Postpartum is the time after birth when a woman's body, heart, and spirit are reweaving themselves after the great work of creation. The world calls "postpartum" a phase, as if it ends after six weeks or is only defined by depression, but in truth, postpartum is a lifelong unfolding. The way the woman is carried, supported, and nourished after birth shapes her health for the rest of her life.

In many traditional cultures, a mother is treated with the same reverence as the newborn — wrapped in warmth, fed healing foods, prayed over, and never left alone to figure it out herself. But in modern society, we often pour every ounce of care into the baby while the mother quietly unravels. We forget that when a mother is held, the whole family thrives.

True postpartum care is not indulgence — it's prevention. It protects the body from long-term depletion, hormonal imbalance, and emotional distress. Issues like incontinence, depression, anxiety, exhaustion, and chronic pain have been normalized in American culture, but they are not "just part of motherhood." They are signs of the body and spirit asking for nourishment and rest, and restoration.

When a woman is given space to heal, she stands taller, breathes deeper, and is more grounded in her identity — not only as a mother, but as a whole woman.
Through warmth, food, prayer, and touch, she is reminded that her womb is holy ground — the place God chose to bring forth life. And just as the baby is held and kept close, so too should the mother be wrapped in care, comfort, and love.

At Care by Corrin, postpartum is seen as a continuation of birth — the ceremony of coming home to yourself. I honor this sacred window with the same awe and intention as the birth itself. Because when mothers are nurtured, families flourish for generations.

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

- ISAIAH 40:11