I was going to have my second child at home, but I want into labor a month early and far from home so I had him in a hospital. No anesthesia though and none for my first child either.
I’m so thankful that my grandkids were all born either at home, or with a midwife at a birthing cabin at a place that used to be a commune. Have you ever heard of Ina May Gaskin? She lives there and trains midwives from all over the world. It is an inspiring bunch of women.