Chapter 109 108. The baby is coming!
For example, severe morning sickness.
This is because the immune system of the pregnant woman is too strong.
The pregnant body regards the fetus, a foreign object, as an invader. In order to remind the pregnant body that it is dangerous, it will constantly promote nausea and vomiting, trying its best to expel the invader and protect the pregnant body.
And this is an ongoing process.
Morning sickness can last for a while, even up to nine months, until the pregnant body gives birth to the baby.
Morning sickness will cause the pregnant woman and her husband to vomit out what they have eaten. Without sufficient nutrition for the fetus, the fetus will absorb the nutrition of the pregnant body itself, which will endanger the health and even life of the pregnant body.
Zhou Yi had heard from his aunt before that her colleague's daughter suffered from severe morning sickness. She lost a lot of weight in just over two months of pregnancy, vomited so much every day that she felt dizzy. In the end, she couldn't bear it anymore and had a miscarriage.
But her husband and in-laws held a grudge against her because of this, thinking that she was cold-hearted and unfit to be a mother. She was also decisive and divorced them directly.
Zhou Yi forgot what his aunt said at that time, but if Lei Li encountered the same situation, Zhou Yi would abort the child without hesitation.
Just as he said to Lei Li.
A partner is more important than children.
Perhaps Lei Li's genes favor this child. He has not shown any symptoms of morning sickness yet, and his appetite is good. He can sleep whenever he wants during the day or at night. He smiles every day and is in a happier mood than before the pregnancy.
But Zhou Yi did not relax.
In addition to changing the menu and customizing the menu every day, taking Lei Li out for a walk, taking him to listen to music, watch operas and acrobatics, he also massaged Lei Li's shoulders and legs to stretch his muscles, and made hot water for Lei Li to soak his feet every night.
It's hot in the summer.
Sometimes Lei Li wanted to stay cool and didn't cover himself with a blanket, but Zhou Yi would still cover his belly.
Zhou Yi felt that his long hair was a nuisance, so he cut his hair back to a buzz cut. Every time he washed his hair, it would dry quickly and he didn’t have to tie it up all the time.
But when things go too smoothly, there will always be some setbacks.
Lei Li has recently fallen in love with eating plain porridge with pickles.
You can eat three big bowls of soft and glutinous white porridge with rice oil, accompanied by diced radish, diced papaya, pickled bamboo shoots, pickled five-color peppers, or pickled mustard greens and pickled taro shoots.
But the sight of meat and fish, or the smell of oil, makes them feel sick and disgusted, and they are particularly sensitive to smells.
Just like that day, Lei Li frowned as soon as he saw Zhou Yi, and kept asking him to stay away from him. "You smell like fish. Did you go to the vegetable market again?"
"I didn't go."
Zhou Yi sniffed his body immediately upon hearing this. Not to mention the fishy smell, he didn't even break a sweat during the two-minute walk and there was no smell at all.
"I always think you smell like fish."
Lei Li wrinkled his nose and moved closer to Zhou Yi to smell it. The fishy smell became more pronounced, and he immediately took a big step back. "So, did you eat fish?"
“I didn’t eat.”
"Did you touch someone else's fish?"
“No.”
Zhou Yi was completely bewildered. He raised the things in his hand and said, "I ran out of salt, so I went to buy some salt and some dried meat. Do you want some dried meat?"
Seeing Lei Li shaking his head, he continued, "I bought some noodles. Can I make you some cold noodles? Cold noodles are sour and spicy and are appetizing. I'll add some bean sprouts and cucumber shreds. You should like it."
"Then take a shower before you mix it."
"good."
Zhou Yi nodded. Although he didn't know how Lei Li smelled it, taking a shower was no big deal.
The recipe for cold noodles is very simple.
Rinse the noodles with cold water, then add appropriate amount of salt, soy sauce, vinegar, chopped green onion, garlic, diced spicy radish, peanuts, peas, shredded cucumber, and bean sprouts, mix well and it is ready to eat.
No oil was added.
Because Lei Li hates the smell of oil.
Zhou Yi didn't put oil in his own bowl either. Not only did he have to eat away from Lei Li, he also had to take another bath.
"Is the noodles okay?"
"tasty."
Lei Li picked up a large piece of food with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.
The spicy diced radish is sweet, spicy and crispy, the shredded cucumber and bean sprouts are refreshing, the vinegar is appetizing, the garlic adds flavor, and the peanuts and pea rice are also crispy and fragrant, just like snacks.
Seeing how delicious the meal was, Zhou Yi also thought it was delicious, and Kuku ate a big bowl of cold noodles.
When I went to add more noodles, I suddenly remembered, "When I went to buy salt, the salt shop owner's husband came back with a fish. I don't know why they had a quarrel. I had to wait for a while before the owner had time to weigh the salt for me."
"That's when the fishy smell came on."
"Then my nose is too sensitive."
Lei Li muttered something. He was also troubled by his overly sensitive sense of smell. As a result, his whole family had to live an oil-free life with him, and they had to avoid him when eating meat.
"Everyone who's pregnant is like this. They can't control their emotions and senses. Everything will be fine after the baby is born."
Zhou Yi quickly comforted him.
Nanny Fang said that pregnant women are emotionally sensitive and need to be coaxed and pampered. Even if they are angry, they cannot stay angry overnight, otherwise it will affect the pregnant woman's body and the development of the fetus.
Some fetuses sense that their mother/father is in a depressed mood for a long time and that the mother/father's body is not suitable for nurturing the embryo, so they fail to develop and are subsequently aborted.
Two lives in one body.
