Congrats on the news! As has been said, get your reservation in now and find a qualified midwife. With decades of front line medical work, the most amazing birth i was on scene at was a home birth. Not giving medical advice. The baby came out with a freaking APGAR of TEN. No exaggeration. The midwife said this is NORMAL for those folks that she has attended to. It was fantastic. Mom no pain meds but comfortable, more than you ever would have imagined possible. Years later (recently) some stranger said to me, oh you were there when that baby was born. Growing up healthy and happy. The VALUES that this family had were evident in how they were able to approach this event. Glad they had the means to do it. Had some other frens that yeah she had the baby at the hospital. Some extremely frightening points during that birth. They almost lost the mom. Then i found out later how they held them hostage until an MD signed them off to get out of there without the normal regimen of vaccines. I spoke with them later, as i was not there during that event. I said, they WERE holding you hostage. I did visit during their stay but was not fully apprised of what was going on. I do know that place inside and out and where there is a will there is a way. Fortunately, a doctor stepped up to the plate.