We teach you everything you need to Prepare For Birth & Baby. This modern, empowering, fact-based Antenatal Education, combines the latest in positive birth & baby preparation; along with practices from yoga and hypno-birthing; provide key tools for giving birth & recovery.

This course is a fantastic opportunity to make new friends; building that all important network of connection, support & reassurance.

You’ll be invited to join the course’s What’s App group so you can receive invites to brunch meet ups, building your own community to ask questions or share news along the way.

Open to all! All mums-to-be and birth partners, including same sex couples, solo mums and surrogates. Everyone is welcome.

All courses are delivered by fully trained, FEDANT accredited LushTums Teachers.

Courses are popular - Booking essential

If times/dates don’t work for you, give us a call/email and we can arrange a private zoom or bespoke course at your home.

Plan to attend the course ideally between 24-34 weeks as this gives you all the information you need as pregnancy progresses, helping you to make your best informed decisions along the way. Don't worry if you have left it later than this - we will do our best to squeeze you in!

Why Antenatal Education with LushTums?

We cover EVERYTHING and MORE that you need to know to prepare for birth, including thriving with your newborn in the 4th trimester.

Our informative courses include:

The signs labour is starting

The stages of labour, how things typically progress

What is a contraction? The science behind what your body is doing and techniques to help you cope

The role of hormones and the importance of the positive feedback loop

The effects of fear on the process

Using hypno-birth breathing, yoga positions and mindfulness as a toolkit for labour

Clear explanations of all possible medical interventions and pain relief options - and why these sometimes have a much needed place and how to decide if these are right for you and your baby, or not

How to make decisions and give meaningful informed consent in the moment so you don’t feel swept along with something out of your control and instead feel fully participating in the experience and making your own choices

Where to give birth and your choices around this - home, midwife led unit or hospital

We discuss latest research and go through the 4 or 5 key things you can do to help stack the odds towards a smoother birth with least interventions

What if something else crops up - going overdue, induction or other medical conditions

Essential birth partner tips - what to do, when & how; massage techniques to help, how to be the support that’s needed, how to hold the space when things get tricky and how to create a birthing environment to help things along

The 4th trimester - early days with your newborn, what to expect - feeding, sleeping, baby care, mum’s self care , parental care, mental health, visitors, emerging back into the world post-birth and returning safely to exercise

Parenting Styles vs. Trusting Your Instincts

Some areas also offer Baby First Aid - a key essential for all new parents

PLUS invites to meet ups, brunches, picnics to get to know each other