How it works
What $65 an hour covers.
One rate, day or night, for a trained postpartum doula in your home. Here is what your care covers, hour by hour, and roughly how many hours families like yours tend to book.
What we do
You are the center of the care.
Sanhujori centers the mother; her rest, her warmth, her nourishment, her recovery, her presence with her baby. Everything else your doula does, from newborn care to laundry to keeping a warm drink in reach before you ask, exists to protect that center. It's the same care, the same rate, whether it's 10am or 3am.
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For your recovery
Korean warming rituals and postpartum teas
Basic lactation support from day one
Light nourishment prep, so rest stays possible
A custom recovery plan built from your intake
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For your baby
In-home newborn care, day or night
Feeding, changing, soothing and settling
Infant care education built into every visit
Bottle prep, sterilising and baby laundry
Sleep and feed notes, so you know what happened
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For the hours you can't cover alone
A doula matched to your family from your intake
A 1:1 with our matrescence care specialist
Our full care team behind her, not one person alone
One thread for questions, any hour
$65 an hour, day or night.
The same rate whether your doula arrives at 7pm or 7am.
No overnight upcharge.
The work of the postpartum window doesn't cost more because it's the middle of the night.
What a shift looks like
Your doula arrives. Then what?
No two visits are identical, because no two recoveries are. But the rhythm is consistent, and it starts with you rather than the baby.
A daytime visit
Recovery, rest, and the hours you cannot coverAn overnight visit
Same rate. Sleep is the point.What a doula is, and what they are not.
Knowing the edges of the help is part of trusting it.
What they are
Trained, vetted, and matched to your family from your intake rather than assigned at random.
Experienced with newborns, feeding, soothing and sleep, and with a mother's physical recovery.
Backed by our full care team, so your care holds steady week to week. You are supported by a group that knows your plan, never one person working alone.
What they are not
They are not a medical provider. Clinical questions belong with your OB, midwife or pediatrician, and we will tell you plainly when something needs one of them.
Lactation support is real but basic. Persistent feeding problems belong with an IBCLC, and we can point you toward one.
They are not a housekeeper. They will help with light nourishment prep and keeping the recovery space calm, but their focus is you and your baby.
Planning your hours
Not sure how many hours to reserve?
Every family's schedule is different. But the shape of care usually isn't. Most Sanhu recoveries are heavier in the early weeks, when your body is doing the most healing and your baby is at their most demanding, then evolve as your recovery settles and you find your footing. Here are four examples of how that shape plays out for different families.
First-time parents
First baby, vaginal or C-section recovery, partner on leave for the first few weeks.
Week 1: Days three times a week, 7am–1pm. Nights four nights a week, 10pm–6am.
Week 2: Days three times a week. Nights three nights a week.
Weeks 3–4: Days two to three times a week. Nights three nights a week.
Weeks 5–6: Days twice a week. Nights three nights a week.
Weeks 7–9: Nights three nights a week.
The most common shape we run. Days for your recovery, nights for your sleep, with days easing off as you find your rhythm and nights holding longer to protect the sleep you need.
Approximately 6–9 weeks, 250–350 hours.
Second baby or beyond
Second (or more) baby, toddler at home, a nanny or family already handling the days.
Weeks 1–2: One day a week for postpartum recovery support. Three nights a week, 10pm–6am.
Weeks 3–4: One day a week. Two to three nights a week.
Weeks 5–8: Two nights a week, often weekend nights so the household resets before the week starts.
Your daytime routine already exists: a toddler, a nanny, a partner back at work. Care is weighted toward the nights, where the real gap sits. Weekends often matter more than weekdays.
Approximately 5–8 weeks, 180–260 hours.
The concentrated recovery
A short, dense stay when your household support already exists but you want expert care in the first weeks.
Weeks 1–2: Days two to three times a week, 7am–3pm. Nights three to four nights a week, 10pm–6am.
Week 3: Days once or twice a week. Nights two to three nights a week.
Mom or a partner is on leave. A nanny is already booked. But you want the first few weeks held by someone who has been through hundreds of postpartum journeys, for the specific expertise, and for the space it creates for your family to bond without doing the logistics.
Approximately 2–3 weeks, 100–160 hours.
The extended recovery, designed around your return to work
A longer arc, built for families whose leave runs 12 to 16 weeks and who want continuity through the whole transition back.
Weeks 1–2: Days three to four times a week. Nights four nights a week.
Weeks 3–4: Days two times a week. Nights three nights a week.
Weeks 5–8: Days once a week. Nights two to three nights a week.
Weeks 9–12: Nights two to three nights a week, shifting to cover the days and nights your return-to-work schedule needs most.
Bodywork sessions built in*. Postpartum lymphatic massage in weeks 2, 5, and 10, delivered in your home.
The longest arc we design, and the one that carries you through the transition most postpartum care leaves you to figure out alone. Care evolves with your recovery, then shifts around your return to work so the plan holds instead of falling apart at week six. Bodywork sessions are anchored to the moments they matter most: early recovery, mid-arc integration, and the return-to-work window.
Approximately 12–16 weeks, 400–550 hours.
*Bodywork sessions are provided at additional cost.
Most Sanhu recoveries run somewhere between two and sixteen weeks, depending on the shape and length that fits your family. We walk through all of it with you on your planning call and design the exact shape your recovery needs.
This is guidance, not a commitment.
How we decide who comes to your door.
You fill in an intake before anyone is assigned. Tell us about your recovery goals, feeding plan, who else is in the house, what you want help with first, and what you would rather handle yourself.
You are then matched based on what you are looking for. Your doula is not working alone: the wider care team sees your plan, so if something comes up that needs more than one set of hands, help is already close.
Steps to getting started
Book an intro call
A short call to hear where you are and what you need.
Tell us about your family
A detailed form, so we match you well instead of guessing.
Meet your match
We pair you with a doula based on what you told us.
Reserve your dates
A $500 deposit holds your dates.
Your plan, then your care
A 30-minute call with our head of maternal care to build your custom recovery plan, then your doula arrives.