Bevalt snel!

Two more births, both very quick home deliveries. Both of the women had previous births that went fast, so they had been told to call when they felt the first contraction! The first one was about 20 minutes drive away, the mom had said she wasn't sure she was in labour but felt some tightenings. When we got there she was getting more active, but still coping great. We set up our stuff and she went to the bathroom, came back to the bed and said "I feel pressure." That sounds almost exactly the same in English as it does in Dutch so I understood it and put my gloves on. One push and her water broke, then another and there was a screaming baby. SWEET! Then this morning at 2 am I got a call that we were going to see a woman who had been checked last week after having some hours of contractions, and we knew she was 3cm then. She had an hour long acupuncture appointment here in the clinic yesterday so we knew it could be anytime (she was 8 days past her due date and very ready for the birth). She was 4 cm when we got there (took 30 min) again we set up, her water broke, the baby's head was right there. I got on my gloves and the head was born between contractions. We were home by 5 am. I took a picture of the sky it was so pretty but cold - 4 degrees. The fields had some very low cloud. Beautiful. It was a great day! I will make it my mission to take some pics of the home birth set up - I'm keeping my fingers crossed for another home delivery.