Chapter 406: Balls and Dots
Many people came to the delivery room one after another. Lu Dongping, Dandan and the aunt from the family were guarding there. The father and son held hands and didn't say a word. Wen Shihua was also there with a tense face. There were also people from the Xu family.
They say that the baby is alive at seven months and not alive at eight months. But a baby that is more than seven months old is really too early to come out. It stayed in the belly for two months less!
Worried about adults and children.
I went into the hospital around lunchtime, and into the delivery room, where I waited until it was almost dark outside. I could faintly hear sounds from inside, sometimes on, sometimes off, leaving my heart pounding.
Xu's cousin brought some food after get off work, but no one was in the mood to eat at that time. Even Dandan only took a few bites and then lost interest, staring at the door.
It was not until after six o'clock and almost seven o'clock that the door of the delivery room finally opened.
Aunt Zhou hurried over and asked, "Doctor, doctor, is the baby born? Is the baby born?" The two grown men, Lu Dongping and Wen Shihua, were now as stiff as ever, staring at the open door and not daring to breathe.
"It's born, it's born. Family members, the mother's family, have you brought all the baby's things?"
Aunt Zhou quickly replied, "Yes, I have brought them. Are the adults and children all right?
"All good, congratulations, a son and a daughter, a pair of sons and daughters."
Because they were only seven months pregnant and they were twins, the babies were relatively frail. The first was a boy, weighing 3.62 jin (15.34 kg), and the second was a girl, slightly thinner, weighing 3.22 jin (15.34 kg). Compared to Dandan, she was much thinner.
Even though the nurse helped put on small clothes and wrapped him up, Wen Shihua still didn't dare to hold the baby. He felt that the baby was too small, too small to hold in his arms. He felt that the baby would slip out if he opened his fingers a little.
Wen Wan had given birth to two children and was now exhausted and fell asleep. She was unaware and allowed others to take care of her.
The child was born and both mother and child were safe. Wen Shihua and Dongping finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Dongping simply cleaned and tidied Wen Wan, then moved her from the delivery room to the ward, where a nurse came to give her an IV drip.
It was already late, so he had to stay in the hospital. Lu Dongping said to Wen Shihua, "Dad, go home first. It's getting late. Go back and eat something and get some rest. I'll stay here."
"If that doesn't work, stay in the hospital for two more days and get some nutritional injections."
Wen Shihua nodded: "Okay!" That would be the best. Having two children at once, and not yet on time, it's obvious that the damage to the body is severe.
Wen Shihua called Dandan: "Let's go, go back with grandpa, we'll come back tomorrow."
Dandan was a little reluctant to leave.
Lu Dongping said, "Go back with Grandpa! Be obedient! Daddy will be here to take care of Mom and your younger siblings. We'll be back when Mom wakes up, and then you can take your younger siblings with you."
Only then did Dandan leave reluctantly.
After leaving the hospital and getting in the car, he quietly told Wen Shihua: "Grandpa, I found that my brother and sister are a bit ugly. They don't look like me at all, nor like my father and mother."
Wen Shihua laughed: "How is it ugly? I think it's very beautiful. You were like that when you were born."
Dandan didn't believe him at all: "How is that possible? Why was I so ugly when I was a kid?"
"How can it be impossible? Babies are like that when they are born. After a month, as they grow up, they will become more and more beautiful."
Wen Shihua had just left with the children when they both began whimpering. Aunt Zhou filled a bottle with warm water and she and Lu Dongping each tended to one child.
Eating is a natural instinct for human beings. The two little ones started sucking on pacifiers before they even opened their eyes.
After drinking, she calmed down. Lu Dongping asked his aunt to go and rest first, and he stayed by her side to look after her.
The twins were different sizes. One looked noticeably plumper, the other thinner, and both were wrinkled. Lu Dongping lay on the edge of the bed, watching, his gaze finally landing on Wen Wan's face, and he stared at her for a long time.
Wen Wan slept so soundly that she didn't even hear the baby whimpering and waking up twice during the night.
She didn't wake up and couldn't be fed, but luckily I prepared milk powder early.
By the time she recovered and opened her eyes, it was already noon the next day.
Wen Shihua got up early and made some white soup, then took Dandan to the hospital.
Wen Wan hadn't woken up yet.
The two children were awake, their eyes open. Although wrinkled like monkeys, their eyes were really beautiful.
Dandan lay on the edge of the bed, unable to take his eyes off the curious thing.
Then he asked Lu Dongping: "Dad, why is my sister called Lu Qinghe and my brother called Wen Chengyu?"
Lu Dongping said: "Because they are all their parents' children."
Dandan still didn't understand, so he changed the subject: "Do they have nicknames?" He did have a nickname, but it was a nickname that he didn't allow anyone to call him because he felt very ashamed.
Lu Dongping said: Not yet, I will pick a nickname after mom wakes up.
Dandan was very excited: "Can I take it?"
Lu Dongping reached out and rubbed his head: "Then think about it first."
Dandan suddenly came to his senses again.
When Wen Wan woke up, the two little ones' surnames had been decided, and even their nicknames had been chosen.
