Seeing the steward bringing two people over, Madam Xie looked at Hua Fushu and Nanxing and asked, "Kong Qing, which two doctors did you invite? Didn't I ask you to invite Doctor Liu?"
The steward replied, "Madam, Imperial Physician Liu has been temporarily ordered by the King of Qin to work with Doctor Li Huaichun to treat patients suffering from the severe plague. He said this Nineteenth Lady is an expert in gynecological diseases, so he asked her to accompany me to the mansion to deliver the Fourth Lady."
Madam Xie looked at Hua Fushu again with a suspicious look.
Hua Fushu bowed gently, "Madam, I am a doctor at Xinglin Medical Clinic. I have met Imperial Physician Liu several times. This time, I was asked by Imperial Physician Liu to come to your house to deliver your daughter."
Madam Xie saw Hua Fushu, who was only in her twenties. How could she be so proficient in gynecological diseases and be able to deliver babies at such a young age? She was not a midwife, though.
"Girl, have you ever delivered a baby?"
Hua Fushu said, "I have delivered babies before. I was the one who delivered my younger sister."
Madam Xie was not quite convinced, "How many babies have you delivered?"
Hua Fushu answered truthfully, "Three times. One time, I delivered triplets with Doctor Liu."
Madam Xie was slightly surprised, "Triplets? How many of them survived?"
Hua Fushu said: "All four of them, mother and children, survived."
Madam Xie breathed a sigh of relief. She thought that since the girl had taken over the triplets, with all four of them being there, she must be quite capable.
Suddenly, the midwife's voice rang out from the delivery room, "Oh no! It's Padmasambhava!"
Stepping on Padmasambhava?
As soon as Hua Fushu heard it, he knew that the fetus's feet came out first. Is the mother going to have a difficult delivery?
Another person yelled, "Stop it, block the child's feet back!"
"Why is it blocked? I've never been blocked before."
The door of the delivery room suddenly opened, and the midwife rushed out with blood on her hands, "Madam, the fourth lady is having a difficult delivery! The baby's legs came out first."
Hua Fushu quickly walked past Madam Xie and entered the delivery room. Madam Xie and the midwife also followed him into the delivery room.
In the delivery room, Hua Fushu observed the woman's expression and said to another midwife, "I'm the doctor. Please make way."
The midwife immediately made way, and Hua Fushu sat on the edge of the couch and looked between the woman's legs. Sure enough, the fetus' feet were exposed!
If the fetus' legs are not blocked, it will cause difficult labor for the mother, and in severe cases, two deaths may occur...
Hua Fushu tried to push the baby's legs back in, but couldn't. After a moment's deliberation, she took out a fine needle and pierced the center of the baby's foot. Soon, a miracle occurred: the baby pulled its legs back, turned its body, and fell headfirst.
"Wow……"
The loud cry broke the silence of the delivery room, and everyone inside and outside the delivery room breathed a sigh of relief.
Hua Fushu picked up the bloody baby and shouted, "Midwife, cut the umbilical cord."
The midwife picked up a pair of scissors and cut the umbilical cord, while another midwife wrapped the baby in swaddling clothes and went to clean it up.
Hua Fushu looked at the woman's belly, felt it gently, and took her pulse. He said to the midwife, "Midwife, deliver the baby. The fourth lady is pregnant with twins."
Twins?
Everyone in the room was shocked, including the woman in labor. It was not her first time giving birth, and she was still surprised to hear that the babies in her belly were twins.
Hua Fushu said gently, "Fourth Lady, just hold on, and everything will be fine."
The mother nodded and cooperated with the midwife's pushing. Soon, another baby was delivered. This child was smaller than the first one, and didn't cry as loudly. Its skin was a little blue. Hua Fushu examined the child and found that it was healthy, just a little thin, but there was nothing serious.
Two midwives and a maid cleaned up the woman in labor. Madam Xie went outside the delivery room and sent people to inform the various courtyards and Mr. Kong of the good news. She personally arranged various matters and left the delivery room after a while.
"Doctor, the fourth lady's placenta hasn't come out yet. It's been nearly half an hour. Please come and take a look." said a midwife.
Hua Fushu walked to the delivery bed and said, "The placenta will be expelled shortly after the baby is delivered. If the placenta is not expelled for too long, it will be very dangerous for the mother. Midwife, let's not wait any longer and remove the placenta."
The midwife said, "I have never removed the placenta."
Hua Fushu looked at the other midwife and asked, "Auntie, have you ever removed the placenta?"
The midwife nodded, "It has been peeled off."
Hua Fushu said, "You remove the placenta for the fourth lady."
Hua Fushu said to the woman in labor, "Fourth Lady, the placenta is still in your belly. If it's not expelled, your life will be in danger. The midwife and I will help you remove the placenta. This process will be painful. If you can't bear it, I can give you acupuncture to relieve the pain."
The woman in labor blinked her eyes, indicating that she was willing to listen to Hua Fushu's words. She had given birth to two children and now she didn't even have the strength to speak.
Hua Fushu gave acupuncture to the woman in labor, and the midwife began to remove the placenta. Soon, the placenta was removed smoothly.
But as soon as the placenta was separated, the mother started bleeding profusely, and blood gushed out like water. She fainted immediately. Even though the midwife had delivered many babies, she had never seen such a scene. She was so scared that her face turned pale and she was in a panic.
Hua Fushu looked at the bright red bloodstain and suddenly remembered that her mother had also had a heavy bleeding when her sister gave birth. She felt a little palpitation and panicked for no reason. Then she reacted instantly and shouted, "I have hemostatic powder in my medicine box. Mix it with water and give it to the fourth lady. Quick!"
The midwife hurriedly opened Hua Fushu's medicine box and found the hemostatic powder. She dissolved it in warm water and brought it over. "How do you take the medicine, Fourth Lady?"
Hua Fushu said: "Pour it in!"
The midwife did as she was told and fed the woman a blood-stopping powder, which flowed in and out again.
"Keep feeding the medicine, the more you can drink, the better." Hua Fushu said, inserting the silver needle in his hand into the acupuncture points of the mother. The mother was bleeding too much, and the hemostatic powder could not stop the bleeding quickly.
The midwife continued to give the woman hemostatic medicine.
Hua Fushu inserted acupuncture into the Ren Zhong, Hegu, Sanyinjiao, Zusanli, Yintang, Dadun, Guanyuan, Yinbai and other acupoints of the parturient. Not long after, the amount of bleeding of the parturient was significantly reduced, and gradually, the bleeding of the parturient stopped completely.
Hua Fushu breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "It's okay, your fourth lady is okay."
Everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as Madam Xie returned to the delivery room, the maid told her that the woman had a heavy bleeding after giving birth and that Hua Fushu had tried his best to rescue and treat her. Madam Xie held Hua Fushu's hand and kept thanking him, and apologized for questioning him before.
Hua Fushu asked for paper and pen, wrote a prescription, and said to Madam Xie, "Madam, although the Fourth Madam is no longer in danger of death, she gave birth to twins and had a heavy bleeding, which hurt her body. She needs to be properly recuperated. This is a prescription I wrote for her to recuperate. It will be enough for two or three months. The Fourth Madam is weak, so it is not advisable to take a lot of supplements after waking up. It is better to eat light food for a few days before taking supplements. One more thing, the Fourth Madam is deficient in both Qi and blood, so it is not advisable for her to have children again in the next two to three years. This is mainly because it is not good for both you and the child if you get pregnant before your body is fully recovered. I hope Madam will convey this to the Fourth Madam."
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