Antenatal classes at Whittington Hospital

[Cariad007]

Has anyone been to the AN classes at the Whittington? I'm trying to decide between going to those or going to an NCT one near me. Obviously the £300 price difference is the deciding factor here so if the hospital ones are good then I shan't bother with NCT.

NHS classes are a different thing from NCT classes. NCT is to have a chat and make friends. NHS is to talk about how that specific hospital does things and how they deal with complications for example.

I did both Whittington and NCT (although 5 years ago) - NCT is a small group - approx 6 couples - and structured in a much more 'getting to know you' way. NHS classes are much bigger (20ish to one midwife) and more informal - though some of us did meet up after, we just didn't know each other as well at that point so I mainly socialised with NCT.

If you are just going for antenatal lessons rather than find a mummy friend, then do the NHS ones and go on the tour - and join a postnatal NCT group for free afterwards. If you live in that area there are so many mum n baby things going on so you don't need to worry about missing out on NCT pals. :-)

Im booked into the Whittington but this is my 6th baby so I haven't been offered any classes. Just wanted to point out they stopped doing tours of the MLU its a virtual tour. Have a look online.