Chapter 168 Shi Fangxia
Shen Chutang didn't feel any discomfort in the early stages of her pregnancy and insisted on going to work. However, her belly gradually grew bigger and people in the company didn't dare to get too close to her. When she was five months pregnant, she stayed at home.
Shi Chengyu also took care of her at home and did everything himself.
Apart from work, the two spent the rest of their time looking at baby clothes and baby products, and had them delivered after selecting them. Shen Chutang had even started thinking about a name for the child.
Apart from becoming a little sleepy, she didn't have any of the uncomfortable symptoms described in the comics, such as morning sickness, back pain, or leg pain.
On the contrary, it was Shi Chengyu who suddenly started vomiting when Shen Chutang was six months pregnant.
At first Shen Chutang thought he had eaten something bad, but the food in the house was delivered fresh every day and was eaten frequently.
Worried that there was something wrong with his stomach, Shen Chutang took him to the hospital several times, but nothing was found.
Finally, the doctor looked at Shen Chutang's stomach and came to a conclusion.
In medicine, there is a symptom called pregnancy-associated syndrome, which means that the expectant father will experience the same symptoms as his wife during her pregnancy, such as nausea, vomiting, mood swings, sentimentality, etc.
Shen Chutang felt distressed and amused when she heard this. She then remembered the bracelet that she had locked in the cupboard and wanted to scold him, but she softened her heart when she saw Shi Chengyu's haggard expression.
Shi Chengyu hugged her and comforted her with a look of relief, and the joyful expression on his face showed how happy he was.
Shen Chutang looked at the smile on his face and was so angry that tears came out. Shi Chengyu wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and just said softly that Tangtang was glad that everything was fine.
He made no secret of his relief that these symptoms happened to him. He even thought that if he could get pregnant instead of Shen Chutang, he would choose to do it without hesitation.
By the late stage of pregnancy, Shi Chengyu's morning sickness symptoms had become very serious. She often vomited violently, could hardly eat anything, and lost a lot of weight.
He also suffered from body aches and spasms, often waking up in the middle of the night. However, he was content to endure it, and as he watched Shen Chutang sleeping soundly beside him, he forgot all the pain.
Shen Chutang didn't know that he was in pain, but she could occasionally sense some of his little emotions, such as being jealous because she paid more attention to the baby, or feeling lost because she felt she was being ignored.
He didn't bother Shen Chutang, but just sat quietly aside, waiting for Shen Chutang to find him and come over to hug him, and his mood would be much better.
The morning sunlight was soft and warm. Shi Chengyu was awakened by the spasm in his legs. He opened his eyes and saw that the seat next to him was empty. He sat up and waited for the pain to pass.
After getting out of bed, Shen Chutang was not in the living room. Shi Chengyu turned around and saw a figure with his back to him in the kitchen.
The golden light shone on her body, and her casually tied hair also shone with light. Shi Chengyu slowly walked over.
The rice porridge in the clay pot made a gurgling sound, and the rich rice aroma penetrated into his nose.
Shi Chengyu's throat was choked and he hugged her from behind, "Tangtang..."
"Ah!" Shen Chutang was startled and quickly put down the spoon and turned off the fire. "Why did you wake up so early?"
Shi Chengyu didn't say anything, but rested his chin on her shoulder and gently stroked her belly. After a while, he said softly, "I will eat well from now on."
It was just a matter of cooking a bowl of porridge, and Shi Chengyu thought it was not right to let Shen Chutang do it. He ate the meal very happily and never had trouble eating since then.
As the due date approached, Shi Chengyu became visibly anxious. Even the prenatal education he gave to the baby in Shen Chutang's belly was to prevent the mother from suffering, and he even resorted to threats and inducements.
Shen Chutang wanted to laugh when he heard this, and ruffled his hair to make him serious.
Shi Chengyu put down the prenatal education picture book, came over and kissed her, "You can't be mean to me because of the baby."
"Then you can't be mean to the baby. What if he gets scared?" Shen Chutang leaned in his arms. "The baby is already very obedient."
She didn't suffer any hardship during the entire pregnancy, and everyone said that the baby would be a well-behaved one.
Shi Chengyu nodded twice, still feeling nervous about the upcoming birth.
He prepared all the things needed for delivery early on, did a lot of homework, and was ready to go into the operating room to accompany the baby.
But God always likes to play jokes. Shen Chutang went into labor one week before her due date.
At two o'clock in the morning, Shen Chutang woke up when she felt the wetness beneath her body. She sat up and shook Shi Chengyu's arm, "Shi Chengyu... I think I'm about to give birth."
Shi Chengyu suddenly woke up and saw the bed sheet under her legs soaked with amniotic fluid. He was stunned for a second and immediately called 120.
"Tangtang, Tangtang, you sit down first, I'll go prepare something." He fell off the bed in a panic, and the sound of his fall scared Shen Chutang so much that she trembled. She wanted to laugh, but she held it back because her stomach hurt.
All the lights in the villa were on. Shi Chengyu looked flustered, thinking about the theoretical knowledge he had learned before. It was his first time to put it into practice. He was serious but also a little funny.
From the time Shi Chengyu made the call to the time Shen Chutang was pushed into the room, the whole process took no more than thirty minutes and everything went smoothly.
The only regret was that he didn't have enough time to go to the hospital as scheduled. Shi Chengyu couldn't go in to accompany the baby. He paced anxiously at the door, listening to the heart-wrenching cries of other women in labor next door, his heart hanging in the air.
The two families who rushed over after hearing the news comforted him. At the door of the not-so-spacious delivery room stood a person who almost controlled the lifeline of the entire Beijing city. Even the dean was awakened by a phone call and waited at the door, awaiting the birth of this true child of destiny.
Shi Chengyu told everyone that he was fine, but his uneasy eyes and flustered steps revealed his anxiety.
But before he could calm down and pray to the gods, or even shed tears, the nurse had already opened the door, holding a baby and standing at the door, shouting, "Shen Chutang's family!"
The baby's cry became much louder as she finished speaking, echoing throughout the entire corridor.
Shi Chengyu walked over hesitantly step by step, looking at the wrinkled little person in her arms, crying loudly with its mouth open, saying hello to the world.
"Congratulations, mother and child are safe."
"Oh, so cute."
"She looks exactly like Tangtang when she was a child."
Shi Chengyu frowned slightly, thinking back to the first time he saw Shen Chutang, who didn't look like...
He looked away, looked inside the ward and asked, "Where is my wife?"
"The mother will have to wait a while before she can come out. Does the baby have a name? It needs to be registered first." the nurse replied.
Shi Chengyu: "Shi Fangxia."
Shen Chutang had already picked a name for the child early on, and would name the child according to the time of birth, regardless of whether it was a boy or a girl.
It was just after the beginning of summer and the weather was warm but not hot. In the second summer after their marriage, they welcomed their first child.
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