Best to be first or last in antenatal group to give birth?

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Hello! I’ve recently found out I’m pregnant with my first and am currently due 11 June, but for various reasons think I’ll likely give birth around 39 weeks - around 4 June.

The Bumb and Baby antenatal class I’m interested in either has an ‘early May to early June’ birth group (classes March/April) or an ‘early June to early July’ (classes April/May)

Any tips on whether it’s better to be one of the first or last in your antenatal group to give birth?

I know most people won’t give birth on their actual due date but wondering if better to be earlier or later in the group? Or if it really makes no difference!
thanks!

I would go for first on the basis that it is horrible when everyone else goes into labour before you. But then I wasn't great at being heavily pregnant.

God I had no idea that planning your antenatal group in this was was a thing?! I'm not sure I'd bother thinking about it but then again the group I went to was crud, nobody talked to one another and the people running it were awful !

First, every time. You're all done, no one to overshare the harder parts of their stories, not sat waiting while everyone else takes newborns to coffee and floods the group chat with pics problems and advice.

I would say it doesn't matter. If you all get on well it might be good to be last as you can ask questions to others who have already started weaning/had their jabs or whatever. But I would say just pick the group/date which is likely to contain people who live the closest to your house.

In my experience if you're one of the first you get treated like The Oracle. It can be a nice boost to your ego, I suppose!

Would it be worth emailing and asking which group has closer due dates to yours? It might have been a coincidence, but I was closest to the two ladies who gave birth before me and the one after than anyone else.

I was the last in my group. Although only by 5 days. It was quite hard when everyone else had their babies and I wasn't even at my due date yet so didn't know if I was going to go two weeks over. Luckily I went into labour the day after I was due so ended up being quite close.
I think if I did it over I'd have chosen to be earlier on just because you're more likely to go over with a first baby and end up in the middle of the pack which is ideal. But not much in it so I wouldn't worry too much about it, it's so dependent on the group anyway (I'm only really in loose contact with 2 of the 8 in my group now 2 years later).

Thanks everyone! Have emailed the company to see what they recommend! But sounds like the later one will probably be a better option :)