Chapter 115 Mother and Daughter Are Safe
Fang Ying endured the pain of labor and drank some water. Ji Yanlang was wiping her sweat when the door curtain was lifted and Li walked in.
"Lie still and don't move." Li saw Fang Ying and ordered, "Let me check on you. How are you? Are you in any pain?"
Ji Yanlang stood up, handkerchief in hand, and offered his seat to his mother. He also answered for his wife, "It's better than before, and the intervals are shorter."
Mrs. Li reached out to tidy up Fang Ying's sweaty hair and nodded, saying, "It's always like this." She then asked the midwife how many fingers dilated she was.
The midwife said it was only two fingers dilated, so it was still too early.
Li then asked Fang Ying if she was hungry and told her to eat some food while she still had time. "Only when you're full will you have the energy to give birth."
The imperial physician had just said this, but Fang Ying really had no appetite, so she said, "Let's wait."
"I have already sent someone to inform my in-laws."
After hearing this, Ji Yanlang exclaimed, "I had completely forgotten. Fortunately, Mom remembered it."
"I haven't even mentioned you yet." Mrs. Li turned her head to look at her son. "What are you doing here?"
Ji Yanlang said innocently: "I didn't cause any trouble. My son was honest and obedient. No one was bothering him..."
"You're always being dishonest. Just sitting here is getting in the way."
"I'm not interfering with them, I'm just accompanying them," Ji Yanlang glanced at Fang Ying. "She's in a lot of pain, and holding my hand makes it easier for her to get through it."
Li also turned around. Fang Ying made eye contact with her mother-in-law and immediately said, "Listen to your mother and get out. I have many people here with me."
Ji Yanlang said: "Can they compare with me? Besides, I promised you a long time ago..."
Li smiled and said, "I just understood. So you guys had agreed on this long ago?"
Fang Ying was worried that her mother-in-law would be unhappy, so she quickly said, "It was just a joke..."
"I'm not kidding," Ji Yanlang interrupted, "I couldn't be more serious."
Li stood up and said, "You said so. Don't let the critical moment come later and scare you away first."
Ji Yanlang laughed and said, "Is my son really that timid?"
Li ignored him and gave Fang Ying a few more instructions before looking at her son and motioning him to go out with her.
"I'll go see my mother off." Ji Yanlang said to Fang Ying, then went out with his mother.
Fang Ying asked Lichun to help her get up to urinate. The nanny hurriedly asked the maid to bring a toilet and advised her not to bother and just lie in bed to relieve herself, which would save her energy and also prevent sudden contractions.
"Don't be ashamed, ma'am. It's inevitable for women who have just given birth." The midwife also advised, "If you can't get out of bed after giving birth, you still have to relieve yourself in bed."
Fang Ying sat up and felt that she was not strong enough, so she ordered someone to watch the door and not let Ji Yanlang in. She followed their advice and relieving herself beside the bed.
The nanny advised at the right time: "It's not that the old servants and others are meddling. The lady is about to give birth, and she has to consider Liu Lang's presence. If she wants to avoid him, it will be inconvenient..."
The midwife continued, "Yes, apart from anything else, it's not uncommon for women to suffer from incontinence during childbirth. It would be bad for her if you, my husband, witnessed it."
"Incontinence?" Fang Ying was shocked. "Is there such a thing?"
The nanny was afraid of scaring her, so she comforted her, "Some things grow during childbirth, so you can't guarantee it. But the delivery room can't be ventilated, so the smell during childbirth is always..."
Fang Ying didn't smell any strange smell at first, but after she said that, she suddenly felt a smell of urine in the room. She quickly interrupted her and said, "Thank you, Ma'am. I understand." She also asked Lichun to bring the incense closer.
Seeing that she had understood, the nanny decided to stop and said nothing more.
Ji Yanlang came back from outside after a while. Fang Ying looked at his expression and asked, "Mom is not angry, right?"
