The LushTums Blog
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Evidence-informed writing about pregnancy, birth, postnatal recovery and women's wellness ~ from the team behind LushTums.
Founder Clare Maddalena, Senior Yoga Teacher, Doula and FEDANT-accredited Antenatal Educator with nearly 25 years of experience, shares honest insights, the latest research and the conversations that matter most to women at every stage of their journey.
With special Guest Blogs included along the way, to help you have a most positive and informed experience as possible.
What if I were pregnant now?
Part of me knows with absolute certainty that sleep deprivation at nearly 46 would finish me off. And then another part of me mourns it — the joy, the weight of a sleeping baby on your chest, the love that is so fierce it's almost painful. If only you could bottle it.
Should I Be Induced? A helpful conversation if you're 38+ weeks
One in three women in the UK is now offered an induction of labour. But how many of them truly understand what they're agreeing to — all four stages of it — and that they are entirely within their rights to say not yet?
The Birth Room Is the Last Bastion of Misogyny — And Here's What You Can Do About It
It’s been said the birth room is the last bastion of misogyny. The evidence, unfortunately, keeps proving it right. But there are things you can do — and knowing them before you give birth makes all the difference.