Qiao Zhixia originally wanted to go to the city hospital a week in advance to give birth, but she didn't expect the baby to be born ten days earlier.
And once her water broke, she had contractions and abdominal pain so quickly that she didn't have time to go to the hospital.
It would be better to give birth at home than on a bumpy road. She had just checked the fetal position two days ago and both babies were in the head position, so her physical condition was suitable for a natural birth.
So she took a deep breath and told her father, who was busy arranging a car, that she wanted to give birth at home and asked him to ask Grandma Six to come over as soon as possible.
Qiao Xinguo hesitated for a moment, then ran away immediately.
Li Aizhen immediately helped her to the bed, and while comforting her, she took out the maternity pad that had been prepared in advance from the cabinet and laid it on the bed.
On the way to hire a midwife, Qiao Xinguo met Yang Shuo. When Yang Shuo learned that Qiao Zhixia was going to give birth to twins at home, he felt it was too risky, so he immediately drove to the town hospital to see a doctor just in case.
When her aunt heard the news that Qiao Zhixia was about to give birth, she immediately stopped what she was doing and came over to help.
Grandma Six was almost pushed and dragged over by Qiao Xinguo. He was extremely anxious, fearing that anything might happen to his daughter.
I was feeling regretful the whole way. I should have been more forceful in asking her to stay in the city and not come back.
The sixth grandmother kept begging for mercy: "The first child didn't come that fast..."
But when she got upstairs, before she could catch her breath and wash her hands, she looked over and saw that her cervix was eight fingers dilated. It had been less than two hours since her water broke and she had gone into labor.
Thanks to Qiao Zhixia's prompt decision not to go to the hospital, otherwise she would definitely die on the road, and by then one of the two kids would be named Dalu and the other would be named Xiaolu.
But Qiao Zhixia took advantage of the pause in her contractions to recall that she had actually felt intermittent pain in her stomach since she got up in the morning.
She thought it was a ligament strain and didn't take it seriously. Now that I think about it, I think she started having mild contractions at that time.
It's just that she is insensitive to pain.
But from the time her vagina was opened to eight fingers, each subsequent contraction became several times stronger. No matter how strong she was, she broke out in a sweat and screamed in pain.
When Qiao Xinguo and his wife heard their daughter's cry, their hearts ached, and Li Aizhen burst into tears.
Qiao Zhixia experienced more and more intense contractions. It felt like a huge force was pulling at her abdomen, trying to tear her apart.
"Right now, you can push harder."
"Ah——" Qiao Zhixia used all her strength to recover from the intense pain.
"I can see the child's head. Let's take a break and try again..."
Since they were twins and the babies were only eight and a half months old, their head circumference was not large. Grandma Liu had experience and knew that she didn’t need to cut it open and it wouldn’t tear.
"Ah——" The contractions started again.
"Push harder, girl. Just use all your strength and don't stop—"
Qiao Zhixia clutched the bed sheet tightly with both hands, and beads of sweat on her forehead rolled onto the pillow one by one.
When the pain was so severe that her internal organs twisted, she had a moment of regret. Why couldn't she figure out what kind of child to have? Wouldn't it be better to live a carefree life?
But when she thought of the two little lives connected to her blood that she was about to meet, she was filled with strength and anticipation.
Maybe this is the natural maternal instinct of women! Or maybe it is the belief in blood inheritance.
"Push harder! The head is already coming, push harder..."
The severe pain mixed with the pulling of contractions made her unable to think, until she felt a warm current flowing smoothly through her body, and she felt relaxed instantly.
It felt as if the pain from before had just passed away. She lay powerlessly on the bed, gasping for breath.
"눕 is here, 눕 is here, it's a handsome boy..." The mother's voice, faintly with tears, rang in her ears excitedly.
"Wu Wa~Wu Wa..." The child's crying, which was barely loud enough, followed.
Qiao Zhixia was attracted by the voice, and her heart suddenly softened.
When she wanted to see the baby, a new round of contractions began in her stomach.
Li Aizhen quickly took her husband's grandson aside and asked Grandma Liu to help deliver the second child.
The second child came about fifteen minutes after the eldest brother was born.
Qiao Zhixia was trying hard to hold on to her strength, but after hearing that cry, she completely lost all her strength.
"The old man is here safely, and it's another boy with a penis..." Granny Liu successfully delivered a pair of twin brothers for the first time, and she was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
When Qiao Zhixia heard in a daze that it was another son, she was a little disappointed. Her dream of having both a son and a daughter was finally shattered.
The two children are fraternal twins, each with their own independent placenta.
Sixth Granny asked Li Aizhen to bring a new pair of sterilized scissors and deftly handled the umbilical cord. Then she asked Li Aizhen to take the baby to be weighed and cleaned.
It is now the end of May and the weather has become a bit hot, but I am not worried about the children catching a cold.
But since they were premature babies after all, Qiao Zhixia was worried that they might have developmental problems, so she decided to send them to the hospital for examination.
After Qiao Xinguo gave Sixth Grandma water to wash her hands, he wrapped two red envelopes for her and happily saw her off.
When my aunt brought the brown sugar and egg tea to him, the doctor Yang Shuo had invited also arrived.
Although I didn't make it in time to deliver the baby, I was able to check on the two children and see if Qiao Zhixia had any tearing during childbirth and needed stitches.
The two female doctors, both in their forties, were the best-reputed obstetricians and gynecologists in the town. They were off duty today, but Yang Shuo had insisted on inviting them.
The two doctors carefully examined the two children and used a stethoscope to listen to the lungs, which are the last organ to develop in the fetus.
To their surprise, although both babies had been in their mothers' wombs for more than eight months, their lungs had fully developed and there were no obvious problems, so they could be fed normally as full-term babies.
There was nothing wrong with Qiao Zhixia's body, not even a slight tear.
The doctor attributed it to Qiao Zhixia's young age and her optimal physical condition, as well as the fact that the two children were not overweight.
Dabao weighed 5.3 jin and Xiaobao weighed exactly 5 jin, so Qiao Zhixia didn't suffer too much.
With the professional examination of two doctors, Qiao Zhixia felt relieved. She wanted to see the two children, but her mother took them to take a bath.
She was very tired and weak, so she closed her eyes and took a nap.
She had used the spiritual spring to grow a few ginsengs in advance and had already given them to her mother. She would stew a chicken to replenish her blood and qi, and she would surely recover.
After Yang Shuo learned that the mother and child were safe, he was responsible for sending the two doctors back to town.
Qiao Xinguo repeatedly expressed his gratitude to Yang Shuo. Yang Shuo said that they were Qiao Chu's family, and that was his family, and it would be too polite to say thank you.
Qiao Xinguo nodded with relief, knowing that his eldest daughter had made the right choice this time.
Soon, the news that Qiao Zhixia gave birth to twin brothers safely at home spread throughout Jingyang Village.
"Who was the one who was complaining that the girl from the Qiao family couldn't give birth to a son? She has been married for her whole life..."
Chen Dacui, who was standing behind the crowd, learned that Qiao Zhixia had given birth to two sons in one go, and quietly left the group chat...