Every birth is different. Having the right tools on hand — wherever it goes — can make all the difference.

To sustain a mother’s energy. To ease tension or pain. To offer emotional support in the moments she needs it most. Being able to do that with botanical medicine is something women have understood for centuries.

The Holistic Birth Bag is the result of nearly a decade of Rachael’s immersion in the world of birth — learning from birthkeepers and herbalists across the globe, from wise women and mentors, from clinical research and from the great traditional women’s herbals of cultures around the world. Every remedy in this bag carries that accumulated knowledge. Every product is handcrafted with artisan skill and apothecary precision — aromatic, colourful, exquisite and deeply intentional.

This is not a generic wellness kit. This is one of a kind.

Made specifically for you, following a personal consultation with Rachael. Medicinal grade. Ethically sourced. Crafted by hand with the care and expertise of a clinical herbalist who has spent years learning the art of botanical birth support from every tradition she could find.

For mothers preparing for any kind of birth — hospital, home, birth centre or freebirth. And for doulas and birth workers who want tools that meet whatever the birth room asks of them.

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WHAT’S INSIDE:

Energy Boosting Ginseng Honey

Sometimes a mother reaches a point of real exhaustion during labour. Having an energy boost on hand at that moment is genuinely invaluable. This artisan organic honey is infused with medicinal-grade ginseng — one of the most revered Qi tonics in Chinese medicine, used for centuries to support women through the physical demand of birth. Warm, nourishing and restorative. A teaspoon from the jar or stirred into a warm drink.

Safe for use in birth unless hypertension is present.

Labour Massage Oil

A warm, fragrant organic oil for the hands that hold you. Soothing calendula, calming lavender, clary sage and crampbark — traditionally used to ease cramping and muscular tension. Aromatic and sensuous, it brings immediate comfort to lower back, shoulders or anywhere that carries the weight of labour. The scent alone shifts the room.

Aromatic Room Spray

Handcrafted and deeply aromatic, this is clinical aromatherapy in its most beautiful form. Orange blossom — neroli — has been shown in clinical research to measurably reduce pain perception during labour. Alongside lavender, rose, motherwort and mugwort, this exquisite spray transforms any birth space — hospital room, birth centre, home or under open sky — into something held, sacred and calm. One spray. Everything softens.

Rose Glycerite

Made with organic glycerine and fresh rose petals, this is one of Rachael’s most beloved apothecary creations — a sensuous, fragrant preparation that has become a favourite among the mothers she works with. Rose has been treasured in women’s medicine for centuries — to open the heart, ease soft emotions and bring a mother back to herself in the moments she needs it most. Deeply restorative, gently mood-lifting and completely safe throughout birth. A few drops under the tongue or in water, whenever she needs it. Sweet, colourful and utterly beautiful.

Three Bespoke Herbal Tinctures

Rachael works with you personally — through your consultation — to understand your birth plans, your constitution and your intentions. From this she crafts three tinctures made exclusively for you, drawn from the following:

— Sustained energy through long labour

— Relaxation and tension release

— Emotional support and grounding

— Pain relief

— Supporting balanced contractions when labour slows or stalls

— Postpartum bleeding support

— Placental birth support

Each tincture is a work of artisan craft — formulated with clinical expertise, made by hand and rooted in the accumulated wisdom of traditional birth medicine from around the world. Small, portable, exquisitely made. Full written instructions included. Ready for any kind of birth — hospital, home, birth centre or freebirth.

Post-Birth Perineal Spray

Cool, soothing and immediately comforting. For the hours and days after birth when your perineum needs the most gentle care. Lavender, witch hazel, rosemary, frankincense and rose — anti-inflammatory, healing and beautifully aromatic. An essential piece of the birth bag. Small enough to go anywhere.

All Purpose Balm

A nourishing, comforting balm made with soothing oat, calming calendula, coconut oil, olive oil and beeswax. Entirely natural. For lips, for nipples in the early days of feeding, for hands that need comfort. One of those things that becomes indispensable.

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ALSO INCLUDED:

An in-depth consultation with Rachael — where you share your vision for birth, your concerns, your health history and what you would like support with. From this Rachael prescribes your tinctures and finalises every element of the bag for you.

Ongoing message support throughout — whatever questions arise as birth approaches. Responses within 24 hours, usually sooner.

An additional postpartum tonic tincture for the early days after birth is available on request.

FOR DOULAS AND BIRTH WORKERS:

The relationship between herbalist and birth worker is ancient. Across cultures and throughout history — the birth worker read the room, the herbalist provided the medicine.

Rachael has spent nearly a decade building relationships with birthkeepers, herbalists and wise women around the world — learning from global traditions, from clinical research, from mentors and from the great traditional women’s herbals of many cultures. What she brings to this bag is a level of craft, knowledge and artisan skill that is genuinely rare.

If you support women through birth — in hospitals, homes, birth centres or at freebirth — and want a toolkit that meets every chapter of the birth room, the Holistic Birth Bag can be made for you. Talk to Rachael about what’s right for your practice.

BUNDLE WITH THE POSTPARTUM SUPPORT PACKAGE:

Planning your postpartum too? The Birth Bag and Postpartum Support Package together give you complete botanical care from labour through to the fourth trimester — everything made for you, by the same hands, from the same depth of knowledge.

Birth Bag + Postpartum Support Package — £750

Saving £89 on buying separately.

Contact Rachael to arrange your bundle.

Shepherds Purse Tincture is commonly used in birth as a remedy to stop bleeding and has been clinically proven to reduce bleeding in early postpartum haemorrhage *, as well as heavy menstrual bleeding.

Full instructions for use are available on purchase.

50ml

*bleeding that occurs in the first 6 hours after birth.

2017 study on Shepherds Purse for early postpartum bleeding. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28590768/