We have just done a calmbirthing course and OMG!! it was awesome...I have so much more confidence going into this now than I did before. I went with a lady in my area who was listed on the national calmbirthing dot org website so maybe check if your people are registered with them.

I found the hospital ante natal classes to be very boring and a waste of time knowledge wise although as Kate says it gave me the opportunity to see how the hospital operates and to ask a lot of specific questions related to my individual case (I am a high risk patient). It also gave me the chance to meet ladies who were at the same gestation as me and talk about stuff which was great....