Modern Mothership


EDUCATOR &
POSTPARTUM DOULA

Hello! I’m Clowance.

I have been a Certified Innate Postpartum Care Provider since 2022.

More and more families are understanding the importance and value of family support during the first weeks after baby arrives.

I serve Mothers and Families in Canterbury and provide physiologic postpartum care that is designed to support the specific needs of postpartum women.

When Mothers are tended to correctly during the Postpartum her body can heal and her nervous system can relax.

Regulated and nourished Mothers bring forth regulated and nourished children.

My services

  • POSTPARTUM CARE SESSIONS

    In-home care that is tailored entirely to you.

    Every session is tailored around what you and your family need most - whether that’s nourishing food, bodywork, baby support, or simply someone with experience and calm in your corner.

    Sessions are available as a one-off visit or as part of an ongoing care plan. The more sessions you book, the more you save.

    Every session includes nourishing food prepared specifically for postpartum healing.

    Sessions may also include:

    • Bodywork tailored to the needs of new mothers

    • Birth experience debrief and emotional support

    • Ceremony and closing of the bones

    • Family and baby support

    • Expert guidance on postpartum recovery

    • Herbal and homeopathic support

    Every session is unique to you.

    $100/hr ~ 3 hour minimum ~ Christchurch and wider Canterbury

  • Planning for the Fourth Trimester Workshop

    For Mothers, Fathers and Whanāu

    There’s a lot of focus on preparing for the birth of your baby - what comes after is often left to chance. What many families don’t realise until they are in it is that the early postpartum period can be one of the most challenging seasons of a woman’s life. Trying to cobble together a plan whilst you are in the thick of it does not serve you or your family.

    Most fathers and partners want to help - this class shows you how.

    Ancient healing traditions - from Ayurveda to Chinese Medicine - have long understood what modern research is now beginning to confirm: how a woman is nourished and cared for in the weeks after birth has a profound impact on her health for decades to come. When mothers don’t receive the warmth, rest and nourishment they need in this sacred window, depletion can quietly surface years later - in energy levels , in hormone balance and in how a woman experiences perimenopause and beyond.

    Planning for this period is preventive health care.

    Innate Planning for the Fourth Trimester workshop brings families together to do exactly that - prepare, connect and step into the postpartum with intention.

    This class provides:

    - Teaching on the 5 essentials of postpartum healing.

    - Builds and fortifies community support networks.

    - Connects you with local birth & postpartum resources.

    - Supports you to develop a postpartum plan that meets the needs of you and your family

  • Mini Mother Retreats

    Come and relax and connect with other Mothers in an urban retreat space in South Christchurch.

    Designed as an accessible drop-in option for Mothers and their babies (older siblings welcome).

    Part respite care, part spa with the benefits of community and chats with a postpartum doula!

    Held every first Wednesday of the month form 10am-1pm. Come as you are. $20 koha.

    Sessions feature:

    -relaxing indoor/outdoor space

    -sauna

    -light refreshments

    -connection

    -postpartum resources

  • 'Mothers are the soil from which humanity grows'

    Rachelle Garcia Seliga