If you\u2019ve been following any birth or newborn photographers on social media, you\u2019ve likely seen the gorgeous images of a mom and her new baby soaking in a tub of tea-colored water. \u00a0There are usually rose petals or orchids floating on the surface and a blissed-out mom and baby relaxed and soaking up the nourishing water and relaxing scents.<\/p>\n
As you can imagine, growing a baby and giving birth are hard work. \u00a0Women are practicing self-care by utilizing the healing and relaxation properties of a postpartum herbal bath. \u00a0Postpartum herbal bath, chocked full of herbs that fight inflammation and promote healing in the skin and tissues, can not only be a way to provide comfort for a sore body, but it can be a beautiful opportunity to bond with a freshly born baby.<\/p>\n
Postpartum herbal bath, which includes plantain, comfrey, yarrow, uva ursi, and a variety of other healing herbs, can be added to boiling water, but removed from the heat of the stove. \u00a0The herbs should steep for 20 minutes, and then be strained. \u00a0What remains is a powerful brew that can be used to heal and comfort sore and bruised tissues, combat inflammation, and promote relaxation and well-being.<\/p>\n
The herbal bath brew can be used in many ways:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 It can be added to a bathtub of warm water for a relaxing soak. \u00a0This can not only be a way for mom to relax, but it can be a wonderful opportunity to enjoy and bond with baby as well.<\/p>\n 2. The herbal brew can be added to a peri-bottle to rinse mom\u2019s bottom after using the restroom.<\/p>\n 3. The brew can be added to a maxi-pad and frozen to be used as a perineal ice pack to soothe swollen tissues. Conversely, using the herbal brew on a warm compress can be a comforting relief.<\/p>\n 4. It may also be conveniently added to a sitz bath to soak mom\u2019s bottom in the day following birth.<\/p>\n If you are planning an upcoming birth and want to treat yourself and baby, consider a warm soak in a relaxing herbal bath. \u00a0You and your baby worked hard, you both deserve it.<\/p>\n Our herbal bath and other products<\/a> can be found on our Etsy page<\/a>.<\/p>\n **Please check with your care provider before taking a bath in the immediate days postpartum.**<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you\u2019ve been following any birth or newborn photographers on social media, you\u2019ve likely seen the gorgeous images of a mom and her new baby soaking in a tub of tea-colored water. \u00a0There are usually rose petals or orchids floating on the surface and a blissed-out mom and baby relaxed and soaking up the nourishing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Postpartum Herbal Bath | The Nurturing Root","_seopress_titles_desc":"Treat yourself and baby to the benefits of a warm soak in a relaxing herbal bath. \u00a0You and your baby worked hard, you both deserve it. \u00a0","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,18,19,127,1],"tags":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":15,"label":"birth"},{"value":18,"label":"postpartum"},{"value":19,"label":"Postpartum Doula"},{"value":127,"label":"Products"},{"value":1,"label":"Uncategorized"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Postpartum-herbal-bath-1024x777.jpg",1024,777,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Carmen Calvo","author_link":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/author\/carmen_admin\/"},"comment_info":"","category_info":[{"term_id":15,"name":"birth","slug":"birth","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":27,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":15,"category_count":27,"category_description":"","cat_name":"birth","category_nicename":"birth","category_parent":0},{"term_id":18,"name":"postpartum","slug":"postpartum","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":18,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":20,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":18,"category_count":20,"category_description":"","cat_name":"postpartum","category_nicename":"postpartum","category_parent":0},{"term_id":19,"name":"Postpartum Doula","slug":"postpartum-doula","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":19,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":9,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":19,"category_count":9,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Postpartum Doula","category_nicename":"postpartum-doula","category_parent":0},{"term_id":127,"name":"Products","slug":"products","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":127,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":127,"category_count":2,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Products","category_nicename":"products","category_parent":0},{"term_id":1,"name":"Uncategorized","slug":"uncategorized","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":11,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":11,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Uncategorized","category_nicename":"uncategorized","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}