thankfully i don't have a suffolk accent either, my parents are from london originally and lived in dartford until just before they had me, so all the family i grew up with have fairly neutral accents and at 24 I have still managed to keep away from it (apart from the odd word!). My little boy has already started to pick up the suffolk dialect tho!
My work is further on than the new restaurant, on the industrial estate directly under the mast. you can't miss it, there's usually a huge TNT orange and white trailer parked in the yard!
emned, have you tried speaking to the hospital direct? I had problems with my midwife last time and the hospital arranged for me to see someone else. You are entitled to a scan even if you will be changing doctors!!!! the NCT groups round here can be a little cliquey, they cost so it tends to be slightly more exclusive! I went to NHS antenatal classes and loved it, there were 6 of us and i'm still in contact with most of them, i meet up with 2 of them regularly.
Woolpit is a lovely village, just the right mix of amenities and rural life, the bakery there is just fab!
Our default hospital is West Suffolk but while you do have the choice of any hospital, the only other real option is Ipswich. I prefer Bury but there isn't much in it, it's still a hospital!, the partners overnight accomodation (in case of emergencies etc) was far more luxurious! You could ask to go on a tour of both before you decide. We do have a lovely cottage hospital at Eye but they won't let you go there with your first. Midwives in this area are really keen on home births so that's something to think about, what a housewarming party that would be!
Woolpit has a really good health centre, you could try asking to see the midwife there, you never know, they might be more helpful!
Ellie K