Chapter 397 She Will Die! (Placental Abruption)
Li San Niang was stunned; she never expected Wang Zhao Di to say such a thing!
Li San Niang recalled what she had seen during the examination of Wang Zhao Di: due to the short intervals between her pregnancies and childbirths, coupled with her previous miscarriage, Wang Zhao Di's uterus was pitifully thin, and it seemed very likely that she wouldn't survive this delivery.
The bleeding from Wang Zhaodi's lower body is already a sign of something serious. This child is so old; it's a matter of life and death.
However, if Wang Zhaodi were to give birth on her own, there would be a high probability of an accident, and she would undoubtedly die within half a month.
Li San Niang frowned, her face drooping. She thought through what she could do, but unfortunately, there was no way to have the best of both worlds.
One option is a cesarean section; the baby will survive, but Wang Zhaodi will definitely die.
Unless it's in a modern society with equipment and blood transfusions, which provide multiple safeguards, the survival rate can be greatly improved.
Another option is to take medication to stop the pregnancy now, gambling with one's life.
She's lucky; after the episiotomy, the stillborn fetus was delivered without massive bleeding, amniotic fluid embolism, or infection. She survived, but she will never be able to have children again.
Regardless of the scenario, the probability of Wang Zhaodi surviving was extremely low.
Looking at Wang Zhaodi, who appeared guilty, helpless, and embarrassed, Li Sanniang was at a loss for words.
Lai Di, standing behind Wang Zhaodi, timidly glanced at Li Sanniang before quickly lowering her head again.
"You're heavily pregnant and nearing your due date, so it's best to avoid any strenuous work right now and rest in bed."
Wang Zhaodi wasn't very bright, so Li Sanniang, seeing that she didn't quite understand, repeated herself in a different way: "You can't do heavy work anymore. If you keep doing this, you might suddenly go into labor and be unable to give birth, resulting in the death of both you and your unborn child!"
"It would be best to eat and drink well, then go home and lie down."
Li San Niang picked up a pen and wrote down Wang Zhaodi's general situation on a piece of paper, then handed the paper to Wang Zhaodi. "Although I practice medicine in this clinic, my father also runs a clinic in Changshoufang. This paper contains your information."
There's a women's health association next to my clinic. You can apply to join the association in your situation. After registering, you can go to my father to get some free medicine to help prevent miscarriage.
Ten days to two weeks is roughly the time you'll be giving birth. You need to be very careful, and it's best to hire a midwife.
Wang Zhaodi was skeptical of this, thinking that in the countryside, who didn't give birth at home?
When Wang Zhaodi had her first few pregnancies, her mother-in-law helped her. But later, it was discovered that she could only give birth to daughters. From the birth of Yindi onwards, she had to handle everything herself.
Everything's fine, isn't it? Why would we need to spend money on a midwife?
However, Wang Zhaodi remembered that she could get the pregnancy-preserving medicine for free. She asked for the address again, wrote it down, and then left the clinic with Yindi.
After Wang Zhaodi left, Qiu Xiang noticed that Li San Niang looked gloomy and unhappy.
When Li San Niang first diagnosed Ying Niang as pregnant, she smiled so gently and happily.
"Third Sister, what's wrong with you...?"
“Alas,” Li Sanniang sighed, “she won’t live much longer, she’s about to die.”
Qiu Xiang's eyes widened in shock. She couldn't understand why Li San Niang would say such a thing. And if that woman was really dying, why didn't Li San Niang tell her? Why didn't she go to save her?
Seeing the questioning look on Qiu Xiang's shocked face, Li San Niang understood what she meant.
Qiu Xiang patted the spot next to her and moved her chair closer to Li San Niang. She heard Li San Niang whisper, "It's the rule in our line of work that doctors don't knock on doors."
When patients come for treatment, doctors only treat the illnesses they want to see. As long as the patient doesn't ask, the doctor won't rush to tell them.
Take Wang Zhaodi as an example. She gave birth several times in a row, and last time she took medicine to induce a miscarriage. Her body hadn't recovered properly before she became pregnant again. The time when she died was during her childbirth.
Qiu Xiang bit her lip, feeling a sense of relief. "Fortunately, I don't have to get married and have children like other women."
Why?
