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Vilho's birth May 10. 1994
2.40 We make the bed and get dressed, and light a fire in the oven. It's getting lighter outside, and the birds are loudly greeting the cool spring morning. We call our midwife Marja-Leena. She promises to come right away. I enjoy the warmth of the fire. The house is silent, the kids are fast asleep. 3.30 We sit in the kitchen having coffee together, talking quietly. It seems as if we're expecting a dear guest coming to see us. Every now and then Marja-Leena listens to the heart rate of the baby . During the contractions I get up and lean against the table or Kari. 4.30 I want to go out for a walk. Marja-Leena examines me first. The cervix has dilated five centimeters.. I walk clumsily to the bridge in the garden and look at the water flowing beneath it. Kari is making water birth jokes, and I laugh. It's still pretty cold outside, so I go back in while Kari goes to get the newspaper from our mail box. 5.00 While I'm taking off my coat. a sharp contraction attacks me. I want to be held, but I can't make a sound to call Marja-Leena. I tremble still, when Kari comes in. He huggs me and finds the right words at once: "Well done, Hanna!" I don't want the dilation to slow down, so I don't enter the water yet, even though the pains are getting intense.I listen to music and dance alone for a while. 5.20 My feet are getting cold, and I want to immerse in warm water. I go to the sauna while Kari is filling the tub. I receive heavy contractions when sitting in the sauna, but I hear the water running in the tub and feel safe and happy. 5. 30 I'm deep in warm water. Heavenly! I almost cry of happiness. Kari goes to get a camera to capture the euphoric look on my face. While he's away I suddenly feel my uterus pushing strongly. The contraction is very short and sharp. When it's over, it allows me to relax completely. I try to explain the feeling to Kari, but I don't even realise, that this is already the second stage of labor. Then the urge to push comes again and Kari knows it's time to call Marja-Leena from the living room. She squats beside the tub and softly asks me to push. I'm afraid that this power in me will crush my baby, so I just pant in order not to push. 5.45 I feel like a volcano bursting inside of me. I scream - and feel little Vilho sliding under the water. My voice woke up Elli (age 2) ,who appears in the doorway. "Elli, come and see, the baby is born!" We cry and laugh. I lift my little new born darling from the water and hold him tight. 6.00 Marja-Leena has cut the umbilical cord while I sat in the tub. After the placenta is born, I climb back to the warmth of sauna to feed my baby. Vilho knows right away what to do. Elli has woken up Samuli (8) and Kaisa (6) and calls grandma and grampa and invites them to Vilho's birthday party. It's time for champagne and chocolate cake!
Rauha's birth July 9. 1998
We also wanted to have an extra adult in the house in case the children would need someone to be with them during the birth. Our dear friend Marjo Nissilä promised to be there for them - and it turned out that she was there for me, too. When the labor started, I wanted to go to sauna, and was happy to be accompanied by Marjo, while Kari was filling the pool. Our midwife was Marja-Leena again, and in between my contractions the four of us had a great time. It was night time again, and everything was just as peaceful and calm as four years earlier. The pool was a surprise for me. I had expected it to be nice, but it actually worked like the best thinkable pain killer! I went right under the water in the set of each contraction and breathed through a snorkle. I was in the pool fo two hours before Rauha was born - under water like Vilho. We woke the older kids up about 20 minutes before the actual birth, and they sat with Marjo on our bed quite calmly, smiling and whispering together. I treasure my memories of these births, and it helps me to find reason to carry on, when the every-day life of a big family seems like a burden - it sometimes does, believe it or not! I thank God, my family, Marja-Leena, and Marjo for these wonderful experiences.
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01.10 am. Woken up by a funny twist in my back. I walk
around, hang laundry and begin to believe that this is it - finally, 18 days
overdue! I wake Kari up. We play games and count the contractions. After an hour the
contractions are getting painful, but in the times between I feel better than ever. 
Our fifth baby Rauha Kamomilla was also
born at home in Ruutana, Kangasala. I had been impressed by the heavenly soft
feeling water gave me in Vilho's birth, even though it seemed to hurry the birth, which of
course was painful. So this time I rented 
