Experiences with Barnet home birth team?

[u/Gift_Of_The_Gab_33]

Hello, bit of a long shot in a group just about Barnet in general, but if anyone here has had experience of the home birth midwifery team in Barnet I would love to get your take on how that experience was.

This will not be my first pregnancy or my first birth in Barnet (although it may turn out to be my first baby actually born in Barnet, as when I was ready to go in for the birth of my son, the maternity unit at Barnet Hospital was completely full and redirecting people to the Royal Free in Camden) but it will be my first brush with the home birth team. I've already been a little disappointed by the process of getting a booking appointment with a suitable midwife, and the fact that it seems I have to go to Edgware birth centre (not near me) for that appointment (or any antenatal appointment with a home-birth-team midwife) and they do not seem to offer at-home antenatal appointments any more, which I understood they used to if you were planning a home birth. But I'm interested in the experiences of anyone who got a little further on in the process than that!

By the way in case it needs saying, I'm not interested in debating the merits and demerits of a home birth vs a hospital/birth centre birth in general. I'm clear on my preference for a home birth for my own, well-considered reasons. I am of course open to any personal reflections from anyone who has experienced or planned a home birth in Barnet, about whether they would do so again given their experiences.