is a form of energy healing discovered by the japanese a long time ago. its purpose is to be able to focus and ask the positive energies of the universe, and God’s permission to channel His great essence through the body and out the hands to any specific object or being for healing and well-being purposes. if you’ve ever heard of chakras, reiki is used to clear and open the chakras. if they are all cleared of negative energy and open, the human being is in balance, clear-minded and more receptive. i used reiki when i was younger to fight depression. i eventually gave up on my therapists and dove completely into reiki healing. i use reiki now on all things- my son, my pets, my husband, inanimate objects like the toilet when it doesn’t want to flush or my computer when its acting slow or it crashes! and it usually works! it can heal the spirit and gt rid of that throbbing headache,,, its used for all sorts of things! you should research it more if you are interested. i am trained to perform reiki and with a couplemore attunements, i could be a reiki master and teach it to others! i look forward to that!

weigh out the pros and cons and research it. my research lead me to believe that more could go wrong at a hospital that doesn’t need to go wrong. you could be having a completely healthy birth, but if it doesn’t move fast enough, other people can cause bad things to happen “accidently” with inductions or pain-aids and so forth… i figure, if something is gonna go wrong, i’d rather it be because something was gonna go wrong where ever i am, not because someone else caused it.
another thing is i trust my inuition. i feel that if anything bad was going to happen, i would have gotten a gut feeling. i have strong inuition nd i pray all the time that God will help keep me receptive. He’s good t answering prayers like that, i think.
most importantly for me, however, is my trust in God. there is no greater gift to God that we can give Him from ourselves is our 100% unwavering trust. it took a lot of prayer and meditation, but i did it. while, i still don’t think i gave him 100% of my trust, it had to be like 95%... the other 5 went to my midwife :D
and that’s that, that’s how i got over my concerns. the pros to homebirth were much more convincing anyways! freedom, relaxing, own surroundings, baby is always with you, no “coming home” you are already at home and you can stay in bed for as long as you want!! you and your baby are in charge!

good luck to you and God bless whatever decision you make!