I'm 28 weeks pg with dc 1. I have seen so many different community midwives because my regular midwife (who I've only seen once) is on long term sick leave. At my appointment today I asked when I would hear about my antenatal classes starting as they had not even been mentioned to me yet.
It seems that my paperwork for the classes has been lost or forgotten about. So I have not been booked in to the local NHS classes, she said that it would probably be to late to get me in to any but would see what she could do last minute. I should have probably kicked up more of a fuss there and then but her appointments were running an hour and a half late and I wasn't really sure what to say.
I've just looked in to local NCT classes and there are no spaces available for January or February due dates. Even if I could find a place on a private class I would struggle to afford it as it is not something I had budgeted for at all.
Did any of you have to go without antenatal classes? How did you manage without them if you were a first time mum? What would you do if you were me?