Have you booked your NCT course yet?

The NCT has been offering antenatal classes in Nottingham for many, many years but recently the options available have expanded.

As well as the "traditional" evening courses, usually held as eight 2-hour classes, you can now book courses that take place at weekends e.g two consecutive Saturdays or Sundays, six Saturday afternoons or Sunday evenings.

Most of our antenatal courses are attended by couples expecting their first baby but sometimes we have couples who are expecting their second or subsequent child and didn't do classes the first time around and whilst they are very welcome on these courses, there's another option - refresher courses. Lasting just one day, these are aimed at parents who have been through labour and/or birth at least once already and want to use their experience to help with their next labour.

We are now also able to offer postnatal courses, which are held on weekdays and attended by parent and baby. These courses give you the opportunity to explore different approaches to important parenting issues with a qualified group leader and other new parents in your area.

Coming soon - look out for our Baby First Aid courses which we are running in conjunction with British Red Cross. These are designed to build your confidence as a parent or carer in dealing with emergency situations.

Our Facebook page is updated regularly with infomation about Nottingham NCT and the services we offer including our Nearly New Sales, Bumps and Babies groups, BabyCafe breastfeeding support and social and fundraising events, such as the forthcoming Swish, which will give you the opportunity to update your wardrobe by swapping your unwanted clothes and accessories with someone else. "Like" us if you are on Facebook, and if you aren't, bookmark it so you can check it regularly; it's open to public viewing. You can find out what courses are available on our website.

I hope we will see you at one of our courses or events during 2012. If you'd like to know more, please feel free to drop me a line or call/text me on 07711 956779.

Sue Woollett
Branch co-chair
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