NCT Classes - East Dulwich

[lulu]

Hello,

I have just tried to book myself on an NCT class in East Dulwich but to no avail. Are there any other classes and options out there?

Appreciate your help!!

[oimissus]

I went to Becky Byrne's NCT class in Nunhead, I would really recommend Becky, if she's still doing classes.

[slh2009]

Can also recommend Xenia in West Dulwich.....

[sillywoman]

There's also Sofie Jacobs who runs lovely classes out of The Mag. See here: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?25,916749,917027#msg-917027

Though both Xenia & Becky run nearby classes that are informative and a LOT of fun.

Sorry I didn't have anything available for you. I have spaces on courses from January but nothing before then. Sorry :(

[Sonners]

Sofie has moved (to Hong Kong I think) and the classes at the Mag are now being run by Ariadna Sole. She posted about her course recently on here so search her name (I don't know how to add links, sorry!).

We're signed up for the Oct/Nov courses.

Edited to see if I can add a link: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?25,956548,956548#msg-956548

If not, it's in the Family Classifieds section 9 Sept 10.35pm!

[sillywoman]

Ah, sorry - out of date info. Thanks for the update Sonners :)

Goodbye Sofie & good luck :))

[midwifehelen]

Hi,

I am an Independent Midwife covering East Dulwich and offer private one to one antenatal classes in your own home and also run small group classes in my home. I have availability for coming months

I aim to offer a flexible bespoke service, with a variety of options available; for example, I provided antenatal classes for a group of friends who were pregnant at a similar time etc.

Additonally offer antenatal and postnatal midwifery appointments as full package or supplement to NHS appointments

Website www.midwifecare.co.uk

Personal friendly midwifery service!

[hellosailor]

In terms of the social side of NCT classes, I think sometimes people who join a class some distance from them because there's no space in their local class, find that they meet up less with the other mums in those early weeks / months in particular, when it's sometimes harder to get everything together and get on public transport or drive somewhere rather than popping down the road. (Of course the classes would still be v useful, I just have friends who say 'well I never really get it together to see the mums I met, they're all in Brockley and I don't have the car' etc

For this reason some of my friends who have not been able to get on an ED course with the lovely Sillywoman, have opted in the past to go the NHS classes at Dulwich Hospital so that some of the friends they make have been within walking distance.

Tho anecdotally it sounds like the classes themselves are quite different from the NCT classes - sure people who have done both or the NHS ones can contribute more on this? - I'm afraid I can't much as have only done NCT. Tho I did do the NHS breastfeeding workshop at Dulwich hospital which was ace.

[simonethebeaver]

I did both. I think the Dulwich one is a bit pot luck. For various reasons, we ended up attending the Dulwich ones over two courses, if you see what I mean? The first one only had eight couples and the second course a lot more. I think it would have been trickier to get to know people on the second course.

The sessions I went to covered much of the same ground as the NCT ones regarding labour and birth, and the midwife teaching was very good (the same one that did the breastfeeding one for me, although I think they chop and change who does what). We were all sent a contact sheet for each other but I ended up not being able to make the last class and sort of missed the boat a bit on that one.