I have to say that I don't like the way there seems to be an agenda to either persuade pregnant women that they ought to give birth at home, or the opposite. I am very chary of home births myself - for the simple reason that had my mother chosen a home birth, I would certainly be dead. Fortunately for me, anyway, she had already tried that, and there is a little coffin under the ground to show the results. I would rather be safe.