Chapter 159
Xu Man wondered, “What’s wrong with the doctor?”
This doctor has been in charge of Xu Man’s maternity checkups during her pregnancy, a particularly responsible female doctor, she raised her gloved finger for Xu Man to see, and calmly said, “You’ve seen red! Let’s hospitalize you directly!”
Two days before her due date, she simply moved to Pengcheng
She booked a suite in a star hotel
As a result, the baby didn’t start
The doctor told Xu Wen that the baby was already in labor, and she was told to go to the hospital when she saw red, and to move around more
So every day, accompanied by Dongsheng and Xu Che, Xu Man has to walk for at least half an hour
Xu Wen: “”
She breathes a sigh of relief and at the same time starts to get nervous
While removing her gloves, the doctor mumbled, “This whole thing is like I’m poking my head in”
Her voice was small, but the room was too quiet, so Xu Man still heard her
Xu Wen: “”
In order to minimize the embarrassment, she took the initiative to open her mouth, “Doctor, when can I give birth after seeing red?”
“Not necessarily Maybe today, maybe tomorrow It depends on how fast you open your uterus” Thinking about it, she added, “I just checked, and your uterus is still open”
Xu asked just to ease the embarrassment nor did she really want to ask
Zhu Meizhen, who accompanied her to the checkup, wanted to hospitalize her
Xu Wen was in tears, “Mom, shouldn’t we go home and get something first?”
Zhu Meizhen slapped her head, “Look at me, I was in a hurry and forgot such an important thing But we have to get it The child’s bedding, your cotton clothes ”
She chattered as she walked out
Xu Man followed her
When Zhu Meizhen turned around and saw her, she became anxious, “Why are you following? You wait at the hospital It’s so close to home, I’ll just go back and pack my things”
Xu Man: “”
“Mom, the doctor said that the uterus is still open First babies don’t come so quickly, I want to go home and take a shower”
Zhu Meizhen knew that Xu Man had always loved cleanliness, so she had to support her, but also disliked: “Even if you wash yourself now, you’ll still be sweating when you give birth later”
The two of them returned to the rented courtyard, Zhu Meizhen ran around cleaning up, and Xu Man took a shower
After Zhu Meizhen cleaned up, she sent Chunsheng to Sang Xiaoqing
As a result, after a while, a large group of people returned
Xu Wang, Sang Xiaoqing, Xu Wen, and so on
Xu asked, “”
“Aren’t you guys doing business?”
Xu Wang waved his hand, “Business can be done at any time How can you be absent for something as important as you giving birth?”
Sang Xiaoqing nodded her head, “We wrote a red paper of the family closing the store for two days for a happy event and pasted it on the door”
Because it was the birth of a child, it was not appropriate for men to follow
Xu Qiushi and Xie Dechun were responsible for bringing up the child at home
Xu Wen rode a pedal wheel to take Xu Wen and Xu Wang to the hospital first, and then picked up Zhu Meizhen and Sang Xiaoqing
Xu Wen took Xu Wen and Xu Wang to the hospital on his pedicab, and then picked up Zhu Meizhen and Sang Xiaoqing Xu Wang was sent to the hospital first because he could read and write, so he could help with hospitalization procedures
The new hospital in Pengcheng is still under construction The old hospital was not in very good condition, but it was the only hospital in Pengcheng that had an inpatient department
The new hospital has just been built and has not yet been put into use, so Xu Wen has no choice
The good thing is that the doctors and nurses are particularly enthusiastic
Xu Man was admitted to the hospital without any problems
Zhu Meizhen, Sang Xiaoqing, and Xu Wang had all given birth before, and gathered around Xu Man, chattering and teaching him about the experience of giving birth
Xu Wen, as the only male, quietly listened and looked at Xu Man in a bit of a trance
The yellow-haired girl who followed her ass as a child with her brother long and short was now going to be a mother
The years are not forgiving ah
Until the middle of the night, Xu Wen only opened less than five fingers, feeling not very big
The contractions are getting more and more regular, but not very painful
Xu Man was still not used to bothering people and kept urging them to go home and rest, but unfortunately they refused to go
Zhu Meizhen took some fruits with high sugar content and kept trying to feed her, saying that she would have the strength to give birth to a baby after she had eaten enough, which inexplicably reminded Xu Man of another famous Netflix saying: “Eat enough to have the strength to lose weight”
Unfortunately, she really couldn’t eat
Xu Wang then sat beside Xu Man and repeatedly asked her if she was thirsty Do you want to drink water? Does it hurt? Do you want to call the doctor again? Or holding a handkerchief to wipe the non-existent sweat from her forehead
Sang Xiaoqing suggested that Xu Wen could come down and walk around more if she couldn’t sleep, it was a bit hard but it would help with labor
That’s what the doctor said
Xu Man rationally knew that they were doing this for her own good, but the truth was, she didn’t want everyone surrounding her, “Why don’t you all take a nap first? I’ll take a nap first too?”
