As far as it is in my future, I pray my wife doesn't ask for a home birth...I'd be terrified.

To be fair, I've a pretty good track record of being vastly overprotective of those close to me, but still.

Anywho, I think being near a hospital is a great idea. I myself don't know much about home births, but I thought I'd suggest you go to Youtube (stay with me here ) and ask around. Crazy as that sounds, there's plenty of videos of home births floating around there. You can ask what they did to prepare.

Either way, give my congratulations to whomever you're asking for.