antenatal classes

Hi all just wondering when/where we should enquire about these and also if they are worth going to or not. we are 1st time parents due in early march and im not sure what the classes entail we have lots of nieces and nephews so im up with changing nappies and have a medical background so am pretty up with that line too.

What do you all think? did you get much out of them or if you chose not to go why? Thanks heaps

Hey Shannon, the hospital should run them and parents centre also do. Your midwife or GP should be able to point you in the right direction.

I think there is another thread about this somewhere so maybe do a search to see what the others said.

However we did them (2x Saturdays) and they were great, our mw recommended the course to us as the one our mw clinic ran was full. the info we got was great. Plus we ended up with a small but very good coffee group. There are only 3 of us that are SAHMs and meet each week but others come along when they can and we also have weekend catch ups every few months so the Dad and working Mums can come along.

I would definately recommend AN classes

I am starting mine tonight at Onewa Parent Centre.

First time parents here too, so I thought all the information I can get and practical information will be useful.

i am doing mine through parents centre as its what my sister did. she advised me against the hospital run ones as she had been told by a lot of people they werent quite up to scratch but i gues it depends where abouts your from. i sent through an online enquiry and they got back to me next day. we are doing thursday nites for 12 weeks i think, im really looking forward to it