If you haven’t heard about NCT, it’s the National Childbirth Trust. You pay for several sessions later in your pregnancy to prepare you for birth and the early days of parenting.
I say Do it! Do it! Do it!
This is not necessarily for the course itself. I did get a few good pointers out of it, but as my delivery was always going to be a caesarean, I really learned how potentially painful and exhausting the whole birthing process was going to be for my fellow class mates.
The reason to do it is for those fellow classmates.
Mine were a fabulous group of people who I now call friends. Through the early days of feeding at 3 am and not knowing how to deal with colic to sharing first day of school photos, our WhatsApp group has been a huge lifeline. I remember a friend of mine had her first child in 1999 and her companions during night feeds were the residents of the Big Brother House. How grateful am I that technology has moved on so much, so fast. I never felt alone as there was always someone else available on the other end of the chat.
So do it, sign up to NCT (or other similar groups) to meet people who are going through all the same firsts as you and will understand, sympathise, share discoveries and advice and be friends for life.
