Forget it, he shouldn't take the risk. What if something happens to his wife if he delays any longer?
She said to her wife on the kang (a heated brick bed), "Wife, just bear with it a little longer. I'll go borrow an oxcart from the brigade right now and take you to the county town. We'll go to the county hospital to give birth."
Tian Cuie was in pain and exhausted, her eyes staring blankly at the ceiling, unable to speak.
Just as Zhang Jinbao stepped out the door, he saw Lin Qingyan and Hu Jiajia approaching his door.
Seeing his anxious expression, Lin Qingyan hurried over to ask, "Brother, how is sister-in-law now? Has the baby been born?"
Zhang Jinbao shook his head painfully: "No, that educated youth Shen said my wife's baby is breech and she can't handle it at all. I need to hurry and borrow an oxcart from the brigade leader to take her to the county hospital to give birth. If I go too late, I'm afraid something will happen to Cuie and the baby."
"Then you should go quickly."
Human life is at stake, so Lin Qingyan dared not be careless and could not delay Zhang Jinbao's time.
Zhang Jinbao left in a hurry. Lin Qingyan wanted to check on Tian Cuie's condition, so she quickly walked a few steps into the house.
She saw Tian Cuie lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) covered in sweat. Her expression was indistinguishable between pain and relief, as if she had reached her limit and become numb.
Shen Man stood blankly beside her, quietly watching her without making any move.
She quickly went over and asked Shen Man, "Shen Zhiqing, what's the situation with this sister-in-law?"
"Her baby is breech, but I've been pressing on her belly for a long time and the baby just won't turn. She's probably going to have a difficult delivery and needs to be taken to the hospital."
Shen Man told Lin Qingyan the truth.
Lin Qingyan waved her hand in front of Tian Cuie's eyes, "Sister-in-law."
Tian Cuie didn't answer, so Lin Qingyan put her hand on her shoulder and pushed her, raising her voice: "Sister-in-law."
Tian Cuie then vaguely realized what was happening, and before she could even speak, she opened her mouth and burst into tears.
"Oh no, my stomach hurts so much, my baby, I don't know how my baby is doing."
Lin Qingyan glanced at Shen Man, then said to Tian Cuie, "Sister-in-law, I want to examine you. You have to bear the pain."
After experiencing the quack doctor Shen Man, Tian Cuie was unsure whether Lin Qingyan was capable. She recalled the excruciating pain Shen Man had caused by pushing and rubbing her stomach, which made her tremble all over, and she couldn't help but feel terrified.
“Sister-in-law, it will take time for my brother to take you to the county hospital in an oxcart. Nobody knows what might happen during that time.”
Tian Cuie nodded quickly, gritting her teeth.
"Young educated youth, go ahead and check, just don't hurt the baby in my belly."
"Bear with it, I'll be careful."
Shen Man didn't know what to do at this point. She was actually a little worried that Lin Qingyan, being an amateur, wouldn't be up to the task, but with lives at stake, she couldn't miss any opportunity that would be beneficial for Tian Cuie to have a child.
She now only hoped that Lin Qingyan would have a stroke of luck and accidentally help Tian Cuie deliver the baby. That way, Zhang Jinbao wouldn't hold a grudge against her for delaying Tian Cuie for so long.
Lin Qingyan first examined Tian Cuie and found that her cervix was already very dilated. She then touched her belly and confirmed that the fetus was indeed in an abnormal position. When she put her hand into the cervix, she could feel the baby's fragile arm.
In this situation, you must never pull the child's arm; you must change the baby's position so that the baby's head is facing the cervix.
She stuffed a corner of the pillowcase into Tian Cuie's mouth, saying, "Sister-in-law, hang in there, there won't be any danger. Just bear with it."
Tian Cuie bit down hard on the pillowcase and nodded. Lin Qingyan then placed her hands on her stomach and tried to use the lightest force to help the fetus inside turn into the correct position.
After more than ten minutes, Lin Qingyan encouraged Tian Cuie: "Sister-in-law, the baby's position is fine now, just give it your all one last time."
Tian Cuie nodded with her eyes closed. Finally, after a sudden burst of effort, she felt a lightness in her abdomen, accompanied by a surge of heat. Something slid out of her birth canal, and her stomach stopped hurting. However, she was too exhausted to exert any strength and lay motionless, unable to even look at her baby.
The newborn baby was wrapped in a white amniotic sac. Lin Qingyan used the scissors she had prepared beforehand to cut the baby's umbilical cord and tie a knot. This place would become the baby's belly button.
Since the baby has just been born, the amniotic fluid in the baby's mouth and nose should be cleared immediately to prevent the baby from inhaling it into the lungs.
Lin Qingyan grabbed the child's feet, turned the child upside down, and gently patted the child's back to help the amniotic fluid in the child's mouth and nasal cavity drain out automatically. Once the amniotic fluid was drained, the child let out a loud cry.
The loud crying proved that the child was safe and healthy, and Lin Qingyan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Since there was no hot water available yet, she couldn't wash the child. She placed the child on a pre-prepared swaddle blanket and gently wrapped his little body in it.
The child is safe and sound, but we still need to check on the adults as soon as possible.
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