The concept of the delivery room is a historical aberration. For most of history women would give birth at home accompanied by female friends and family.
And for most of history, maternal mortality was double of what it is today
Can you expand on that?
That is mostly due to the development of germ theory, and before that was developed, hospitals had worse outcomes than midwives, who due to 'tradition' would do things like sanitize their hands before touching the laboring mother.
Having more than 99% probability of surviving is also a historical aberration.