It’s your time to rest. It’s our time to provide.
We’re changing the state of postpartum care, because every birth parent should be nurtured as they nurture. Find restoration in sanhujori, the time-honored South Korean tradition of postpartum care that centers rest as recovery.
Reap the benefits of rest.
We ease the transition into parenthood with focused, attentive care for birth parent and baby.
A new way, from the old.
Tapping into lessons handed down over centuries, we apply traditional South Korean postpartum practices to the modern family.
More love, less labor.
Working within the comfort of your home, your emonim ensures that you and your baby are nourished, attended to and content.
What is sanhujori?
Sanhujori is the traditional form of postpartum care in South Korea. It focuses on helping birth parents recover their strength after delivery by eating nutritious meals, staying warm, being tended to and having plenty of time to rest.
In Korea, sanhujori is most often provided in special centers that moms and babies travel to. Kae brings care to your home. An emonim (loosely translated as "auntie" in Korean) is the extra pair of hands you need, preparing and serving full meals, caring for baby and helping your body heal.
We’re different than a postpartum doula.
The services that a postpartum doula vary widely from provider to provider. Kae goes above and beyond to provide a level of postpartum care that is rarely found in the West. We take care of you and your baby so your body can heal and your mind can rest.
Your emonim will always provide.
We go above and beyond to provide rejuvenating care that centers rest as your recovery.
- Breastfeeding support, plus breast massage to stimulate milk production and reduce the chance of mastitis.
- Preparation of sitz baths and foot soaks.
- Physical, emotional and mental support so you can rest and recover.
- Light housekeeping, including washing dishes, bottles and pump parts, washing and folding baby’s laundry and tidying the space you share with baby.
- Full newborn care (diapering, bathing, feeding and soothing) while you rest.
- Prepare and serve full, nutritious meals and snacks throughout the day to replenish your body.
- Sibling care.
- Postpartum care rooted in a rich culture and tradition of restorative care.
FAQ
As soon as you find out that you have a baby on the way, we recommend booking your emonim as our services can book out months in advance.
9 a.m.
Prepare breakfast
10 a.m.
Clean dishes and sanitize pump parts and bottles
10:30 a.m.
Begin baby’s laundry and make your bed (if you’re not in it)
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Break
12 p.m.
Make lunch
12:30 p.m.
Eat lunch
1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Full body massage with hot towels
Sitz bath and feet soak
Bathe baby
Finish laundry
2 p.m.
Dinner prep
3 - 4:30 p.m.
Break*
4:30 p.m.
Cook dinner
5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Serve dinner and clean up*
6 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Rest
12 a.m. - 8 a.m.
Night care for baby
8 a.m.
Return baby to you and prepare for the day
* If your emonim is providing daytime service only, she does not take a break from 3 p.m. to 4:30, and works a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. schedule.
Any parent who has a newborn up to 12 weeks of age. While our service is aimed at newborns and caring for the rest and recovery of the birth parent, we recognize that this is a transition for everyone in the family and are happy to support a variety of family dynamics, including adoption of a newborn.
Our emonims are primarily in western Washington, but we have many parents all over the USA who use our services. If your family is outside of our primary service area, you will be responsible for the cost of your emonim’s round-trip plane ticket.