Ours were pretty standard - a basic introduction to everything labour and birth. In some aspects they were a little self-explanatory but I realise they probably have to be, considering the number of rather obvious (in my opinion) questions that were coming from some of the audience members. The hospital also offered a range of different times and days on which classes could be taken which I felt was a good idea too. It was good to meet the midwives and have a look around the unit too.

The majority of the course content was about the stages of labour and pain relief options (medicinal and non medicinal). It was from these sessions that I found out about the TENS machine which I ended up hiring.

I believe the classes need to be pretty generic to a certain extent because you cannot start from any assumptions about how much people know. I think if you are wanting anything more than the standard spiel, you need to seek out specialist birthing classes or do some wider reading on your own.