“It was just over an hour, and the cervix opened smoothly, but it always takes longer with the first baby.

Your dad has gone to get some food. Once you're full, you two can go home.

It'll probably take until late at night for the baby to be born, so we can just wait here," said Mother Xia.

"Okay, where is my brother?" Song Jinxiu asked.

"I asked him to take a bath, but he was all dirty. I didn't dare let him get close to the child when he came out." Xia's mother said with disgust.

Soon, Xia Xingchen carefully washed her whole body with soap and came back with moisture all over her body.

After they had dinner together, Liu Ankang took Song Jinxiu home.

Only a few people were left waiting anxiously outside the delivery room.

Mother Xia cooked some porridge in the kitchen and prepared brown sugar and eggs so that she could eat them anytime.

The old hen is also ready. I will make soup for Shane when I get home in a few days.

"Do you think my sister-in-law is pregnant with a boy or a girl?" Lying in bed at night, Song Jinxiu asked Liu Ankang.

"A girl, right?" Liu Ankang said.

"Why do you say it's a girl? Can you tell?" Song Jinxiu asked in surprise.

"I can't tell, I'm just guessing." Recently, I hear her calling her "little niece" every day.

Xia En also talked about his eldest daughter every other sentence, and Xia's mother kept talking about her eldest granddaughter. The three women had already determined the gender of the baby in their belly.

"What a coincidence, we also think it's a girl, and you know, every time we call her, she responds to us. It's so magical." Song Jinxiu said excitedly.

Song Jinxiu touched her flat belly. It had only been three months and she felt nothing.

If I hadn't known I was pregnant, I wouldn't have felt anything at all, and it would have been the same as usual.

"Do you think I'm pregnant with a boy or a girl?" Song Jinxiu asked.

"As long as it's your child, it doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl," said Liu Ankang.

"Or, why don't you give birth to a boy? I don't even know what you looked like when you were a child." Song Jinxiu said.

"Okay." As they chatted, Song Jinxiu fell asleep.

The next morning, Song Jinxiu got up early and pulled Liu Ankang to the hospital.

"Hurry up, hurry up, he must be in the ward by now." Song Jinxiu said excitedly.

She couldn't wait to see her little niece.

"Slow down, you're in the hospital and can't run away." Liu Ankang took Song Jinxiu's hand and helped her walk slowly.

"Hey, where is the person?" The two walked into the ward, but there was no one there.

"Maybe, it hasn't been born yet." Liu Ankang said.

Song Jinxiu looked at Liu Ankang in shock. No way, it’s been an entire night.

The two walked towards the delivery room, and sure enough, three people were still waiting outside.

"What's going on?" Song Jinxiu asked Xia's mother in a low voice.

"It's okay, it's just that the cervix is ​​opening slowly." Xia's mother said that she had delivered brown sugar eggs several times at night.

But Shane seemed to have no appetite and could not eat anything after eating just a little.

Although the doctor said everything was normal, Xia's mother was still worried that Xia En would not have the strength to continue.

"Actually, I've been studying acupuncture recently. How about calling a doctor to give my sister-in-law acupuncture? It can relieve pain and help mothers give birth quickly." Liu Ankang said to everyone.

"However," Liu Ankang continued before Xia Xingchen urged him, "This acupuncture method is only in the research and development stage, and no experiments have been conducted yet.

So, I can’t say for sure whether it’s effective or not, and I don’t know if there will be any side effects.”

What Liu Ankang didn’t say was that acupuncture can also stimulate the mother. After all, a normal person would be tired after staying up all night.

Xia Xingchen was a little hesitant, but listening to the gradually fainter sound in the room, he still wanted to give it a try.

After all, Xia En had told her before that she didn't want to have a caesarean section unless it was absolutely necessary.

"Brother believes in you." Xia Xingchen patted Liu Ankang's shoulder and said.

Liu Ankang must have studied this with the intention of using it on his sister. He believed that he would not joke with his sister's life.

Liu Ankang nodded, and he called a nurse to run to find Dr. Dong.

Dr. Dong is a famous acupuncturist in this hospital.

By the way, arrange to push Xia En to the side of the delivery room so that Liu Ankang can give guidance through the door.

Dr. Dong came soon and Liu Ankang explained the situation to her.

Doctor Dong's eyes lit up. This was something he had never heard of before.

She agreed immediately and started to prepare.

Everything was ready. Liu Ankang was speaking outside while Dr. Dong was operating inside.

"Acupuncture at Zusanli can be done by burying the needle, which will not affect the mother's lower limb activities and has a pain-relieving effect."

"Acupuncture at Zusanli has the same effect."

"Acupuncture at the Chengshan acupoint can relieve the soreness and discomfort in the lumbar and sacral regions."

"Needling Hegu and Sanyinjiao can be done lightly for tonification and heavily for drainage, which can have the effect of inducing labor."

“…”

The entire corridor was silent. Apart from the screams of the woman in labor, the only sound was Liu Ankang's reassuring voice.

Song Jinxiu felt that An An was glowing at this moment.

Shortly after Dr. Dong finished the injection, noisy footsteps were heard in the delivery room.

Amid the doctor's encouragement and Shane's screams, the baby's cry was finally heard.

Xia Xingchen walked to the door excitedly and waited anxiously.

Father and Mother Xia looked at each other. Is the baby born?

Sure enough, not long after, Dr. Dong came out holding a little kid.

Everyone gathered around.

"Congratulations, mother and child are safe!" Doctor Dong handed the little ball to Xia Xingchen.

Xia Xingchen was a little at a loss. He stretched out his hand, but didn't know what to do.

Mother Xia couldn't bear to see this, so she reached out and took the little dumpling.

Xia Xingchen didn't get angry and went over to take a look.

"This is too ugly." Xia Xingchen said with disgust.

The little guy's face was red and wrinkled, and there was some unknown object in his hair.

"What's so ugly about you? You're much prettier than when you were a child." Xia's mother whispered to him angrily.

If Xia Xingchen hadn't been afraid of scaring the child, he would have definitely given the child a beating.

Liu Ankang was observing from the side and his first impression was also: How ugly! Xiu Xiu will definitely look better than this when she grows up.

Dr. Dong looked at Liu Ankang excitedly, but felt that now was not the time to speak.

His face flushed with excitement!

"Doctor Dong, this is still an immature technology, I hope you won't tell anyone about it for now.

I believe we will have another opportunity to cooperate in two months." Liu Ankang said to Dr. Dong.

Doctor Dong nodded in understanding. It was only two months, and he could still wait.

"Doctor, doctor, can you give my wife the same treatment you just used?

My wife has been giving birth for a whole day and night, and her voice has become hoarse from hearing her screams!"

"Yes, yes, my wife does too."

"And me, and me, my daughter-in-law..."

Seeing this, Dr. Dong quickly took the baby back to the delivery room and told them to go directly to the ward in a while.

Then a few nurses were called out to maintain order.