If you're looking for natural, traditional, hormone- and chemical-free ways to balance your hormones and regulate your fertility without spending thousands of dollars, you're not alone.
I spent ten years dealing with hormonal imbalances that caused me to have incredibly painful periods in which I would throw up, pass out, and stay in bed with a heating pad and miss school, and later, work; have extremely heavy flows that would leave nights squishy and uncomfortable and mornings a guaranteed mad-dash to the bathroom to try to catch as much gushing blood as possible, with blood-soaked sheets and pajama bottoms.
Lying down on the side of the road because my cramps were too painful to allow me to make the 10 minute walk from class back to my apartment was getting extremely old - I turned desperate, and was ready to try anything.
I've taken prescribed medication to address the underlying thyroid issue that was the root cause of these fertility symptoms, I've tried multiple different forms of hormonal birth control when the thyroid meds were having no effect - none of it made a lasting difference.
I finally turned to the herbs in utter defeat and desperation in 2019, and WOW, was I blown away by the results! It took some trial and error, but I finally found the herbal allies that worked best for me, and for the first time in my life experienced pain-free periods (which is how they're supposed to be, by the way! Painful periods are medically termed dysmenorrhea, meaning the menses is dysfunctional. Cramps, or painful periods, or dysmenorrhea are common, but not normal)!
That is how my herbalism journey began, and I've been tinkering away in my kitchen, cooking up blends and remedies ever since! Due to my own health struggles with fertility and the massive amount of healing needed in my family's maternal line, I have been called to work with people who are pregnant and postpartum - those in the perinatal period - this lifetime. I serve perinatal folks as a doula and an herbalist, and I'm honored to be invited into these very private and sacred spaces of people's lives!
Currently, I have products available for those in their postpartum period. I'm very excited to start working on some blends and concoctions for fertility support - a Penis Tea is next on the agenda! - and then plan to venture into pregnancy support, and finally create some menopause and andropause blends. (If you want to be the first to know when all of these new products are released, sign up for the newsletter down below and come see me at the Brattleboro Farmers Market every Saturday!)
Blessed Be Everyone and Welcome to Sacred Openings Apothecary!
per' - i - na - tal
def: the period before and after the time of birth, including preconception, conception, pregnancy, and postpartum
Welcome
her' - bal - ist
def: a lover of the plants; someone who studies and works in conjunction with plants for their mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual medicinal properties
“Dude, Kayla’s stuff is the best! I used her Burn Remedy and it healed me up quickly and pain free - I was surprised because I don’t often use herbal remedies. I highly recommend her stuff and can’t wait to try out the rest”
Kayla Webber