Ji Yanlang sat down beside her and shook his head. "No, mother just told me not to think that just because I've been on the battlefield, I can treat women's childbirth as normal."
"I was just about to tell you that it's okay for you to stay here now, but if the baby really comes later, you should go wait outside."
"What? You're afraid of me too..."
Fang Ying shook her head and said, "I won't be able to care about anything else by then. It won't make any difference whether you're here or not. Even if I really want you to accompany me, it won't be too late to call you in."
Ji Yanlang looked into her eyes and asked seriously, "Do you really think so?"
"Yeah." Fang Ying looked back at him and nodded seriously.
Ji Yanlang remembered what his mother had just said, that Fang Ying was having her first child and had no experience with it, so that's why she agreed to let him accompany her. Otherwise, she wouldn't be willing to let him watch her give birth.
"At least I don't want your father to see me in such a state."
"Okay," Ji Yanlang finally agreed, "I'll listen to you."
Fang Ying smiled, turned around and told Lichun to serve the food, "Eat something now."
The meal had been prepared long ago and was brought in quickly, but before Fang Ying could eat, she started having contractions again. After she finally managed to get through it, the meal that had been delivered earlier was already cold.
Ji Yanlang asked someone to bring a new one, had dinner with her, and endured several more contractions. It was not until it was completely dark that the birth canal finally opened to ten fingers.
"I'll be waiting by the window. Call me when you miss me..."
Ji Yanlang held Fang Ying's hand and wanted to say a few more words, but the nanny came over and urged, "Don't worry, Liulang, the baby is in a good position. Go out for a walk and get some fresh air. The baby will be born soon."
Fang Ying's hair was soaked with sweat, and she nodded at him palely, "Go."
Ji Yanlang finally let go of her hand and walked out, looking back every few steps.
"My lady, don't be distracted. Come, take a breath first, and then exhale slowly."
Fang Ying listened to the midwife's words and took a deep breath. She pushed hard when the midwife said "push". She felt so much pain that she didn't want to give birth anymore. But she kept listening to the midwife's voice: "I can see the baby's hair." "The head is coming out!" "Madam, push a little harder, I can see the shoulders." She gritted her teeth and held on. After an unknown amount of time, she finally heard a baby cry.
"It's out, it's out! Congratulations, my lady, it's a clean little girl!"
Is it a daughter? Fang Ying was exhausted, but she still tried to look up, wanting to take a look at the baby.
Lichun quickly stretched out her hand to support her back. The nanny smiled and advised: "Don't worry, madam. The servants will clean the young lady first, wrap her up, and then bring her to you for viewing."
Before Fang Ying lay back on her pillow, Ji Yanlang's voice came from outside the window: "Is the baby born? Is it a girl?"
While the nanny sent people to announce the good news everywhere, she went out herself and replied, "Congratulations to Liu Lang. Liu Niang has given birth to a beautiful girl. Both mother and daughter are safe."
Ji Yanlang couldn't wait and asked, "Can I go in?"
Before the nanny could reply, the mistress's voice came from the corridor: "Why are you in such a hurry? The baby has just been born and needs to be cleaned and swaddled. The inside also needs to be tidied. Don't rush around. You'll bring a draft in and get Ying'er and my little granddaughter."
Ji Yanlang was still a little dazed and murmured, "Is it born already?" Then he remembered to ask, "Are your hands and feet okay?"
Mammy smiled and replied, "Yes, absolutely. Ten fingers and ten toes, no more, no less."
Ji Yanlang felt relieved and asked again, "Where's my wife?"
"My wife is fine too..."
They were talking under the window, and everyone in the delivery room could hear it clearly. The midwife smiled and said, "I've seen loving couples, but I've never seen such love as this man and his wife."
While handing the wrapped baby to Fang Ying, she said, "My dear, take a look. I have been delivering babies for twenty years, and I have never seen a few babies as fair and pretty as you."
Fang Ying didn't even have the strength to raise her hands at this moment. She could only lean on Lichun and look at the baby in the midwife's arms. "Is this considered fair?"
