The basics you need for your planned unassisted or midwife-attended homebirth.
I've put all the essentials into one handy $150 kit, with options so you can tailor it to your preferences.
All herbs used are 100% Australian Certified Organic.
(Please note, subject to availability, substitutions may be made without notice in the package deals. If something is super important to you, sure, leave me a note in Comments at check out and I'll do what I can.)
THE $100 FREEBIRTH/HOMEBIRTH KIT CONTAINS:
* 150g Post Natal Bliss Peri-Care Kit with muslin bag and peri bottle. Even if you don't have a bath, these herbs are excellent for filling your peri bottle to cleanse the perineum and for sitz baths (basically a basin big enough to sit your bum in).
* 20 ml Soothing Salve - a wonderfully healing multi-purpose salve, with all-natural ingredients, useful for healing the vulva and vagina, nappy changes, sore nipples and any cuts, scrapes and grazes
* 20 ml Nipple Bliss Balm
* Hand-crafted Umbilical Cord Tie - see gallery HERE
* Choose one of:
20g After Birth Bliss Tea in 4 individual tea bags OR
20g After Pain-ease Tea in 4 individual tea bags OR
20g No Bleed Bliss Tea in 4 individual tea bags OR
20g Birthing Bliss tea = in 4 individual tea bags, for convenience
* 3 x 30 ml Herbal Tinctures: Choose from Birth Boost, No Bleed, Placenta Release, After Pain-ease and Mastitis Blitz tinctures.
* 2 x 70g Herbal Teas: Choose from Birth Vibes, Babymoon, Breastfeeding or any other tea.
* Acupressure Birthing Comb
*** When you check out, there's a place to leave a comment - that's where you can let me know which cord tie, which tinctures and which 70g teas you would like in your Freebirth/Homebirth Kit ***
One more thing - please let me know on Comments at checkout, if you would like me to email you an excerpt of Sara Schmid's excellent eBook, "Freebirth - self directed pregnancy & birth". My view is that regardless of our chosen birth choices or venue, this type of education is vital for empowered womanhood, and adds to our collective knowledge.
Other helpful resources available here:
The Down to Earth Birth Book by Jenny Blyth
Homebirth on Your Own Terms by Heather Baker
Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage by Dr Rachel Reed
Julie's collection of Freebirth/Homebirth links
Useful additions for your birth kit:
Goldenseal Capsules for cord care
Herbal Honey for perineal healing
Yunnan Bai Yao Capsules a stand-by to address excessive post partum bleeding
Contraction Helper Roller Ball
Partum Panties
Greeny underpads