Traditional healing rites for La Cuarentena.

Postpartum Care

This option is perfect for anyone who was not a home birth client of Matriarca Midwifery but still wants to experience the nurturing touch of ancestral recovery practices as well as receive professional clinical monitoring of both mom and baby. Our healing rituals are grounded in the Mexican tradition of La Cuarentena, the 40-day period after birth when a woman’s vitality is renewed and her mind, body, and spirit are reconnected.

All postpartum visits will be carried out within the comfort of your own home.

Disclaimer: With this package, your midwife does not go on-call and will not attend your birth.

Tap the section below to read more about what postpartum care looks like at Matriarca Midwifery.

    • Visits on the first day home from your birth venue and at weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

    • Rebirth water ceremony for mom & baby for those who didn't have the birth they dreamed of

    • Sitz baths & herbal womb steamings

    • Five nourishing, warm meals & teas designed for postpartum recovery

    • Closing of the Bones ceremony & sobada with warming salve (at 6 week visit)

    • Placenta encapsulation, if wanted

    • Assessment of maternal physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing

    • Monitoring of baby’s physical wellbeing & growth

    • Ongoing lactation/infant feeding education & support

    • PAP screen & lab work (at 6 week visit), if wanted

    • Referral network for pediatricians, IBCLCs, and other professionals