The midwife smiled and said, "It's very fair now. The hair is also good. Look, it's black and thick."
The hair was thicker than any newborn she had ever seen, but the face was still red and wrinkled. Fang Ying felt that the midwife would probably say the same thing to everyone, so she smiled and said, "Well, do you want to feed me now?"
Two wet nurses had already been found in advance and were waiting outside.
After the midwife said it was time to feed the baby, she handed the child to the wet nurse and went back to help Fang Ying deliver the placenta.
Later, Li and Yue Qing'e came in to visit, and both praised the newborn baby for being so handsome. Fang Ying didn't take it seriously. She ate a bowl of brown sugar eggs and fell asleep. When she woke up, there was dim candlelight in the room. Ji Yanlang was sitting with his back to the light, staring at her in a daze.
"Awake?" Their eyes met, and Ji Yanlang immediately moved closer to her and asked, "How are you?"
"It's like it was run over by something and it's broken into pieces." Fang Ying opened her mouth to speak, only to realize that her voice was unusually hoarse.
Ji Yanlang hurriedly turned around to ask for water, then turned back to see her eyes darting around, and said, "The child fell asleep after drinking milk.
Fang Ying nodded, and waited for Lichun to bring the water. She drank a few sips from Ji Yanlang's hand, then asked him to leave first, "I have to go to the bathroom."
Ji Yanlang told Lichun and others to serve carefully, then got up and went out.
The nanny heard the noise and came in to persuade Fang Ying not to get up. "It must still hurt down there. Tell them to continue."
Fang Ying moved her legs slightly, and she felt a burning pain in her private parts. She didn't dare to show off her strength, and endured the shame and let Lichun and others help her urinate.
The delivery room cannot be ventilated, and the smell of blood lingers. When the patient defecates, even with incense, the smell is still strange.
Fang Ying suddenly remembered and asked, "Did I have incontinence when I gave birth just now?"
The nanny and the maids all said no, and Fang Ying breathed a sigh of relief. The nanny smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lady, the birth went very smoothly." She also said that she happened to be awake at this moment, so she wanted to massage her abdomen to help the lochia be discharged faster.
"It may be painful, please bear with it." The nanny said as she pressed on it.
Fang Ying originally thought that she could endure the pain after giving birth, but she didn't expect that after the nanny exerted force on her hands, she still couldn't bear it and cried out in pain.
Ji Yanlang was already getting a little impatient waiting outside. When he heard the noise, he immediately lifted the curtain and came in, asking, "What's going on?"
The nanny hurriedly said it was okay and explained a few words. Fang Ying recovered and said, "It's okay. It was just a temporary thing."
"Does it have to be done right now?" Ji Yanlang walked over and looked at Fang Ying with a worried look on his face. "Let her rest for a while. Can't we do it tomorrow?"
"The sooner it's discharged, the better." Fang Ying had memorized all the postpartum care matters before she became pregnant. Now, without the nanny's advice, she persuaded Ji Yanlang herself, "It's getting late, isn't it? Go back to your room and rest early, and come visit me tomorrow."
Ji Yanlang felt that he had a lot to say to her, but it was already late at night and she had important things to do, so he couldn't help her - the look in the nanny's eyes made it seem like she wanted to send him out immediately.
I had no choice but to agree: "I will come to see you and Hong'er early tomorrow morning."
Hong'er is the nickname Fang Ying gave to the child. Ji Yanlang had a headache choosing a name, so he asked Fang Ying to choose one early on. She thought about it for several months and initially thought that "Yan'er" was a good name, as swallows are easy to raise and can be used for both boys and girls. However, it was too similar to the generation name of Ji Yanlang and his brothers, so she thought of "Yan" and finally chose the synonymous character "Hong".
Ji Yanlang also felt that it was easy to pronounce and had a good meaning, so he decided on it.
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The author has something to say: After finishing the update and going to bed, I remembered that the homophones of "Yan" and "Ji Yanlang" are taboos, haha
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