After giving birth, many women naturally direct all of their care and attention to their new babies. While understandable and common, it’s also never been more important for new moms to partake in valuable self-care. A good postpartum bath soak is just the kind of simple self-care that new moms can build into a relaxing ritual.
Why Bath Salts With Essential Oils?
Bath salts are naturally relaxing, helping new moms to ease the tension they may be feeling as they break into this joyous new routine. It gives moms a little time to themselves, as the essential oils work to invoke feelings of upliftment, relaxation, invigoration, clarity, and grounding.
All-natural essential oils feature the authentic aromas of a variety of plants. They use no synthetic fragrances, and they work to cause the same feelings that one would have when they experience these scents in the wild. The calm of walking through a field of lavender, the sweetness of real geranium, the energy one feels when they smell a cut lemon, or the freshness of eucalyptus. By keeping things natural and authentic, new moms can enjoy these aromas and transport themselves to beautiful places right from the comfort of their own bath.
Sitz Baths For New Moms
New moms work hard to bring their little ones in the world, and there’s usually quite a bit of discomfort left behind. Sitz baths are a great way to incorporate an epsom salt bath ritual into their lives. These baths focus primarily on the bottom area, and they use epsom salt and essential oils to ease discomfort from hemorrhoids, provide soothing, and refresh the region while encouraging relaxation.
A sitz bath can be taken two ways. First, special basins are available specifically for taking sitz baths. These are attached to the toilet bowl, allowing the filling and emptying of the bath to be carried out easily and cleanly. They can be attached to any standard toilet bowl, and they’re simple to store when not in use.
To take a bath in a sitz bath, first attach the bath to the toilet bowl. Once attached, fill the bath with warm water temperature tested for comfort. After the bath has been filled, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of your chosen soak per gallon of water. If you’re new to sitz baths, use 1 tablespoon of soak and work your way up to 2 as you get comfortable. Sit and soak for around 20 minutes before carefully and slowly lifting from the bath, tipping the basin into the toilet bowl, and patting dry.
If you only have a standard bathtub, you may take a sitz bath in your tub, too. Fill the bathtub with around 3 to 4 inches of warm water, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of soak per gallon, and sit in the tub to soak for around 20 minutes. Once finished, get up slowly, pat dry, and rinse the bathtub clean.
Sitz Soaks For New Moms
Sitz soaks are a great place to start for new moms looking to adopt a self-care ritual. There are many to be enjoyed, including:
- Postpartum Sitz Bath Soak – Made especially for new moms, the Postpartum Sitz Bath Soak uses USP grade epsom salt, nourishing fractionated MCT coconut oil, Vitamin C crystals, Vitamin E oil, and essential oils of frankincense, lavender, geranium, chamomile, and lemon. Frankincense grounds the blend, lavender provides a relaxing element, geranium offers sweetness, chamomile is calming, and lemon is the perfect zing to add a bit of invigoration to the blend.
- Lilliuma Sitz Salt – Lilliuma Sitz Salt is a simple blend that uses Mediterranean Sea salt alongside fractionated MCT coconut oil, jojoba seed oil, and Vitamin E oil along with aromatherapeutic essential oils. The essential oils in this blend include relaxing lavender, calming chamomile, and grounding frankincense. With just 3 perfectly balanced aromas, it’s an excellent beginner’s soak for new moms just trying sitz baths for the first time.
- The Sitz Bundle – The Sitz Bundle is perfect for the new mom who wants to try a few different blends before deciding on “the one”, or those who just like a little variety in their self-care rituals. This bundle comes complete with Lilliuma Sitz Salt, Postpartum Sitz Bath Soak, and the classic Sitz Bath blend. Sitz Bath uses USP grade epsom salts, fractionated MCT coconut oil, Vitamin C crystals, Vitamin E oil, and an all-natural essential oil blend of lavender, frankincense, geranium, niaouli, and juniper.
Embracing Your New Self-Care Ritual
Once you have your sitz bath set up, your favorite soak picked out, and you’re ready to submerge in the water, have you decided how you’re going to pass the time? This is a valuable period of comfort, relaxation, and rebalancing, so you can bring other elements into your ritual that enhance that experience for you. You may decide to bring a speaker into the bathroom to enjoy a little music while you soak, light some candles, and get into a completely relaxed mood.
As you soak, this is a perfect time to catch up on a favorite book, watch a show you love on a smartphone or tablet, work on a crossword puzzle or word search, or simply lay back and enjoy the calm. It’s these moments of personal calm are where new moms can regroup and recenter, giving themselves what they need to make the most of this very special time.
