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Postpartum Recovery

The Family Recovery Experience

Care for the parent, the home, and the emotional transition after birth.

Our postpartum support is built to help you recover, adjust, and feel fully supported in your home. From feeding guidance and newborn care to emotional support and daily rhythm, we provide a steady, trusted presence during one of life's most important transitions.

You don't have to figure this out alone. Your specialist may assist with newborn care, feeding routines, rest, household flow, and the practical needs that make the early weeks feel more manageable.

What's Included

Who This Is For

New parents recovering from vaginal birth or C-section, families welcoming a second or third child and managing sibling transitions, and anyone who wants steady, informed support in the fourth trimester rather than figuring it out solo.

How It Works

Your experience begins with a Care Plan inquiry so we can understand your recovery, feeding approach, newborn-care needs, household rhythm, requested schedule, and family priorities. We then recommend the most appropriate care plan and thoughtfully match your family with an available Postpartum Doula or Newborn Care Specialist whose qualifications align with the support requested.

How soon after birth can support begin?

As early as your first day home. Many families also arrange support in advance of their due date so care is ready to go from day one.

Is this the same as overnight newborn care?

No. The Family Recovery Experience centers on postpartum recovery, feeding support, newborn-care confidence, rest, household rhythm, and emotional adjustment. Families who also need dedicated overnight newborn care may select a separate overnight plan or a coordinated Whole-Family Care Plan.

Can support continue for a few months?

Yes. Many families continue postpartum support for 6–12 weeks or longer, tapering the schedule as they find their rhythm.

Care Plans & Investment

Support thoughtfully structured around your family's needs.

Thoughtfully structured daytime recovery support for families adjusting to life with a new baby.

Homecoming Care Plan

Designed for early postpartum recovery, practical support, parent education, feeding coordination, and newborn-care confidence.

5 four-hour daytime shifts · 20 total hours · Use within 4 weeks

Care plan investment: $1,180

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Recommended

Family Foundation Care Plan

Designed for families seeking more consistent daytime support, recovery assistance, newborn care, education, and help creating a sustainable family rhythm.

10 four-hour daytime shifts · 40 total hours · Use within 8 weeks

Care plan investment: $2,240

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Continued Care Plan

Available Following Care Plan Consultation

20 four-hour daytime shifts · 80 total hours · Use within 12 weeks

Care plan investment: $4,320

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Care plan recommendations are confirmed after reviewing your family's requested schedule, location, care priorities, intended duration, and professional availability.

Need Coordinated Daytime and Overnight Support?

The Whole-Family Foundation combines four daytime postpartum shifts and four overnight newborn-care shifts within one coordinated care plan.

48 total hours · Use within 6 weeks

Care plan investment: $2,920

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Little Whole Me provides nonmedical postpartum support, newborn care, family education, and practical guidance. Our services do not diagnose or treat medical, mental-health, lactation, developmental, or therapeutic conditions and do not replace care from appropriately licensed professionals.

You don't have to do this alone.

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