LushTums - The Podcast

by LushTums

Welcome to LushTums: the Podcast - supporting you on your mothering journey during Pregnancy, Birth and beyond. Through Yoga, education and community, we enable every woman we work with to connect more deeply to herself and her own innate wisdom. Find your tribe as you become a parent, making positive, informed choices that are right for you, because LushTums believes. Everything has a place. Join the two Clares as we connect, laugh and learn. In this space, everything is welcome. We will be discussing all things Birth, Yoga and Mum related with inspiring guests.

Episodes

S3 Ep7: BIRTH STORY Part Two Lucy's Homebirth after IVF

1h 12m · Published 16 Feb 06:15

Following Alan's story last week here is Lucy's. She shares her pregnancy experience and why choosing a homebirth with doula support was so important to her.
This episode was recorded first.

S3 Ep6: MALE FERTILITY, IVF & HOMEBIRTH: MY JOURNEY TO FATHERHOOD Part One Alan‘s Story

1h 22m · Published 09 Feb 10:42

Clare and Clair listen to Alan's honest and open story about his struggles with infertility and his journey to becoming a father. He shares this in the hope that he might help others going through a difficult time and what learnings he has taken away. He discusses his conversion from a homebirth sceptic to supportive Birth Partner and his life as a new Father. This episode is a companion to Lucy's Birth Story where she shares her perspective in the next episode.
Find out more about Clare's LushTums Preparing for Birth and Baby Course
https://www.lushtums.co.uk/antenatal-education
OR find a LushTums Teacher near you!
https://www.lushtums.co.uk/all-locations
The fertility clinic that helped Alan and Lucy
https://agoraclinic.co.uk/

S3 Ep5: BIRTH STORY - Katie's Homebirth

58m · Published 11 Jan 13:51

Clare and Clair are joined by Clare's student Katie who tells us about her pregnancy and birth journey and why she decided to have a homebirth.

S3 Ep4: Let's talk about Induction with Erin Fung from Better Birth

1h 11m · Published 06 Nov 10:30

Clare Maddalena is joined by Erin Fung from Better Birth to discuss Induction. (Sorry my microphone was misbehaving!- Clair McGill). Erin shares her own induction story and how it affected her and ultimately lead her to her work as an Antenatal Educator and Hypnobirthing instructor. Why is there so little information given about the risks of induction? We talk about what should be discussed if you are being offered an induction, the benefits and the risks as well as the alternatives. From sweeps to pessaries to syntocinon drip we discuss the methods used and what you can expect. Erin shares her top 5 tips for a positive birth if you make the informed choice to be induced.
If you don’t know much about induction and are indifferent or have a “what will be, will be” attitude - you need to listen to this!
https://www.better-birth.co.uk/
Check out Erin's incredible Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/betterbirthuk
https://doula.org.uk/
Doulas are not just for the wealthy, if you are struggling financially you can apply to Doula UK and they may still be able to support you.
If you need support after a difficult birth or perinatal experience please get in touch
https://www.lushtums.co.uk/birth-fear-birth-trauma
Erin's Favourite Instagram recommendations
https://www.instagram.com/kemibirthjoyjohnson (check out our episode with Kemi s3.3)
https://www.instagram.com/samanthagadsdendoula/
https://www.instagram.com/mindfulmidwifelisa
https://www.instagram.com/thegreenmidwife
https://www.instagram.com/theserenitydoula

S3 Ep3: Say "No" to the Medicalisation of Your Birth with Kemi Johnson

54m · Published 17 Jul 06:00

In this very special podcast, we hear from Kemi Johnson about her experiences as a former NHS and former Independent Midwife in the UK. Kemi is passionate about her role as an experienced birth keeper and asks people to question the care they are receiving. She wants you to expect more, to ask questions and to say “no”. For those who are not familiar with her amazing social media you are in for an awakening. If you have always believed that medically managed birth is the safest, this may give you a new perspective. This episode is going to be a conversation starter for sure!

https://www.kemibirthjoyjohnson.com/
https://www.instagram.com/kemibirthjoyjohnson/?utm_medium=copy_link

