Chapter 189

Jiang Zhinian was completely stunned until the moment he was sent to the operating room.

She just came to the hospital for an ultrasound and to confirm the surgical plan. The doctor was still saying that she had good conditions for a natural birth and could go home after the fetal monitoring and wait for the contractions to come to the hospital to give birth. The next second, she was rushed into the operating room and had to undergo anesthesia for a caesarean section to take the baby out.

Looking at the doctors and nurses busying around her, Jiang Zhinian felt it was unreal, like a dream.

Shi Ye changed into surgical gown and walked over to Jiang Zhinian, comforting her, "Uncle Liu will be here soon. Don't be nervous. You'll be able to see the baby soon."

He wanted to use the child to attract Jiang Zhinian's attention, but it would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned it. As soon as he mentioned it, Jiang Zhinian keenly realized something: "Shi Ye, the sudden surgery, is there...something wrong with the child?"

"No problem, don't think too much."

Just then, Director Liu from the Anesthesiology Department came in after changing his clothes. "Hurry, the operating room is ready."

Jiang Zhinian felt a hint of tension from the war-like rush, but she tried very hard to control her emotions, turned sideways, and waited for the anesthesia.

"It might be a little painful. Remember, don't move."

Director Liu's spinal anesthesia technique is famous throughout the hospital, no, it should be the entire Yongning City. His hands are steady and quick, and he is experienced. There has not been a single accident in decades.

Jiang Zhinian quickly felt the pricking sensation in her lumbar spine. It was very mild at first, but as the needle continued to penetrate deeper, the pain intensified. She couldn't help but let out a soft "ah" and quickly bit her lower lip, trying to hold it back.

Shi Ye stood aside and watched, feeling that these few minutes, which were so familiar that they couldn't be more familiar, seemed as long as a lifetime.

When the thin anesthetic needle pierced into Jiang Zhinian's spinal canal, it seemed to pierce Shi Ye's heart, causing him to bleed profusely and unable to think.

Finally, Director Liu pulled out the anesthetic needle and asked, "Do you feel the heat in your legs?"

Jiang Zhinian said "hmm" softly.

"Okay, push it in."

Jiang Zhinian felt her lower body getting hotter and hotter, swollen, and then gradually numb. Shi Ye, wearing a surgical gown, pushed her towards the operating room next door.

The road was not long, but Jiang Zhinian looked at the dizzying white light above her head, and suddenly tears could not stop flowing out.

"Shi Ye, is the baby okay?"

She endured it again and again, but still asked.

She actually really wanted to be brave enough to tell everyone who cared about her not to worry too much, but her vulnerability at this moment had become a physiological reaction. Her heart ached in waves, as if she couldn't control her tears that flowed like a faucet. Worry and wild thoughts filled her mind.

Shi Ye lowered his head, wanting to stop and hug her, wipe the tears from her cheeks, but he couldn't. They were all racing against time against death at the moment, and he had to stay rational and try his best to keep Jiang Zhinian emotionally stable and send her to the operating room as quickly as possible.

"It'll be okay, I promise."

"Really..." Jiang Zhinian felt as if his throat was blocked by cotton. He choked and couldn't say any more.

"Have I ever told a lie?" Shi Ye relaxed his tone and pretended to be calm.

Jiang Zhinian raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and forced a smile.

"Shi Ye, when we come out of the operating room, you have to think of a name for the baby."

"Okay, I promise."

Enter the operating room, change the bed, and give a sedative.

When Shi Ye asked Jiang Zhinian for the third time, "Is it better for the baby to have a two-character name or a three-character name?", her vision went dark and she fell into a deep sleep. When she woke up again, the first thing she saw was Shi Ye holding her hand by the bed.

"Shi Ye...where's the baby..."

Shi Ye slightly moved aside and saw a small transparent baby cradle placed on the open space behind him. Inside it was a wrinkled, monkey-like baby wrapped in a blanket, sleeping quietly.

The quilt was sewn by her own hands. It had a little rabbit pattern on it and was washed and dried. She recognized it at a glance. It was her and Shi Ye's child.

She was a little excited: "Is the baby healthy?"

"Very healthy, neonatal assessment score 10."

Jiang Zhinian asked again: "Is it a girl?"

"yes."

Jiang Zhinian's tense mood finally relaxed. She smiled and stretched out her hand, trying to reach the baby cradle: "Can I hold her?"

Shi Ye held her hand and put it back under the quilt: "Not yet, you're still on an IV."

He turned around and looked at the ugly, red baby: "After she was born, I held her and let her kiss you."

Jiang Zhinian was a little surprised: "Really? Which cheek did you kiss? It's a pity that I didn't feel anything."

During the operation, she was sedated because she was too emotional. Unlike many women who had caesarean sections, she could not watch the baby being born and hear the baby crying.

Shi Ye sat back down, blocking Jiang Zhinian's sight. "You'll have many opportunities to see the child in the future. Now, take a good rest."

Jiang Zhinian hadn't seen enough and glanced at Shi Ye with a bit of complaint: "I'm not tired of watching the baby, please move aside."

Shi Ye knew that women's love for their children would be overwhelming their minds at this time, so he consciously moved the stool aside and asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"

"There's nothing wrong..." Jiang Zhinian looked down at her flat belly with difficulty. "The baby was born just like that. It's amazing."

The baby that was moving around in her belly in the morning was now an "independent" human baby. Her belly was empty and she could no longer feel the fetal movements.

"The incision may hurt for a while." Shi Ye felt an indescribable sadness and guilt in his heart. The most difficult thing after a caesarean section is the pain of the incision. He would feel that he owed her.

"I know, it's okay." Jiang Zhinian prepared herself mentally for the coming pain. "By the way, Shi Ye, can you tell me now why the baby had to be delivered by emergency cesarean section?"

Everything that happened just now was too chaotic. No one had time to sit down and slowly tell her what happened. She didn't want to cause more trouble at that time. She believed that Shi Ye would be able to make the best choice for her.

Shi Ye was silent for a moment, then explained simply, "She grabbed the umbilical cord in her hand and squeezed it for fun. She squeezed herself until she fainted, then let go. After waking up, she continued squeezing it."

Therefore, Jiang Zhinian's fetal monitoring chart showed a very chaotic situation. Shi Ye relied on his doctor's instinct to judge that there was a problem and that emergency surgery was needed. However, Director Su had rich clinical experience and was able to guess the specific possibility at once.