i don't know any other mums to be!

[GirlWithTheMouseyHair]

anyone got any ideas of where to find other mums-to-be in south west london? I'm 25 and non of my friends are anywhere near having babies and I'm desperate to have a few friendly faces to turn to by the dc1 arrives in october...I'm based in Streatham but can't find any mums-2-be classes (NCT is way too expensive for us), I do pregnancy yoga but the women are all at least 10 years odler than me and we don't really talk before, during or after sessions....lonely!

xx

I know, PP, we're like some strange version of separated at birth! Oh - sort of literally! Due 12th, first baby, both boys!

Girlwith - why don't you join the facebook group anyway seeing as its thanks to you that we exist now! Hopefully we'll all get on at the meet up on the 7th and we'll have another one after that you can come to! E-mail me your facebook name or if you don't have one your e-mail address and I will invite you!

sure thread has moved on from this by now, but i used to do bookings for local NCT and we used to charge £20 for the whole course if people couldn't afford it, your local one should be similar?
Also, to whoever said that their antenatal class didn't seem to be bonding: we felt like that too and were also 28 and younger than the others, i thought we would never all keep in touch but actually once you have had the babies/are on maternity leave you may find that you will make the effort to get together (well the mums/main carers anyway!) and you have the common bond of having babies at the same stage.
nearly 2 years on we still meet up every now and then and as everyone apart from me is onto baby no2 they all compare notes!
Sorry this is getting long but also: once your baby is here and you have recovered from the birth etc.. try and get out to as many local mums and baby/tots groups as you can. We had just moved to a new city and i knew no one and felt really lonely and i probably didn't make much of any effort to go to groups for the first 6 months, but once i did, i persevered and have made some good friends (takes a while though!).
All the best to all of you

Just found this
why don't you try posting on the forum and seeing if there are any mums around - I did this and at the first get together there were 18 of us (including partners)!

Good luck! xx

facebook group is a great idea and also thanks for tip about clapham nct, they're pretty near and easy to get to...

ChocOrange - will email you my real name now
xx

Hi,
I felt the same as you that the antenatal classes were too expensive, but DO join the NCT anyway. You don't need to do the antenatal classes. They have tea groups once you've had the baby where they put you in touch with others local to you who've just had babies and you get together for tea and cake. Just join, make sure you know who your local coordinator is, and call or email them after you've had your baby and ask them to include you in the tea group. All your babies will be the same age. My tea group still meets and our babies are 2!
You're very right to make sure you'll have some contact with other parents. I really believe that having local, really local, not just "in London", friends with babies is the only way to survive having a small baby without getting really low and feeling like you're going round the bend.
Good luck, HTH

I would like to join pleaase. When is the next meeting ?

Obs sent you an invite but we haven't fixed up a next meet yet.

Have you tried joining an aqua natal class?

MJB X

Would definitely suggest an aquanatal class, it's just very funny and you get chatting to everybody as it's quite interactive (well my one was anyway). Good to have exercise too.