Wen Chengyu is called Qiuqiu, and Dandan said that he hopes he can gain some weight, and then Qiuqiu and Dandan will look more like brothers.
Lu Qinghe called her Diandian because she was so small and Diandian was round.
Wen Wan couldn't help laughing as she listened to him chattering away, and she felt the pain in her body eased a lot.
The soup served in the morning was already cold. Lu Dongping helped Wen Wan get up and go to the toilet, then took the soup to the cafeteria to heat it up.
When I turned around, I saw that the ward was in chaos.
The child was crying, Wen Wan's eyes were also tearful, and Aunt Zhou didn't know who was taking care of her as she was frantically preparing milk powder.
"What's going on?"
Wen Wan was angry: "Lu Dongping, I have no milk!" The child woke up and cried just now. Aunt Zhou helped put the child down so that she could feed him. Only then did she realize that there was no milk at all.
Although it was painful when the testicles were born, they were swollen, which obviously meant there was milk.
I felt a little bloated from time to time in the past few days, but now I don’t feel anything at all.
Lu Dongping breathed a sigh of relief and comforted her: "It's okay, it's okay. If you don't have milk, just drink milk powder or malted milk. Don't be sad. Just lie down and have a good rest. Aunt Zhou and I will prepare the milk powder together."
The two children need to wake up together, pee together, and eat together. If they are a little slow, they will start crying. It is really too much for one person to take care of them.
But after eating, I fell asleep again, which was relatively worry-free.
Wen Wan was not comforted at all and was extremely sad.
Breastfeeding babies tend to grow faster, which is unmatched by formula. Especially since the two children were premature and already frail, they needed extra care. She hadn't expected herself to be so disappointing.
It was obvious that after I got pregnant, I was supposed to be well fed and well taken care of, which was much better than when I was pregnant with Dandan, but in the end, there was no milk at all.
Lu Dongping came to comfort her only after he had taken care of the child.
"Don't worry too much. We have the baby. Just take care of your health. Now that conditions are good, it won't be a big problem for him to eat formula. Eating formula has its benefits. When you're well again, you'll have more freedom."
Aunt Zhou also said, "That's right, you have to listen to what Dongping says. This is related to your personal health, so don't take it to heart. You still have to take it seriously right now, so don't be careless. Don't get angry or cry during the confinement period, otherwise you will suffer when you get older."
Wen Wan curled up in the quilt without saying a word, and then fell asleep again in a daze.
He was still asleep when Zhou Ping and others came to visit.
Then, during the afternoon, people came over from time to time. They were all aunts and cousins from the Xu family, who came here to talk to Wen Wan.
Everyone was a little surprised when they learned the child's name, but they were also happy for Wen Wan.
After all, Wen Shihua only has this one daughter now. If one of his grandsons has the surname Wen, it won't be considered a broken inheritance, and it won't be in vain for Wen Wan to give up her future and leave these two children behind.
Time passed much faster when I had someone to talk to.
When Wen Shihua came in the afternoon, Wen Wan was much more energetic and was looking after the children there.
Lu Dongping discussed with Wen Shihua: "We need to find a suitable nanny. Dandan is in school, so we don't need to worry about her, but Aunt Zhou definitely can't take care of two children alone."
As he spoke, he mentioned the child's name.
Wen Shihua had named both children. He had considered giving one of them the surname Wen, but he hadn't said it. Regardless of their surnames, the children were Wen Wan's flesh and blood, the blood of the Wen family.
But no one expected that Lu Dongping would take the initiative to give the boy the surname Wen.
He didn't know what to say at the moment. After a while, he reached out and patted Lu Dongping.
Qixi started working on the fifth day of the New Year, and the clothing store was temporarily closed. Lu Donglin had been there for the past two days. His original intention was to let his brother spend more time with his sister-in-law.
He felt that his sister-in-law's belly was really scary and worrying, so he tried to stay by her side as much as possible.
But he didn't expect to give birth so early.
On the afternoon of the fifth day, he returned to Tonghua Lane, and on the afternoon of the seventh day, he went to the compound.
The store has to open on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, so he has to meet with his brother to discuss it.
But when I got there, I found nothing. The door was locked and no one was home.
Almost instinctively, he rode his bike to the hospital.
By the time I found the ward, I was gasping for breath.
I finally breathed a sigh of relief when I saw adults and children.
Lu Dongping was very busy these days, but his wife and child were naturally more important at the moment. He told Lu Donglin that he would continue to stay in the hospital with Wen Wan until she was discharged.
Wen Shihua had two children made small beds early on, one at each end, just right. He placed them next to the bed, making it easier to take care of them at night.
Even though his eggs were already this big and this was his second child, he still felt uneasy. Young people tend to sleep a lot, and if both children were sleeping with adults, what if one of them fell asleep and got crushed?
Qiuqiu and Diandian were settled in like this without them noticing.
A suitable nanny has not been found yet, so Lu Dongping cannot be at home all day. Only Aunt Zhou and Dandan are at home.
Dandan doesn't go out anymore. School is about to start, and doing holiday homework is the top priority. He also has to take care of his younger brother and sister.
In just a few days, he has completely mastered the skill of mixing milk powder and is like a little adult. He can share half of the work in a critical moment.
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