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Community Services - County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust 2013-12-03 Person 5 5 0

I have attended aquanatal at the Dolphin Centre from week 16 of my pregnancy. It is an invaluable service. I have found it excellent for many reasons. It has given me a way of keeping fit weekly which I have been able to do right through my pregnancy. It has also been a great way of getting top tips and information from the midwife. It also provides an opportunity to ask questions to the midwife as well as the other participants. It is really friendly, relaxed and welcoming. Through attending weekly I have made a really good set of friends that I meet up with before the sessions and speak to regular outside sessions. Aquanatal provides the opportunity to relax as well as exercise. Due to work commitments I have found it difficult to attend other groups for pregnant ladies but I feel if I had not attended aqua natal I would have been lost. There are a variety of private sessions for pregnant ladies in the town but they are expensive but aquanatal is a reasonable price and means it is accessible to all which is great. I highly recommend it, I am very aware it not a service which is available everywhere and I think it is a great shame. My friends and I are incredibly grateful to the midwives that run aquanatal and we feel it has made a huge difference to us all in so many ways throughout our pregnancy.