This is an academic question now as it's too late to book on the classes (due in 5 weeks) but I wondered if anyone had NOT done the NCT ante natal classes and found that it hindered them in terms of making 'mum' friends and fitting in to baby groups?? I am really worried that I will go to all the baby groups when DD arrives and everyone will know each other! Sounds really pathetic, I know, but where we live is relatively 'naice' and so the NCT classes are 'the norm' for most people and they NHS classes take place in a rough area that's a drive away for me - not at my local children's centre, which is less than 10 minutes' walk away, and which will be the venue for the breastfeeding clinic and other groups that I plan to go to. I am worried.... help!