Bella Luna Botanicals

27/03/2025

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Transfers happen. And do we have a space to talk about them?

In most cases, safe transfers are a sign that community birth is working well. We need a way for community-based midwives to ALWAYS feel like they can transfer their clients to a hospital where they are 1) welcomed 2) respected and 3) treated with compassion. In my experience, my clients most often *do* receive excellent care...but their midwives? They're not always treated with the same level of respect.

This not only drives a larger divide between community birth and hospital birth...but it can lead to decreased safety.

Most home and community births go exceptionally well. And it's unfortunate that most hospital providers ONLY see the births where extra help is needed. This can cause a bias against community birth to develop. I wish every LD nurse and OB/GYN could shadow a homebirth midwife for a month. I believe just a few weeks would drastically change their opinion on community birth.

Of course, I witness many transfers where both client and midwife are welcomed with open arms. And it truly makes SUCH a difference. These are the hospitals I recommend, time and time again.

And then there also must be discussion around the stigma of transfer within the natural birth community. Getting help is NEVER a failure. Choosing to transfer is often the bravest decision. It's another example of the surrender that we must often do when we give birth. But changing your birth location is hard, and many folks grieve the loss of their *ideal* birth. Yes, a healthy mom and baby matter. But also? Your birth experience matters too. We can't discount the latter just because we get the former.

And lastly: I will say this with humility and compassion: NO birth location guarantees anything. I wish there was a place and a space where every parent and baby came out of birth healthy and well...but quite simply, it doesn't exist. Bad outcomes happen in the hospital too.

I firmly believe that all families make the choice that feel safest to them. And ultimately? They know their bodies, their nervous systems, and their babies better than we do.

25/02/2025

Spreading the word about the services I rpovide in Oregon!

11/12/2024

Mama's gotta pay the rent holiday sale! 25% orders of $50 or more, most items can be shipped. I can also create custom packages for loved ones, just hit me up.

Hey folks- start your holiday shopping early and support my little apothecary!
Elderberry syrup:
8oz $20 16 oz $25 32 oz $40
Salves:
Pain relief salve 2 oz $20
CBD, St John’s Wort infused in olive oil, poplar bud infused castor oil, beeswax
CBD salve 2 oz $20
Dandelion salve: great for cracked and reddish skin, cracked winter hands, good for rashes due to exposure to allergens such as wheat or mold 2 oz $20
Heart chakra/self care salve: love up on yourself with this salve made of motherwort, mugwort, rose and St. John’s wort oil in beeswax. 2 oz $20
Bath stuff/self care:
CBD/St John’s Wort bath salts: 8 oz $20 This is my favorite winter self care item! The epsom salts absorb the oils and then disperse it into your bath, so it's not just an oily pool floating on top of your bath. Deeply relaxes sore muscles, calming, and relaxing. CBD oil is also a great serum for your skin and helps maintain elastcity. Rose, chamomile, blue corn flower, jasmine and lavender thrown in just for the joy of it!
Elixirs:
Rose elixir- $18 great for heartache, grief, lovesickness and co-dependence.
Peony elixir- This wonderful elixir is for those wishing to manifest abundance, gratitude, and magnetism. Good for sensuality and gettin your groove back! 1 oz $18
Tinctures: 1 oz $18 2 oz $25
Menstrual magic: motherwort and cramp bark
Dandelion: Great for your liver, gently helps lower blood pressure.
Comfort and ease: tulsi, Hawthorne and rose for heart aches and deep grief and anxiety.
Allergy relief: combination formula to help with environmental allergies
Brain Tonic: Lion's Mane, Rosemary, Tulsi. Great for students and those dealing with brain fog or memory loss
Sleep formula: I know so many people struggling with sleep right now! Passionflower, mugwort, Damiana, skullcap, valerian, vodka
Urinary/kidney support: goldonrod, horsetail, usnea, uva ursi, corn silk traditioanlly used to help with both chronic and acute urinary tract problems
Breathe free: Lung/respiratory support for all of us living on a planet that's on fire. Mullein, yarrow, plantain
Love your liver: Dandelion, milk thistle, yellow dock, self heal
Dream time: this lovely blend supports lucid dreaming and dream work: mugwort, passionflower, rosemary, Damiana
Grounding/Anxiety tonic: self-heal, skull cap, lavender, blue vervain, mullein root. Specifically effective for repetitive thoughts, lack of a sense of belonging/home, and generalized anxiety
Make my meno magic: black cohosh, Damiana. Red clover, St John’s Wort. Great for hormone balancing, reducing hot flashes, and stabilizing your mood.
I also have over 80 individual herbal tinctures and am happy to talk with you about what herbal healing/magic you need in your life!
Oils:
CBD oil: can be taken internally or used topically. $30 an oz.
Mugwort oil: wonderful for menstrual problems, sleep, and dream work
St John’s Wort oil: harvested here in the Williamette Valley! This herbal oil is one of my absolute favorites. Good for anxiety and depression, great for your skin, and central nervous system down regulation. 2 oz $30
Poplar bud distilled in castor oil: excellent for pain relief and relaxation. 2 oz $30
Teas/insuions:
Baby-grower pregnancy infusion: locally wildcrafted nettles and red raspberry, oatstraw, dandelion root and tulsi. $10 an oz
Birth giver butt soak- a wonderful blend of herbs from my garden and calendula to help heal swollen and bruised tissues after giving birth. $15 an oz

25/10/2024

Hi folks! Whipping up a big batch of St John’s Wort and CBD oil herbal bath salts. This is an Epsom salt base with infused St John’s Wort oil mixed in, then rose petals, calendula flowers, lavender flowers, and blue corn flowers added.

Herbal bathes are one of my favorite forms of self care, and these luxurious bath salts take it to the next level, especially in the cold winter months we have ahead of us.

Please reach out if you would like to purchase some, they also make great holiday gifts! Instead of listing prices per oz, just send me your price point and we will come up with a size that we both think is fair.

I will be selling these bath salts and many many other herbal goodies at an upcoming pre-holiday sale here in Salem. (I will add a link to the event in the comments). I also have elderberry syrup, fire cider, many wonderful salves, tinctures for sleep, dreaming, allergies, a brain tonic, a heartmender, and much much more.

I will be adding to this post with more specific items. Please reach out for more info!

Shipping also available on most products. ❤️❤️❤️