Three, four, five months in and running on cake and caffeine? Here's how to nourish your body after birth with proper meals, protein, veggies, water and minerals, without dieting and without fuss.

Feet up with a box set, or reorganising the cupboards at 10am? Whether you're a natural at resting or find it hard to switch off, here are practical, nourishing and slightly unusual ideas for your maternity leave before baby arrives.

Thinking about training to teach pregnancy yoga — but not quite sure if it's for you? Clare Maddalena, LushTums founder, explores what this work really is, who it's for and why so many graduates say it's the best decision they ever made.

Your midwife mentioned it. You've googled it. But does perineal massage actually work? Here's what the research genuinely says, in plain English.

This lovely A-Z was genuinely written from one new LushTums mum to her bestie mum-to-be. She kindly shared it with us so we could share it with you! Hope you find this helpful!

We all have that little voice that niggles and doubts, saying we can’t do it . . . So here’s what to do instead!

Have you ever wondered if your birth was “traumatic”?  What does that even mean?  Often people feel like they have no right to complain because they have heard of births that were “worse’’ than theirs.  Maybe because both they and their baby are ultimately healthy they believe it doesn’t matter.  

All birth is birth! Sometimes people elect to have a belly birth (c-section) and sometimes it happens during labour if things are getting tricky for mum and for baby. Here’s some details on what happens and how to make it positive!

Did you know that febrile seizures affect 1 in 20 children?

But most parents haven’t even heard of them.