꩜ Postpartum & Womb Care ꩜
Appointments available online and in person for in home care in San Francisco
Root Mother offers deeply nourishing, trauma-informed care for the thresholds of birth, postpartum, pregnancy loss, grief, and return.
Each offering weaves practical support with folk herbalism, ritual, rest, and attentive care for the whole person.
A generous collection of handcrafted herbal care for the sacred weeks after birth
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.
A generous collection of handcrafted herbal care for the sacred weeks after birth
Investment: $250
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.
Scope Of In Home Care ꩜
Root Mother Wellness & Apothecary offers nonmedical, trauma-informed postpartum, pregnancy-loss, grief, herbal, educational, and ceremonial care. Services are intended to support rest, nourishment, emotional wellbeing, personal ritual, body connection, and the transition into or through postpartum life.
Depending on the offering selected, care may include:
Postpartum companionship and emotional support
Newborn care while the parent rests, bathes, or eats
Light household tending related to the parent and baby
Simple meal, tea, broth, or snack preparation
Herbal education and personalized home-care guidance
Preparation of herbal baths, sitz baths, foot soaks, oils, belly wraps, or other external herbal applications
Belly wrapping and gentle external postpartum care
Pelvic-steam education and preparation when appropriate
Grief witnessing, guided meditation, altar work, and personal ritual
Pregnancy-loss, abortion, miscarriage, and postpartum transition support
Referrals to licensed healthcare, mental-health, lactation, pelvic-floor, or community providers when needs extend beyond my scope
All herbal, ceremonial, and body-centered practices are offered through informed consent. You are welcome to ask questions, request modifications, decline an offering, pause a practice, or withdraw consent at any time. No practice is required in order to receive care.
**Currently available for private pay only
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Currently available for in person clients in San Francisco
What Is Outside My Scope
I am a postpartum doula, folk herbalist, ceremonialist, and grief tender. I am not acting as a physician, nurse, licensed midwife, psychotherapist, psychiatrist, registered dietitian, pelvic-floor therapist, massage therapist, or other licensed medical provider.
My services do not include:
Diagnosing, treating, curing, or preventing illness or medical conditions
Prescribing, changing, or advising you to discontinue medication
Medical examinations, clinical assessments, or monitoring of vital signs
Internal pelvic examinations or internal touch
Clinical massage, chiropractic care, or physical therapy
Psychotherapy, crisis counseling, or treatment of mental-health conditions
Medical lactation assessment or treatment
Making decisions on behalf of you or your healthcare provider
Emergency medical care
Information shared about herbs, food, steaming, oils, heat, baths, wrapping, or traditional practices is educational and supportive. It is not individualized medical advice. Recommendations may be modified or withheld when a practice appears inappropriate for your stage of healing, current symptoms, medications, allergies, pregnancy status, or medical history.
You are responsible for consulting a qualified healthcare professional before using herbs or body-care practices when pregnant, nursing, taking medication, recovering from surgery or birth, living with a medical condition, or experiencing unexplained symptoms.
Important Care Disclaimer
Root Mother’s offerings are complementary to—not a replacement for—prenatal, postpartum, reproductive, emergency, or mental-health care from licensed professionals. Booking a service does not create a medical provider-patient or therapist-client relationship.
No particular physical, emotional, spiritual, reproductive, or postpartum outcome can be guaranteed. Every person responds differently to herbs, foods, touch, heat, wrapping, meditation, and ceremonial practices. Please disclose relevant allergies, sensitivities, medications, health conditions, recent procedures, pregnancy status, medical restrictions, and changes in your wellbeing before receiving care.
Pelvic steaming is offered as a traditional wellness practice and educational service, not as a treatment for fertility, infection, menstrual disorders, postpartum complications, pregnancy loss, or other medical conditions. Steaming may be postponed or declined when there is pregnancy, active bleeding, suspected infection, unexplained pelvic pain, recent surgery or procedure, incomplete healing, fever, or another concern requiring medical guidance.
Castor oil packs, abdominal heat, herbal belly wraps, baths, oils, and belly binding are also provided only when appropriate and with your consent. These practices may not be suitable for every client or every stage of postpartum recovery.
When to Seek Medical Care
This website, its booking forms, email, and text messages are not monitored for emergencies. Contact your healthcare provider promptly when something feels unusual, concerning, or beyond the support a doula can provide.
Seek immediate medical attention for urgent symptoms such as heavy bleeding, severe or worsening abdominal pain, chest pain, trouble breathing, fainting, a persistent or severe headache, changes in vision, fever of 100.4°F or higher, severe swelling, foul-smelling discharge, or thoughts of harming yourself or your baby. Urgent pregnancy-related concerns can occur during pregnancy and for up to one year after birth.
In an emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.