When the midwife arrived, Liu Xiaohua was sitting in the living room on the second floor eating.
The pain is only intermittent for now; it hasn't become continuous yet.
To have the strength to give birth, Liu Xiaohua tried to eat, even though she wasn't hungry yet.
Tofu pudding with chili oil, two crispy fried dough sticks, hot and sour noodles, tea eggs—regardless of whether these things are nutritious or not, I'll eat them first to satisfy my cravings.
After all, once you give birth, not only can you not eat strong-flavored foods during your postpartum period, but even after that period, as long as you are breastfeeding, you can't eat whatever you want, and you can't even eat too much salty food.
Everything revolves around the doll.
The midwife washed her hands and was presented with a large bowl of egg noodles, topped with a large spoonful of minced meat sauce.
They ate before even starting their work. The midwife was a little embarrassed, but she knew that the woman giving birth could happen at any time, and delivering a baby required effort.
Whether the baby in her belly sensed her mother's resentment or not, Liu Xiaohua's stomach started hurting again after she swallowed the last mouthful of hot and sour noodles.
This time, the pain will be continuous.
The midwife washed her hands again and was about to examine the woman when she was asked to put on an apron, which was actually a surgical gown.
In the Divine Dragon Kingdom, similar clothes are for young children to avoid getting their clothes dirty while eating; they have ties at the back.
Easy to put on and take off, and children don't have to easily take off their clothes by themselves, this kind of clothing is called a bib.
The midwife put on her clothes, and her hands were sprayed with an unknown liquid that smelled like alcohol.
This broke the midwife's heart; she thought to herself that the Zhao family was a spendthrift.
Actually, what the midwives spray on their hands is alcohol; otherwise, how many bacteria would they bring into the mother's body?
You can't just pull out a pair of disposable medical gloves, can you?
After the examination, she was already 5 centimeters dilated. At this rate, she will definitely give birth in another hour or two.
In order to give birth to the child as soon as possible, Wang Caixia and Tian Xiaolan helped Liu Xiaohua walk back and forth in the living room.
Occasionally, I would give her some water or a piece of fruit.
When Liu Xiaohua was in so much pain that she could no longer bear it, she lay back down on the delivery bed.
The midwife checked again.
"That's fast! It hasn't even been half an hour, and she's already dilated to 10 centimeters. We can prepare to deliver the baby."
The midwife was the most skilled in the surrounding villages.
Liu Xiaohua also intentionally controlled her weight during her pregnancy, eating less staple food and more vegetables and lean meat. Although the baby in her belly was very long, it was not very heavy.
Since it wasn't her first child, the delivery was very quick.
The loud crying could be heard clearly by everyone downstairs.
The midwife used the brand-new medical scissors placed on the tray to cut the umbilical cord, and Wang Caixia, the grandmother, personally handled the rest of the umbilical cord care.
After all, Zhao Qingyan had also prepared sterile gauze, iodine, and cotton swabs for them.
The midwife had never used these things before. As she cut the umbilical cord with scissors, she was still thinking to herself how wasteful the Zhao family was.
Once someone takes over the newborn, the midwife is responsible for cleaning and tidying up the new mother.
Tian Xiaolan helped out from the side.
After the midwife helped the new mother clean up, she was invited to the living room downstairs, received two taels of silver as a lucky money, and was then happily sent home.
After the midwife left, Liu Xiaohua put on the cotton shorts that Zhao Qingyan had given her in advance, and also used an extra-large sanitary napkin.
For Liu Xiaohua, this was a completely new experience. She felt safe this time and wasn't worried at all about getting her pants dirty.
After the baby was cleaned up, he was first taken to the living room on the second floor, where the senior doctor had been waiting for a long time.
After taking his pulse and examining his entire body, he smiled and said, "Congratulations, this is a very robust young man."
After Liu Xiaohua changed her clothes, she was helped out of the "delivery room" and sat in the living room. After the senior doctor took her pulse and confirmed that she was healthy, she was sent back to the bedroom.
Meanwhile, the newborn baby was already asleep in the soft crib.
Looking at her peacefully sleeping baby and then at her beaming husband, Liu Xiaohua felt that her life had been worthwhile.
When the Zhao family had a new baby, it was natural to announce it to the whole village. The first person they notified was not Liu Xiaohua's maternal family, but the village chief Zhao Jinfeng, since he was the clan elder.
He has to give his approval before the child can be added to the family genealogy.
Since the last time the Liu family came to make trouble, Liu Xiaohua has not returned to her parents' home and has never mentioned her family again.
But since the baby had already been born, the proper etiquette still had to be observed, so the Zhao family naturally sent someone to inform them.
Whether Liu Xiaohua's biological mother comes or not during the third-day celebration is not important.
When the Liu family learned that Liu Xiaohua had given birth to another baby boy, they immediately felt that they could stand up straight again.
Just looking at Zhao Qingshan sent a chill down her spine.
"Mother-in-law, Xiaohua is my wife, and she is a member of the Zhao family."
If my mother-in-law can control her temper and say a few nice words, I, as her son-in-law, would welcome her to visit Xiaohua.
If your mother-in-law is planning to bring her whole family over to freeload again, or if she intends to bully Xiaohua again, then she should stay at home.
I don't want my wife to have to get upset about useless things right after giving birth.
Here's two taels of silver. My mother-in-law should take it to buy meat; it's also time to celebrate for my wife. That's all, I'm off to my new home.
The Liu family never expected that their usually good-tempered son-in-law would be so cold today, as if he no longer recognized the marriage.
At first, Granny Liu was very unhappy, but when she saw the silver in her hand, all her unhappiness vanished.
After discussing it as a family, the conclusion was that as long as they didn't get greedy, they could probably still get some benefits.
If you cause trouble like you did at someone else's celebration party last time, you won't get any credit, and you might even get beaten up.
The family finally understood. Thank goodness they did, otherwise, who knows if the men in their family could have taken a beating.
On the third day after the baby's birth, Granny Liu came alone and, unusually for her, added 50 coins to the basin without saying a word.
He went into his daughter's room, looked at his grandson, and showered him with praise.
This baby is so good-looking! His forehead looks like it belongs to someone of wealth and nobility, his little mouth looks like a gold ingot, and his nose looks like that of an official—it's so straight and prominent.
Even though her own children were all the best, Liu Xiaohua still felt embarrassed listening to this.
These newborn red-skinned monkeys couldn't possibly understand so much.
He had Zhao Qingshan give his mother a bolt of fine blue cotton cloth and an ounce of silver, and then sent her home.
As she walked, Granny Liu pondered, realizing that she had been right this time. If she had continued to make a fuss like before, she would never have gotten anything and money.
You just have to go along with the Zhao family.
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