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The Honest Guides
Warm, honest, evidence-informed support for pregnancy, birth and your first weeks with your baby. Everything we share with the mums-to-be and new parents in our LushTums pregnancy yoga classes, birth prep workshops and 1:1s, written down for you, with real photos and real talk from LushTums mums.
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Induction Checklist
Induction is an offer, not an instruction. A two-page printable with the questions to ask before you say yes, what to pack and how to keep your birth feeling like yours.
Your Birth, Your Way: The Honest Guide
Birth preferences for every path: labour that starts on its own, induction, caesarean and the moments when things change. With a one-page summary for your midwife.
Induction: The Honest Guide
The sweep, pessaries, breaking your waters and the drip, with the real numbers, what it can feel like and the questions to ask, so you can say yes, not yet or no.
Belly Birth: The Honest Guide
Planned or unplanned caesareans, gently explained: how to prepare, ask for a gentle caesarean, what really happens on the day and how to heal well afterwards.
The Fourth Trimester: The Honest Guide
Everything we wish someone had told us about the first 12 weeks: feeding, healing, newborn sleep, your emotions and your changing body, with a fill-in plan for the fridge.
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Why trust these guides?
Hi, I'm Clare
I founded LushTums in Brighton in 2007. I'm a Senior Yoga Teacher, doula and FEDANT-accredited antenatal educator, and I've spent 20 years supporting families through pregnancy, birth and beyond, in my classes, workshops and at births.
The thing parents tell me most is "Why did nobody tell me?" So these guides are everything I wish every family knew: evidence-informed, honest and kind, so you can make your own informed decisions and feel heard, respected and safe.
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Why families love learning with Clare
"Clare has such a calm and open way of taking you through what to expect in birth and the 4th trimester, offering her incredible expertise and supporting you whatever your personal choices are. As first time parents, we left feeling informed and empowered."
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"Clare's courses have been such an integral part of my birth prep as a first time mum. Although antenatal education can seem overwhelming, Clare's teaching style keeps you engaged and provides the fundamental details in a clear way."
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"Clare has a wonderful way of explaining everything clearly while creating a calm, supportive space where no question feels silly. We both came away feeling so much more confident, prepared and connected as a team for the birth."
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