Since early this year we have had a mummy meet-up group in the Mijas area of the Costa del Sol.
Growing from a small group of 3 mummies-to-be, the group now has now grown to 10+ members, many of whom have also been fellow pregnant women looking to meet others in the same boat.
Many of us had taken ante-natal classes together and wanted to continue to meet after the classes to have a natter about the latest tests we had to have done or the most recent scan photos we had, we would also compare aches and pains and bump sizes all over fruit juices, sparkling water and of course what had become the obligatory slice of cake, or two or three….
Mummy Meetup Groups on the Western Costa del Sol
Since having regular meetups and a proactive Facebook interaction amongst the mummies based around on the more eastern side of the Costa del Sol (Malaga to Marbella/San Pedro area approx.) it’s become more apparent that there are also lots of mummies based around the Gibraltar to San Pedro/Marbella area who would also like to go to mummy meet-up groups!
In all honesty, I did think there were more Mother & Toddler groups based around San Pedro, Sotogrande, Guadalmina areas already with nothing around the Mijas area but feedback from the My Baby Spain Facebook page shows that there’s a healthy amount of interest in having a new group in the area and there are a few mummies who’ve already expressed an interest in getting involved to help organise the groups. The following information covers a round up of the feedback so far concerning suggestions for meetup locations and when.
Please please add your comments and help to whittle down the most appropriate locations and to let us know whether there are already groups in certain areas that could be publicised a bit more to our interested mummies or whether you could organise regular events on our Facebook page for a local meetup.
As soon as this is done we can potentially help set up new groups!
Feedback & Suggested Meetups for west Costa del Sol
1) The Estepona – San Pedro area as suggested by Rachel Warburton
a) Los Arcos, Benavista as suggested by Rachel Warburton
b) The Oak, Benamara as suggested by Rachel Warburton
c) Galaxia Play Centre, Guadalmina
On Friday mornings from 11am you can pop along to the drop in baby clinic run by Marion Hughes, our resident Costa del Sol midwife for baby weighing, weaning advice etc. The cost of the drop in clinic is 12 euros and there is a toddler group at the play centre too.
2) Gibraltar / Sotogrande
The former site of the Terrasana cafe in Sotogrande as suggested by Natalie Guyan (any more details on this Natalie?)
Other Locations
We’ve also got mummies looking for meetup groups in Huercal Overa Almeria, Costa Blanca, La Coruña so it would be fab for other local mums to get in touch asap so that they can buddy up with other local mums to get something going!
Feel free to continue to add comments to the My Baby Spain Facebook page – soon enough we should get at least a few mums from the same area in touch with each other!
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