Zhu Meizhen: “”
Xu Wang: “”
Sang Xiaoqing: “”
Zhu Meizhen’s mouth was still as fast as ever, “How can you fall asleep with five fingers open?”
Definitely couldn’t sleep
Of course Xu Wen wouldn’t admit it, winking, “Take a nap, only when you’re well rested will you have the strength to give birth, right?”
There was no way for everyone to refute this, so they could only follow Xu Man
Xu Man sidled up and closed her eyes
The number of people who came to the hospital to give birth in 1980 wasn’t too many, and Xu Man was temporarily treated as a single room, with a few other beds in the room
Fearing that Xu Man would not sleep well, Xu Wang even turned off the lights
With fewer family members around to care for her, some other emotions began to magnify in the darkness of the night
She missed Lu Yuanzheng
No matter how close the people around her were, no matter how lively the surroundings were, she still missed him
How good it would be if he was by her side at this time
Coincidentally a contraction, I do not know if it is the darkness that amplifies the pain, always feel that this moment is much more painful than before
Inexplicably some aggravation, tears quietly flowed down
She hadn’t seen him for two months
But Xu Wen quickly lost the mood to feel aggrieved and think about Lu Yuanzheng
The contractions became more and more frequent and painful
This kind of pain was not like being stabbed with a needle or cut with a knife, it was an indescribable pain that made people very irritable and uncomfortable
Gradually Xu Wen curled up, like a boiled shrimp arching her back, her hands grasping the bed sheets, enduring the pain over and over again
Suddenly, a hand probed her forehead
Xu Man was startled
Immediately afterward, she heard Xu Wang’s worried voice, ”I hear that your breathing isn’t right! Ask, are you in pain? Why is your head sweating?”
The hospital room was never a suitable place to sleep, Zhu Meizhen and Sang Xiaoqing were only light sleepers, and both woke up upon hearing Xu Wang’s words
Sang Xiaoqing turned on the room’s lights again
Eyes accustomed to darkness were stung by the light that burst up and made his eyes uncomfortable, Xu Wang closed his eyes
Zhu Meizhen walked over, also with a concerned face, “Does it hurt?”
Xu Man shook his head out of habit
“You child! You’ve been like this since you were a child, with hard teeth! You don’t even like to say when it hurts You’re crying and still shaking your head!”
Xu Man raised his hand and wiped the tears from his face, “It’s from the light”
The moment he opened his mouth, his voice was muffled, very unconvincing
Sang Xiaoqing rushed to call the doctor on duty
The handkerchief Xu Wang pinched for half a day finally came in handy, and she carefully wiped the sweat off Xu Man’s forehead
Zhu Meizhen went to the public water room to fetch a basin of warm water and came back, and Xu Wang twisted the handkerchief and carefully wiped Xu Man’s arms and back
Zhu Meizhen’s face didn’t stretch, and she kept mumbling, “This woman’s labor is also a journey to the gates of hell! There is no pain, and there is no other good way You have to endure the pain, and you will be fine after giving birth!”
