My DH had a similar reaction initially when I suggested a homebirth, Kaylo. He was all in a panic about what if something went wrong, what if there was blood everwhere and OMG the chaos and the pain and the burning, etc.
It took a little time, but after carefully pointing out all the positives of homebirths against all the negatives of hospital births (mostly from his POV - such as visiting hours and such) then he slowly came around. Also helps that I'm three miles from LGI and a street from the ambulance station.
Anyway, got distracted. My reason for posting was that from my research getting a pool at a hospital seems to be a bit like pot luck. Firstly, there has to be a pool available that someone isn't already in. You can't book, so you just have to hope no-one else goes into labour slightly ahead of you that wants the pool!
Secondly, even if the pool is available, there also seems to be a bit of a gamble over whether the staff are willing/able to allow you to use it. If the staff on duty are not trained or lots of labouring women arrive at once and things get busy, then by all accounts they'll just put their foot down and refuse to let you into the water.
Given that they wouldn't do me a nuchal scan at LGI because the staff there aren't trained to do them yet (despite having to bring in the check for every woman by April apparently), then I'm not holding my breath that many staff are trained for water birth. The ones that are, knowing my luck, will all be away on summer holiday when I'm giving birth!
So yeah... One of my major reasons for deciding on a homebirth was that I could check that both my local MWs are trained for and happy with a water birth ahead of time, and I can hire a pool just for me and have it set up all ready in my house.
Not sure if that helps you at all, but figured I'd throw my... Well, it's more than 2 pence. Maybe 50p? I type too much!