Root-cause care
for hormonal & vaginal health
Areas of Focus
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If you’ve been stuck in the cycle of infections → treatment → recurrence, you already know how frustrating it is. Many treatments simply suppress symptoms short-term without addressing why they return.
Or perhaps you’re one of the many women who repeatedly return negative swabs yet continue to experience symptoms.
My focus is identifying your symptom drivers and building a plan that restores stability rather than playing whack-a-mole every time you have a symptom flare.Through detailed assessment and, where appropriate, targeted testing, we clarify microbial patterns, hormonal influences, and contributing factors unique to you. From there, I work to restore microbial balance and reinforce the mechanisms that protect vaginal and urinary tract health. The goal is long-term stability, reduced recurrence, and measurable improvements in daily comfort - including odour, pain, dryness, itching and irritation.
Common presentations I support include recurrent thrush, bacterial vaginosis, aerobic vaginitis, recurrent UTIs and HPV.
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When your hormones are off, you feel it everywhere. Cycles shift. PMS intensifies. Bleeding becomes heavier or more painful than it should be. Skin flares. Energy drops. Ovulation may be inconsistent - or absent altogether.
Conditions such as PCOS, infertility, PMS/PMDD, endometriosis, significant period pain or hypothalamic amenorrhoea are rarely surface-level issues. In practice, they’re often sustained by disrupted ovulation, altered luteal function, androgen excess, stress physiology or metabolic strain.
Support is structured, targeted and responsive to your physiology, with adjustments made as your patterns evolve.
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When acne, bloating, IBS-type symptoms, constipation, diarrhoea or other gut and skin disturbances are persistent, it’s hard to live life to the fullest.
These symptoms are only the surface - the underlying factors such as microbial imbalance, impaired motility, barrier dysfunction or chronic inflammation can extend beyond the skin and digestive tract.My approach focuses on identifying what is sustaining your symptoms and addressing those factors systematically. The aim is stability, reduced reactivity and improved resilience over time.
Meet Gemma
A degree-qualified naturopath & nutritionist delivering thoughtful care for the vaginal microbiome and women’s health – grounded in science, delivered with heart.
Questions before you book?
Start with a free clarity call.
In this 15-minute chat, we’ll talk about what’s going on for you, what you’d love to change, and how Ovela can support you in getting there.
What
Clients Say
Stephanie W.
I’ve worked with two other women’s health naturopaths before Gemma, and honestly, Gemma has been the most supportive and attentive by far. I’ve seen the most progress working with her, and I feel really well looked after.
Hannah P.
Gemma has 100% changed my life for the better! She is a practical, understanding, gentle and respectful professional who made me feel safe, welcome, heard and not judged.
Shelby M.
I have gone over a month without any symptoms - something I thought could never happen. Worth every penny 💛