Not only does the fetus affect the pregnant body, but the pregnant body will also affect the fetus in turn.
"I know."
Lei Li glanced at him and felt that Zhou Yi was being too cautious. "It wasn't me who did it on purpose, so why would I blame myself? If I have to blame someone, I should blame you. It must be because you cook every day that your nose has become sharper. I've been with you for a long time, so my nose has become sharper too."
"Okay, okay, blame me, blame me."
Zhou Yi nodded repeatedly to admit his mistake.
One of Nanny Fang’s important experiences: Don’t try to reason with pregnant men or women, because they are unreasonable.
Zhou Yi's old squad leader once said that when his wife was pregnant, she suddenly wanted to eat fried cicadas. He finally caught a bag of cicadas in the middle of the night and prepared to fry them. But his wife suddenly burst into tears, saying that the oil had sacrificed itself just to fry the cicadas, which was too pitiful, and asked him not to boil oil anymore.
She also said that the old squad leader was cruel. He didn't care at all when he saw the oil crying (oil splashes caused by high temperature frying). He only had the ugly dead cicada in his mind.
His old squad leader:???
The old squad leader argued, "Didn't you want to eat the cicada? You knew it was ugly before you ate it. Besides, the cicada lost its life, so how could you be so pitiful?"
His wife cried even harder.
In the end, the old squad leader coaxed for a long time, but he didn't get to eat the fried cicadas and even had to apologize to You.
Zhou Yi was very happy when he heard that. Now that it was his wife's turn to be pregnant, he was more worried about Lei Li's mental state. He was afraid that he also wanted to eat cicadas in the middle of the night and thought it was greasy.
——Given the current trend of eating white porridge, eating fried cicadas is better than just eating pickles. Arthropods are animals after all, and they can be considered meat.
Zhou Yi couldn't help but feel worried.
Lei Li only likes to drink porridge and eat pickles. He usually eats fruit snacks. He doesn't even eat dried meat or oily vegetables. How can he get enough nutrition?
Nanny Fang had seen a lot of ups and downs, so she wasn't that worried. She comforted Zhou Yi and the Lei family, saying, "Some pregnant women and their husbands will have a lighter taste at a certain month of pregnancy, and it will be fine once their appetite improves."
"My husband must have eaten too much and too well in the past few months. If he continues to eat like this, it will be bad for his body and the fetus, so his diet has become light. Mr. Zhou and the master and his wife don't have to worry too much."
That's what I said.
It would be strange if I wasn't worried.
Lei Li had been eating white porridge and pickles for a month. Now the baby was over six months old, but her stomach was almost the same as when she was five months old. The Lei family was very worried.
"When I was pregnant with Li Ge'er, the fifth and sixth months were the fastest growing period. But Li Ge'er's belly hasn't moved at all. If Doctor Cao hadn't said it was okay, I would have wanted to burn incense and pray to the gods."
Liu Yeer looked sad.
Lei Dashan was not much better off.
But Lei Li refused to eat even his favorite dishes, such as sour and vinegar spareribs, spicy fried snails, lemon duck, and squirrel fish, and there was nothing they could do.
Zhou Yi brought back a newly-born ewe, intending to save the country in a roundabout way. Lei Li couldn't eat meat, but she could drink some milk, right? Milk was also very nutritious.
Actually, no.
Lei Li felt that goat milk had a strong and fishy smell, so he couldn't even smell it, let alone drink it.
Zhou Yi also had no idea.
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July is the hottest month of the year.
Lei Li suddenly changed his previous light diet and fell in love with fish and meat.
Spicy stir-fried clams, fried prawns, braised pork elbow, boiled pork slices, white-cut chicken, soy sauce chicken, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, Kung Pao chicken, braised spareribs...
Even breakfast requires meat.
Pigeon porridge, preserved egg and lean meat porridge, mushroom and chicken porridge, nest egg and lean meat porridge, shrimp porridge, pork offal porridge, fish fillet porridge, scallop and sandworm porridge, eel porridge...
I still eat fruit and cold dishes every day, but I don’t like sweets anymore. I like the salty, spicy and crispy pork jerky made by Zhou Yi, which I eat as a snack every day.
Lei Li's belly grew at a speed visible to the naked eye. By nine months, it was as big as a normal full-term fetus. The Lei family also entered a period of preparation for war.
The midwife was the best in the county, and she even hired an extra one just in case. A wet nurse was found for the baby, and Dr. Cao was also contacted.
The Lei family prepares hot water every day, and also prepares towels, scissors and other things.
Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing.
But Lei Li's stomach was stable, with no signs of labor. The Lei family waited in preparation for more than half a month, until the night of September 23rd.
Lei Li's stomach suddenly ached.
For a moment.
The entire Lei family is alive.
Zhou Yi went to wake up the two midwives and his parents, asking them to look after Lei Li. He then ran to find Doctor Cao and brought back the little old man in his fifties.
Liu Ye'er accompanied Lei Li, while Lei Dashan went to prepare towels, scissors and hot water. One of the two midwives talked to Lei Li to cheer her up, while the other carefully watched Lei Li's condition, ready to deliver the baby if anything happened.
As soon as Zhou Yi came back, he ran to Lei Li's side and held Lei Li's hand tightly, but was eventually driven out by the midwife on the grounds that he was a bit of a hindrance inside.
Zhou Yi couldn't sit still at all.
I tried to calm down, but I couldn't calm down at all. I walked around unconsciously. When I saw someone coming out, I hurriedly asked,
"How's Lei Li? Is he okay? Is there anything I can do?"
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