Listening to Zhu Meizhen’s almost raucous chatter, and being properly cared for by Xu Wang, Xu Wen felt as if it didn’t hurt so much anymore, with warmth mixed in with the pain
Lu Yuanzheng’s absence had undoubtedly made her sad, but her family’s companionship gave her courage and strength, letting her know that she wasn’t fighting alone
The doctor soon came and checked, “Open to seven fingers, go, go to the labor room”
Xu Wen subconsciously turned back the moment she entered the labor room
The end of the corridor was empty, and Lu Yuanzheng did not fall from the sky
It was expected
Yet inevitably, there was still a tiny bit of disappointment
After opening to eight fingers, the contractions could hardly be described as frequent
The pain made it difficult for Xu Man to sit still
The doctors and nurses told her to wait in the waiting room for a while
They had to prepare first
Xu Man braced her hands on her backbite and bent her knees over the edge of the bed
Neither position was comfortable for her
When she got on the labor bed, the pain intensified
The doctor who delivered her emphasized to her over and over again the proper way to push
The nurses were also enthusiastic in encouraging her and comforting her
“Almost there! Almost there! The uterus is fully open!”
“Come on, learn from me Breathe deeply! Breathe in, breathe out!”
“Push! Not your arms and legs! Push on your belly”
Xu Man bit his eyes, not knowing if it was sweat or tears that blurred his eyes
It hurt too much!
It hurt so much that she didn’t want to give birth
After an unknown amount of time, for Xu Man anyway, it was so long that she kind of wanted to give up
After receiving such a signal, the brain synchronized and communicated it to the body
“Hey?” The doctor patted Xu Man’s face, “Comrade, come on, one more effort, almost there! I can see the baby’s head”
Xu Man wasn’t encouraged; the doctor had said this no less than five times
Besides, she really had no strength left
At first, she couldn’t use her strength, and she used it in the wrong places, and now her limbs were sore and limp, and with the pain, her whole body was shaking a little
The medical staff was also a bit anxious
Looking at each other, their faces were not very good
If it drags on any longer, I’m afraid I’ll have to have an operation
Shun to C-section, suffer twice
The older doctor, to Xu asked, ”Comrade, giving birth is indeed hard But now you have to work hard! Otherwise both you and the baby will be in danger! Any more of this and I’m afraid I’ll have to operate”
Xu Man was a bit anxious at hearing this
Could a cesarean section at the level of the eighties work?
But there was no use being anxious, I don’t know if it was because she wasn’t giving it a go or the child was being lazy, in any case, there was no progress
Time passed by, Xu Wen had already lost her strength, and the baby still wasn’t born
The doctor who delivered the baby in the middle had also tried to lay hands on her to help her
In the end, the older doctor let out a long sigh and ordered the nurse, “Prepare for surgery! Take the operation order to get the family to sign”
Difficult labor
If it continued like this, neither the adults nor the child could be saved
Xu Wen was near semi-consciousness and couldn’t be bothered to protest
Just then, a male voice suddenly came from outside the labor room
“Xu Man, I’m back!”
Tears flowed down Xu Man’s face as she abruptly raised her head and cried with all her strength, “Lu Yuanzheng, you son of a bitch!”
The labor room was quiet for a moment
Then the medical staff moved
Xu Man only heard the older doctor say, “Wouldn’t you have done that earlier?”
Xu Man’s earlier stroke was like a flashback, and now he couldn’t move a single finger
Not long afterward, I heard a baby crying like a cat
Xu Man struggled to open his eyes, and in his hazy vision, a bloodstained, hair plastered to his scalp, wrinkled baby was held in the nurse’s arms
“Congratulations! Happy to have a thousand gold!”
Xu Wen completely fainted
Before falling into the darkness, her last thought was that this dog man, Lu Yuanzheng, had finally gotten his wish!
When Xu Man opened his eyes again, it was already ten minutes past noon
“Awake?”
A familiar voice resounded above his head
The “I’m back” she heard in the maternity ward wasn’t a dream
Lu Yuanzheng had really rushed back at the last minute
Xu Wen skimmed her lips, tears streaming down her face again
Lu Yuanzheng gently wiped away her tears, “Don’t cry! Crying during the month will hurt your eyes”
“It’s all your fault!”
“Well, it’s all my fault”
Lu Yuanzheng responded good-naturedly, mixing a cup of warm water, lifting Xu Man and feeding it to her mouth
Her lips were already dry to the point of peeling
When Xu Man finished drinking the water, Lu Yuanzheng was filled with complexity, and in the end, all that was left was, “Hard work!”
