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.
Pregnancy Diary Week 18: Pelvic Girdle Pain
Feel like you’ve been kicked in the vagina? Tada! That’s pelvic girdle pain! Thanks pregnancy. On a positive note, “pelvic pain” can be sung to the tune of the 1990s hit single “Kiss the Rain” by Billie Myers when you are doing the washing up: “Pelvic pain? Whenever you need to pee. Pelvic pain, whenever you walk for too long; if you’re hips feel twingey and achy; pelvic pain.”
Pregnancy Diary Week 24: Massive Pants
Absolutely massive pants have completely saved me this week. Last week I was pretty much crippled with pelvic girdle pain, which arrived a few weeks ago just as my sickness stopped, and so felt like a double kick between the legs. I was pretty pissed off, trust me.