Kemi references: -

Lancet report 2019 and 2020
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30063-8/fulltex
https://www.midwiferytoday.com/mt-articles/preventing-complications-nutrition/
https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001670

Kemi’s Top Tips

Birth is not a medical event, have your baby at home
Prepare your body for birth with the right nutrition
Prepare your body with the right movement - stay active
Antenatal care - is it "antenatal grooming” setting the scene for pathologising birth
Be Empowered and supported by your Partner/Mother/Loved ones

BONUS - Give birth with people that respect and trust you

S3 Ep2: The Microbiome & Birth with Microbirth Creator Toni Harman

1h 19m · Published 27 Apr 16:12

Have you heard of gut health, probiotics, antibiotic resistance? These are hot topics but how do they relate to birth and our babies.

Together with her partner Alex, Toni Harman made the documentary film Microbirth asking the question

Could birth and infant feeding affect a child's long-term health?

It won awards and instigating discussions and changes that are happening today. Their follow up book “The MicroBiome Effect” brought together more information and questions about what we can learn about the role of bacteria in birth, feeding and our ongoing health.

Get tickets for the conference happening on 29th & 30th April
https://microbirth.com/the-microbirth-plan/

Find out more about Toni's work
https://microbirth.com/about/

S3 Ep1: Clare & Clair - We're Back!

17m · Published 21 Apr 05:38

After a little break, we reflect on some of the episodes we recorded last year. We have started to record some new podcasts with some wonderful people. We can't wait to share them with you!

S2 Ep7: Relationships and Sex After A Baby with Dominique Sakoilsky

1h 7m · Published 03 Apr 06:00

This episode is for anyone in a long term relationship!

Dominique is a therapist initially working at Relate supporting couples and families in the UK’s first family counselling service. She has trained doulas and antenatal teachers all over the world and is author of the book The Seven Secrets of a Joyful Birth.

Although our focus is on navigating the years after bringing a baby into your family we talk about so much more. Celebrating difference, learning the right way to have an argument and mismatched libidos are all discussed.

S2 Ep6: Doulas Without Borders, Conscious Birth Doula Training and Mother Tongue with Kate Woods

1h 19m · Published 20 Mar 07:07

Clare and Clair talk with Kate Woods about her career. What is a Doula? Why are they important? We discuss how she started training other Doulas (including Clare) and why she is passionate about providing Doulas for refugees, the birth of Doulas Without Borders and how they are breaking down linguistic barriers to offer even better support with Mother Tongue.

(This was recorded last year)

https://www.consciousbirthing.co.uk/
https://www.doulaswithoutborders.com/
https://www.mother-tongue-birth.org/

S2 Ep5: Positive Birth and Woman-Centred Care with Obstetrician Dr Victoria Medland

1h 36m · Published 06 Mar 09:00

Clare and Clair talk to Obstetrician Dr Victoria Medland about her work, how we can help women and birthing people to have better experiences in hospital, why language matters so much and how her own experiences of motherhood and birthing gave her a new perspective.

In the UK in 2020/2021 around 46% of Births were by Caesarean or Assisted Delivery (Forceps or Ventouse) *

https://www.tommys.org/
https://evidencebasedbirth.com/
Dr Sara Wickham https://www.sarawickham.com/
Guidelines on Assisted Vaginal Births
RCOG- https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1471-0528.16092

www.lushtums.co.uk
We offer specialist Pregnancy Yoga, Postnatal Yoga, Women's Yoga and Antenatal Education classes all over the UK, in Canada, France and Holland.

LushTums Yoga At Home
Enjoy our signature practices to help you be more comfortable in pregnancy and prepare for birth - online, anywhere, anytime:
https://lushtumsyoga.uscreen.io

Fancy a change of career? Sign up for our Teacher Trainings and become a LushTums Teacher too; full details are on the website https://www.lushtums.co.uk/train-with-us

* Reference Childbirth: method of delivery in NHS hospitals in England 2020/21 published Mar 24, 2022

LushTums - The Podcast has 25 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 24:29:41. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 20th, 2024 09:13.