Xu Man then remembered, looking left and right, “Where’s our child?”
“Mom carried it to do a checkup, she’ll be back in a while”
Xu Man sat up, “A checkup? What happened to the child?”
“A routine checkup Don’t get excited” Lu Yuanzheng pressed Xu Man’s shoulders to make her lie down again
“I’m sorry! I’ve made you suffer”
Looking at the heartache in Lu Yuanzheng’s eyes, Xu Man sniffled and grunted, pretending to be petulant, “I should find a chance to let you experience what a tenth grade bout of pain is”
Lu Yuanzheng hmmmed
It was Xu Wen herself who finished, thinking about Lu Yuanzheng, a person who had been given twenty times of critical notices due to serious injuries, as if the pain he had endured was no lighter than a tenth grade bout of pain
Thinking like this, that bit of anger was gone Xu Wen softened her voice and asked him, “Why did you come back?”
Lu Yuanzheng looked like he had rushed here in the wind and dust, his eyes were dark blue, his beard was unaware that he hadn’t shaved for a few days, and his hair was disheveled
“As soon as the tournament was over, I made a report and separated from the large army to rush back first” Lu Yuanzheng apologized, “I’m sorry, I still couldn’t make it to accompany you”
“You’re not the leader? Can it be appropriate to leave early?”
“I’m just leading Rainbow Island There are leaders above me Are you still in pain?”
Xu Wen shook his head, “It doesn’t hurt anymore”
This was about the difference between a normal birth and a C-section
One doesn’t hurt after giving birth, and the other only starts to hurt after giving birth
Thinking of this, Xu Man beamed and complained to him, “I almost suffered twice”
After she had suffered the pain of a normal labor, she almost had to feel the pain of a cesarean section
Lu Yuanzheng apologized again, “I’m sorry!”
He knew that this word didn’t mean much, but he really didn’t know what to say other than this
“I know you feel guilty, I’m really not angry It’s just that it hurt so bad at the time that I scolded you And you saved me and the baby Avoiding us getting stabbed”
Lu Yuanzheng didn’t know what to say and only hugged Xu Wen tightly
Zhu Meizhen entered with her child in her arms and saw this scene, subconsciously wanting to hold her child before exiting
Lu Yuanzheng’s ears were sharp and quick to react, seeing her let go of Xu Man, he stood up, “Mom!”
Zhu Meizhen couldn’t leave again and held the child in front of Xu Man, “Nuo, look at the child!”
Xu Man was a little afraid to hold it
Holding the tightly swaddled baby, she was only a tiny bit older, like a little old lady, her skin wrinkled and a little dark
Zhu Meizhen taught her the correct posture for holding a child
Lu Yuanzheng silently watched and listened and memorized it in his heart
“Why is it so ugly?” Xu Wen frowned, she thought she was quite good looking and Lu Yuanzheng was quite handsome, “It’s still so small Isn’t it wrong to hold him?”
Zhu Meizhen rolled her eyes, “Children all look like this Six pounds and two taels is not small! You weren’t even as big as her when you were little! You weren’t even five pounds, and everyone said you wouldn’t survive! You were the only child delivered in the wee hours of the morning, so where can I hold the wrong one?”
Xu asked, “”
Lu Yuanzheng chimed in, “Not ugly! Very beautiful”
She gave birth to his daughter, how could she be ugly?
Xu Wen: “”
Okay! You guys are willing to deceive yourselves and others, what else can I say?
Zhu Meizhen asked, “Have you thought of a name for the child?”
Xu Wen shook his head
He had discussed it with Lu Yuanzheng a few times, but he hadn’t thought of a suitable name
“I haven’t thought of a first name, but I do have a nickname” Lu Yuanzheng spoke, “Same as Dongsheng and Chunsheng!”
Xu asked, “”
Offhand, “Xia Sheng?”
Zhu Meizhen: “”
She was the first to disagree: “What’s a girl’s name like? Besides, it’s not even summer yet!”
Pengcheng in May was already hot, that was because of the geographical location, it didn’t mean it was already summer
Lu Yuanzheng didn’t dare to directly dislike Xu Wen like Zhu Meizhen, and politely said, “What do you guys think of Xiachu?”