OP I understand where you are coming from, I really wanted a home birth for my 3rd after a rapid easy birth with no2 which occurred within 20mins of getting to hospital -there were no interventions and would have been a lovely, less stressful home birth.
But DH preferred hospital, and I shared his concern that a minor issue could become a catastrophic one outside of hospital.
Dc3 was therefore born in hospital, also within 20mins of arriving. The delivery was tricky, she emerged with the cord tightly wound round her neck 3 times. She had to be resuscitated.
I cannot tell you how glad I am that we made it to hospital where the mw and doctors could work on her quickly and promptly under the ideal conditions of good lighting and all specialist equipment to hand. Meanwhile other staff were able to deal with the heavy bleeding I was experiencing (DC3 also managed to bring her hand down the birth canal alongside her face tearing me). We went from 2 mw in the room, to 6 or 7 people suddenly working on both of us, back down to 2 when the situation for both of us was very quickly stabilised.
My daughter is fine (perfect if you ask me!), her second lot of APGARS showed a rapid improvement from being completely flat. It is not a dramatic birth story because we were in hospital and everything that needed to be done was done immediately and efficiently.
I am so relieved that I did go to hospital in the end as any stretching out of that time without oxygen could have risked brain injury or cerebral palsy.
I’m no advocate for hospital birth. I think we women get a raw deal fro healthcare generally, however just like when you marry and you should plan for the marriage rather than the wedding, this (I think) is a time to plan as best you can for a healthy child rather than a birth experience.