I went along to mothers group and at the start it was the same as what Jodie had. There was about 10 to begin with and by the end of the four sessions it was down to 5. By that stage we were all quite familiar with eachother.
I put my hand up to offer my house for the first meetup we did away from the centre and for about a year we had weekly meetings at eachothers houses. Unfortunatley I was the only one who didn't go back to work and then we moved from the area so I don't keep in touch with them anymore.

It was well worth it though