Plague Doctor

The pregnant women's cries of pain echoed in the prenatal ward of the hospital's obstetrics and gynecology department, and their family members expressed nervous comfort.

This is a three-room ward for expectant mothers who have not yet had their three fingers dilated. Family members can accompany them.

Now there are pregnant women in the three beds in the ward. The pregnant woman in her thirties in the middle is in the most pain. Not only can she not help shouting, but she also bites her husband's arm to endure the pain. The pregnant woman on the left is also in her thirties, although It hurts but I don’t scream, I can bear it. The pregnant woman on the right is in her mid-twenties and she screams in mild pain.

How painful it is during labor depends on the individual constitution of the pregnant woman.

Because there is no painless delivery technology in this hospital, they are not preparing for caesarean section, and painkillers cannot be used for vaginal delivery, which will inhibit the contraction of the uterus and make it impossible to deliver smoothly. Therefore, the normal range of labor pain can only be treated by pregnant women. Use your own will to push through.

This kind of scream of pain is the norm in the prenatal ward, but these pregnant women and their husbands are experiencing it for the first time, so the longer time passes, the more anxious they become.

This is the case for Xu Jianxun. His wife Wei Ru has been admitted to the ward for two days and has been in labor for two days, and her three fingers have not yet been opened. His wife was also strong. The pregnant woman next to her screamed fiercely, but she almost remained silent. However, her frown and twitching face showed that she was not in pain.

If his mother and mother-in-law hadn't been there, Xu Jianxun might not have known what to do.

"Wife, drink some water." At this time, he handed his wife a water glass again. The doctor said that drinking more water will help in childbirth.

"I feel more and more pain..." Wei Ru, who was lying on the hospital bed, reluctantly took a sip of hot water, "It seems like she's about to give birth..."

"I'm going to call the nurse." Xu Jianxun stood up quickly and hurried out of the ward with his two old mothers accompanying him.

After arriving at the corridor outside and then running to the nurse's station, Xu Jianxun said urgently to a middle-aged nurse: "Nurse Li, my wife said it hurts even more. Come and have a look." After hearing this, Nurse Li put down her work, got up and followed. .

Xu Jianxun followed Nurse Li back to the ward, watched her perform some examinations on his wife, and said, "It's three fingers. Change to a single room and prepare to enter the delivery room."

His heart suddenly buzzed and became a little blank. He continued to be busy and accompanied his wife to the prenatal room. Less than half an hour later, his wife was put on the mobile hospital bed and pushed into the delivery room by the nurse. Her The screams of pain grew louder and louder.

In this hospital, when a pregnant woman gives birth normally, her husband can enter the delivery room to accompany the childbirth, but he must sign relevant agreements in advance and perform aseptic procedures.

Xu Jianxun chose to enter the delivery room. He reassured the two old mothers, and then the nurse took him to the dressing room to change into sterile clothes, put on masks, gloves, etc., and then entered the delivery room. Dr. Chen, who was responsible for the delivery, and a group of nurses They were all at the delivery bed, where Wei Ru was preparing to give birth.

Dr. Chen is a middle-aged female doctor who has been delivering babies in the obstetrics and gynecology department for many years and has a good reputation. I have never heard of any accidents happening under her care.

But Xu Jianxun was already sweating even before he reached the delivery bed, and the bright light of the shadowless lamp could not dispel the uneasiness in his heart.

"Wife, come on, come on." He walked to his wife, held her right hand, and encouraged her repeatedly.

"Ah..." Wei Ru had already listened to what Dr. Chen said and began to give birth vigorously.

The couple had been married for two years, and had been dating for three years, so they had been together for five years. We met at work at the beginning. At that time, they had just graduated from college and were working. They got along very well, and things fell into place naturally.

After two years of marriage, the two had a harmonious relationship. Even during the year when Wei Ru was pregnant, there were very few conflicts and quarrels.

Xu Jianxun is a person who likes children, and so is Wei Ru.

They plan to have a second child within five years because they feel that the baby will be lonely without brothers and sisters. They also want to have one more child, preferably both children.

As for this first child, because Xu Jianxun's family went to the hospital to find help from an acquaintance, they already knew the gender of the baby in advance, and it was a girl. Wei Ru has been pregnant for ten months and has had no problems with various routine pregnancy tests. Now the whole family is looking forward to the arrival of this little angel.

Xu Jianxun and Wei Ru had already decided on a name for their daughter. Since she was born in October of early autumn, she was named Xu Qiuyue.

This was mainly Xu Jianxun's idea. He thought the name sounded nice, refreshing, and artistic.

"Ah..." Wei Ru's painful cry of labor brought Xu Jianxun's thoughts back to the delivery room.

Although he couldn't understand clearly, he still looked at the screens of the instruments and equipment next to him from time to time. It should be fine...

"Harder, harder." Dr. Chen encouraged, and his energetic voice gave people a sense of confidence. "The baby's head has come out, and the situation is going very well."

Xu Jianxun didn't look over there, he just held his wife's hand tightly and passed on his strength to her, "Come on, come on, you'll be fine soon..."

The previous examination said that the fetal position was "cephalic", which means that the fetus is head-down in the uterus. This is the best fetal position. Wei Ru's fetal position was very positive, her pelvis was large, and she was not too old at thirty years old. In theory, giving birth was not difficult, which is why they chose to give birth naturally.

Even so, Xu Jianxun couldn't let go when he saw his wife's sweat on her head and pain on her face.

He thought that he would have to give in to his wife in everything from now on, just because it was so hard for her to give birth...

"Hurry up, push harder!" Dr. Chen said again.

This moment was very torturous for Xu Jianxun. He didn't know how he and his wife survived it. It seemed that he suddenly saw Dr. Chen lifting a baby with both hands. The baby was still bloody.

It was wet, the skin was wrinkled into circles, and the uncut umbilical cord was still connected to the placenta that was still in the mother's body.

"Honey, the baby is out!" Xu Jianxun couldn't help but excitedly said, and immediately another thought came to his mind, why didn't the baby cry?

The baby in Dr. Chen's hands was calm and did not cry as it should have.

"Don't be nervous, the alveoli haven't opened yet." Dr. Chen said as he skillfully patted the baby's butt with his hand.

Under normal circumstances, babies who cannot cry naturally will cry when exposed to this external stimulus, thereby opening their alveoli and allowing them to breathe.

If the baby doesn't cry, or the cry is very weak, that's trouble, and rescue work is likely to be needed.

So in fact, Dr. Chen and all the nurses were a little nervous at the moment.

As Dr. Chen patted, the bloody and slimy baby opened its mouth slightly, its eyes were still wrinkled and closed, its throat moved slightly, and its vocal cords rubbed. Suddenly, the baby made a hoarse and childish voice. Listen to Go up, as if talking:

"...negative choice..."

Xu Jianxun was stunned, but Dr. Chen was also stunned. The nurses were also confused about the situation, and Wei Ru was confused and anxious.

After saying these words, the baby started crying loudly.

At the same time, hearing the loud and powerful cry, the two old mothers waiting in the corridor outside the delivery room laughed with excitement and relief.

Listening to this cry, this baby girl must be very healthy.

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