Just a reminder that this is a Gentle Parenting forum and for those who are pro-gentle parenting, in this instance, birth... It is not a place to scaremonger about homebirth. I posted earlier but it must have gotten lost, but studies have shown that homebirth poses just as much risk as hospital birth, the difference being hospital birth has a much higher rate of intervention which often leads to further interventions or complications. Its also noted that often when things go wrong in a birth as a result of an intervention, then something drastic has to be done to save the situation, it only makes the situation look dire and modern medicine saved the day. There is a place for it, it's very important, but women also need to know the possible complications that can result from intervention, inductions etc. For a normal, healthy pregnancy, homebirth is perfectly safe; it can take the same amount of time to transfer to hospital as it can being there already and waiting for things to be set up.