“The placenta in her uterus has already partially detached. This area is connected to major blood vessels in the body. When her due date arrives, any exertion will cause these blood vessels to burst under pressure, and no one can save her.”
"You can't save Third Sister either?"
Li Sanniang shook her head and replied in a low voice, "It's hopeless, hopeless, this is a certain death."
Wang Zhaodi, who had taken the note from Li San Niang and walked for half an hour to reach the entrance of Li Family Medical Hall, had done a lot of mental preparation. Thinking about what the female doctor had said about getting free medicine to prevent miscarriage, she finally mustered up the courage to enter Li Family Medical Hall.
When Li's father, who was sitting in the clinic, saw the note handed to him by the woman, he understood and told Wang Zhaodi to go to the Women's Assistance Association next door to register and get a card, and then come here to get the medicine to prevent miscarriage.
After registering Wang Zhaodi, Sister-in-law Li gave her a wooden plaque.
The hard wooden sign in her hand made Wang Zhaodi overjoyed. She hadn't expected that what the female doctor said was true—it really was free!
Wang Zhaodi thought to herself, "If I take the medicine to prevent miscarriage, I'm sure I'll be able to give birth to a son!"
Father Li wrote out the prescription, and Li's second brother prepared the medicine, collected the wooden plaque, and handed it to Wang Zhaodi. Zhaodi, being very perceptive, took it.
Having received the free medicine to prevent miscarriage, Wang Zhaodi gritted her teeth and took out four copper coins from her savings over the years. She then boarded a donkey cart and took Lai Di out of the city.
Wang Zhaodi married into a village by a river, quite far from Chang'an. As soon as Wang Zhaodi and Lai Di entered the courtyard, Wang Zhaodi's mother-in-law noticed the medicine bag Lai Di was carrying.
Lai Di knew this was the medicine her mother had given birth to her younger brother safely, and she gripped it tightly with her little hands. But the more nervous she was, the more her mother-in-law thought it was something good.
An adult who works year-round is naturally much stronger than Lai Di, who is thin as a stick because she doesn't have enough to eat.
The mother-in-law snatched it and saw that it was full of broken grass roots. Only then did she realize that it was medicine.
The mother-in-law's eyes lit up, and she remembered that a few days ago Wang Zhaodi had asked her for money to go to the city to see a doctor. The mother-in-law glared at Wang Zhaodi and shouted, "Well, you barren hen, you actually have money to go to the doctor!"
"Hand over the money! The family hasn't divided the assets yet; there's no room for private wealth!"
Wang Zhaodi was unwilling to hand over the money she had painstakingly saved up over a long period of time to her mother-in-law!
The two women started fighting in the courtyard. Hearing the commotion from inside the house, Pandi and Yindi ran out and saw their mother being beaten. They ran over and hugged their mother-in-law's legs.
The mother-in-law was not a kind person. She kicked the three- or four-year-old child. Wang Zhaodi was, after all, a mother. Seeing the child like this, she had no heart to fight with her mother-in-law. So she let go and let her mother-in-law snatch the money bag away.
Wang Zhaodi rushed to check on Pandi and Yindi, who had been kicked to the ground by their mother-in-law. Seeing that the children had only fallen and were not seriously injured, she was relieved.
But whether it was because of the emotional outburst earlier or because the argument with her mother-in-law aggravated her stomach, she experienced waves of sharp pain from her lower abdomen.
Wang Zhaodi thought it was labor pains and cried out, "Laidi, quickly help your mother back, your mother is about to give birth!"
When the mother-in-law saw Wang Zhaodi's appearance, she didn't care at all and took the dozen or so copper coins and went straight back to her house.
Lai Di helped Wang Zhaodi back to the house, and then, as if familiar with the place, she moved firewood to boil water.
But when Lai Di brought a large basin of hot water into the house, Pan Di and Yin Di saw Lai Di and hurriedly said, "Sister, Mother says she's in pain, in too much pain, and has already fallen asleep."
With a "thud," the wooden basin fell to the ground, and scalding hot water poured onto Lai Di's legs and feet. Lai Di immediately ran to the bedside and called out to Wang Zhao Di, who had her eyes closed, "Mother, Mother, Mother, wake up! Wake up!"
Mother, Mother!
Wang Zhaodi is dead.
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