Hi and welcome to BB!

I had a home water birth with my DS. My husband was pleasantly surprised that there was actually no mess at all! My waters broke in the pool, baby was born a short time later and there was no blood (or guts!) at all in the water.
I overheard him talking to a mate afterwards and he was saying how surprised he was because he was expecting it to look like a "shark attack" had just happened!
I'm just glad he didn't come into the bathroom afterwards to deliver the placenta... THAT was messy!