IMO, I wouldn't blame the hospital for this. They usually "sub-contract" this kind of stuff out to self-employed instructors. In our area, it's almost like the instructors rent space in hospital meeting facilities, esp when it comes to Lamaze or more natural birthing methods, since the hospitals are in the business of making money (which means they want you to know ALL ABOUT epidurals, IVs, fetal monitoring, C-sections, etc--not how to aviod them).
By the way, I'm due the day after you! We start our first birthing class (held at a church, but only b/c that's where the instructor "rents" space) next week. We have our hospital tour this coming weekend. They are run by completely different entities, though. Our birth instructor is a little scatterbrained (I never got the email w/ directions to the location of the church until I called), but the hospital tour is run by nurses and admin staff.
Muffin, 2010
Bubba, 2013
"You've probably heard the expression 'I believe in God, just not organized religion.' I don't think people would say that if the church truly lived like we are called to live. The expression would change to 'I can't deny what the church does, but I don't believe in their God.' At least then they'd address their rejection of God rather than use the church as a scapegoat." Francis Chan