help... - I can't work out if it's an NCT course or just run by them... the flyer says it's a free monthly session, run by NCT antenatal teachers, at King's College Hospital, Sylvia Henley seminar room, 4th floor, Jubilee Wing, Denmark Hill SE5 9RS. Sessions are 7-9pm, 13 March, 27 April, 18 May, 18 June.
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The flyer came in the envelope with my NCT booking confirmation but it doesn't say you need to be a member (and you don't have to be to do a course). You could try contacting them?
elk4baby - the breastfeeding course is integrated into the NCT longer course - I don't know if they do separate ones. They do postnatal courses as well, though - I guess BFing is discussed there too, but I don't know. I don't think they do just social meetings, since they wouldn't make any money (and as far as I can see, it's all about making as much money as possible, which is why antenatal classes in London cost twice the amount of elsewhere in the country!) - they sell the antenatal classes on the basis of the socialising.
Sounds like it might be worth ringing them and asking about short postnatal courses? At least then you'd meet other new parents - I think that's how most of the socialising things start.
As for the antenatal water workout at the Arches, it's cancelled next week, possibly also the following one, due to repairs to the pool. No, you don't need to be a member (price is higher if you're not), no, it's not a course, just a drop-in class. Turn up before the class (give yourself time to find the changing room, locker, etc), pay at reception, come through to the pool. You need 20p for the locker. Do check the website at www.gll.org to find out when the pool is reopening first though!
As for a paediatrician, why do you want one?! I don't know anything about them, someone else will know more than me, but I thought you got referred to a paediatrician only if your child had a problem/illness. Registering on the NHS - I assume gets done at your local GP surgery when you take the baby along to the clinic after the birth - but I might well be wrong!