmth into the mother’s care space.

It may be used over clothing or wrapped in a towel for comfort on the back, shoulders, feet, or other areas that feel soothed by gentle warmth. The bottle can also warm the bed before rest or become part of a quiet evening ritual.

The hot water bottle should never be filled with boiling water or placed directly against bare skin. It should not be used over areas with reduced sensation, active inflammation, fresh incisions, or while sleeping.

A Gift for the Mother Who Is Often Forgotten

New babies are often welcomed with clothing, blankets, toys, and supplies. The mother, however, may receive far less attention once the birth has taken place.

This package keeps the mother at the center of postpartum care.

It acknowledges that she has also crossed a threshold. Her body has labored, opened, changed, birthed, grieved, transformed, or undergone surgery. Her nervous system is adapting to interrupted sleep, constant touch, new responsibility, hormonal change, and the emotional magnitude of caring for a new life.

The package cannot replace hands-on support, nourishing meals, medical care, sleep, or community. It can, however, provide tangible tools that help caregivers create small, repeatable experiences of warmth and attention.

The baby is also nourished when the mother is surrounded by care. A supported mother may have more opportunities to rest, eat, hydrate, receive loving touch, and bond with her baby without carrying every responsibility alone.

For Doulas, Midwives and Caregivers

The Rootmother Postpartum Care Package is available to doulas, midwives, birth workers, caregivers, and community organizations wishing to incorporate handcrafted herbal care into their client support.

The package may be:

• Given as a complete postpartum gift

• Added to a doula care package

• Included in a premium postpartum service

• Used throughout several weeks of in-home support

• Shared among members of a postpartum care circle

• Purchased for a baby shower or mother blessing

• Offered to clients recovering from birth-related transitions

The package includes clear instructions so caregivers can help prepare each ritual without placing additional labor on the mother.

Wholesale, practitioner, and multiple-package inquiries may be available separately.

Ingredients and Sourcing

Every package is made in small batches with attention to freshness, quality, seasonality, and relationship with the plants.

Ingredients are:

• Organic

• Locally sourced when seasonally and practically available

• Selected with postpartum tenderness in mind

• Clearly labeled with complete ingredient lists

• Accompanied by preparation and storage instructions

Because every postpartum body, birth experience, baby, medication regimen, and feeding journey is different, formulas may be adjusted when possible for known allergies or sensitivities.

Customization must be requested before the package is prepared.

Pickup and Delivery

The Rootmother Postpartum Care Package is available for:

San Francisco pickup

Local San Francisco delivery

Delivery can be scheduled for the final weeks of pregnancy, shortly after the birth, or at another agreed-upon time. Gift purchasers may include a personal message for the recipient.

Advance ordering is recommended because each package is prepared in small batches.

Important Care Note

This package offers complementary herbal, ceremonial, and body-care support. It is not a replacement for postpartum medical care, pediatric care, lactation support, mental-health care, or emergency services.

The recipient should consult their licensed healthcare or midwifery provider before using internal herbs, vaginal or pelvic practices, abdominal preparations, heat, baths, or products near wounds and incisions.

All topical products should be patch-tested before broader use. Infant products should be reviewed with the baby’s pediatric provider, kept away from the face and hands, and discontinued if irritation occurs.