Whoa! That's all exciting!
I'm sure there are pros and cons to both hospital/home births, but in the US it does seem that home births can be a lot more wonderful if everything goes well. Congratulations!
Are you intending to be around for the birth yourself? I'm sure it'll be an amazing (but maybe also slightly terrifying) experience.
Hospital births here in the US, they pump the mothers full of medicine and stuff the entire time. My daughter wants to do it naturally. Yes I will be there for the birth. I wouldn't miss it for the world. It will be so special to help welcome my grandson into the world.
Yeah, I've definitely heard some horror stories about doctors in the US pushing for C-sections to get mothers out of the hospital quicker and free up the bed, which, ah, doesn't seem to align with the hippocratic oath in my eyes.