First parent's group nerves

EARLY this afternoon, I will be going to my first parent's group meeting. This event has brought on a mixture of feelings since I received the invitation via posted letter two days ago: sheer excitement and annoying, dangling nerves. 

I'm looking forward to meeting other first time parents with babies the same age as mine, as well as to hearing their early day experiences and of course, to making new friends, who like me, are on this wonderful journey called motherhood. But nerves are normal, too aren't they? 

Five quick questions about parent's groups: 

• How will I breastfeed in front of a room full of strangers, comfortably (I still haven't tried breastfeeding in public, unless you count feeding in the back seat of our car or breastfeeding in the lounge-room in front of close girlfriends)

• I've been asked to bring a play mat to leave my baby to play on during the 90 minute session, but baby Lilia only likes to lie on her play mat for a few minutes before giving her little lungs a loud workout - can I leave her to sleep in the pram?

• I'm still having trouble getting her to burp after a feed (sometimes it happens an hour or so later with her white vomit ending up all over her face and down the back of her neck), will other parents be judgemental? (I've heard mixed things about parent's groups ranging from warm and wonderful to cold and opinionated)

• Tomorrow will be four weeks since Lilia's birth and my c-section, which means I'm still not allowed to get behind the wheel, thankfully my fiancée B can drive us today as it's his last week off work, but what happens for the next two weeks? (And the three sessions after that, will I have worked out how to get her in and out of the car seat easily by then, will I be confident enough to drive with her in the car?)

• I had other questions but I'm too far on the exhausted side today and have forgotten...

Whatever happens today and how ever much my nerves come to play, I'll go along and check it out. Perhaps my questions will be answered (and I may even remember some important ones about immunisations, feeding, expressing, sleep and other essential baby knowledge stuff).

But most importantly, I hope both Lilia and I enjoy ourselves. Now all I need to do is make sure we get there on time. 

If you have a story to share about your first time at a parent's group, I would love to hear from you - leave a comment and let's get the conversation going.