hello
i also wanted to do hypnobirthing or calm birthing, however a midwife recommended i read 'Birth Skills' by JuJu Sundin and i have been completely converted... it is co written by sarah murdoch who practised what she learnt from JuJu with her birth... the book gives you SO MANY different things to try during contractions to get you through it, i really cannot rave enough about it.... i was booked in to do a calm birthing course but after reading the book felt i really no longer needed it... from what i can gather i think it is quite different from hypnobirthing, however it explains the physiology of birth and why you need to keep moving etc etc, and everything in it just MAKES SENSE.
i got mine online from dymocks...

good luck whichever way you choose, i think just having a strategy no matter what it is, is a huge help than going into it unprepared (like my first birth which was a nightmare).