frightfiction Chapter 1271: My Daughter Has Grown Up [1]
Chapter 1271: My Daughter Has Grown Up [1]
The day Tang Li went into labor was exactly one week earlier than the due date.
That evening, she was watching "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" in the living room with Song Jingtian, and just as Voldemort was resurrected, Tang Li felt a warm liquid flow from beneath her.
It was unexpected, to say the least.
Tang Li had never slaughtered pigs, but she’d seen them run.
In an instant, she guessed her water had broken.
Song Jingtian was helping Tang Li peel sunflower seeds, when she asked him to turn on the light.
Noticing something unusual in Tang Li’s tone, the little guy put down the fruit plate, leaned over, and hit the switch. When the light came on, he realized the place where Tang Li was sitting was soaking wet.
The scene with Voldemort’s resurrection was a bit scary, but he didn’t expect Tang Li to be so frightened she’d wet herself!
This was awkward now.
The light was already on, he couldn’t pretend he hadn’t seen it.
Luckily, he was the only one who saw it.
He picked up a tissue box from the coffee table, intending to help Tang Li clean up, but Tang Li instructed him, "Go downstairs and find your older brother, just say... the baby might be coming early."
Song Jingtian: "......"
Looking at Tang Li’s expression again, it didn’t seem like a joke.
The little guy ran out of the living room, holding the tissue box.
Two minutes later, the entire Tan Palace knew Tang Li was about to have the baby!
Song Jingtian ran from upstairs to the office area, shouting all the way "Something’s wrong, Tang Li’s belly broke," Xiao Minglan had just gone to bed, faintly heard the child’s shouting, just sat up to turn on the light, and Aunt Min urgently knocked on the door: "Ma’am, the young madam is probably going to have the baby!"
Xiao Minglan’s heartbeat quickened, and she got out of bed to open the door: "Wasn’t the due date next week?"
"They say she got scared by Voldemort’s appearance!"
"That guy who’s always getting people into pyramid schemes and has no hair?"
"Exactly!" Aunt Min replied while helping the old lady with her coat: "Ugly as he is, causing trouble, it’s really unforgivable!"
Whether heaven tolerates Voldemort, Xiao Minglan didn’t care, she was only concerned about one thing now: "Where’s the attending doctor? The attending doctor helping Ah Li deliver, have they come to the capital yet?"
"They originally planned to come in three days."
In other words, Doctor Fang was not at Tan Palace.
Even though Xiao Minglan was usually calm and composed, in this situation, her mind was unsettled.
She hurried to the living room, only to see the staff cleaning the carpet.
As for Tang Li —
"Sir carried the madam downstairs."
Xiao Minglan stepped into the medical area and immediately found Song Baiyan.
Song Baiyan was waiting outside the examination room.
He was still wearing the same shirt from the day, but Xiao Minglan noticed a slight wrinkle, and the sweat stains on his shoulders and back. By Song Baiyan’s feet, there was a small puddle of amniotic fluid, if not careful, the leather shoes would step on it.
At this moment, Song Baiyan was clearly too concerned about the situation to bother with these minor details.
What mattered in the face of those he truly cared about had long since ceased to be important.
Even though the attending doctor wasn’t there, a midwife had been arranged to stay at Tan Palace.
However, because Tang Li’s frame was small, the plan was a C-section, and even with a midwife, it would be difficult to proceed without the necessary tools.
Pei Shiyu understood prenatal exams but was not an obstetrician.
It would take Doctor Fang at least five or six hours to get from Shangbu.
So, Song Baiyan carried Tang Li into the examination room and had Guo Li call — to summon all the capital’s off-duty senior doctors skilled in cesarean sections to Tan Palace.
What of it if it’s a big fuss?
His wife and children shouldn’t have to endure such anxiety and fear.
"How’s the situation now?"
Hearing the voice, Song Baiyan turned his head and saw it was his mother. His brows slightly relaxed: "The water broke, still being examined inside."
Once the water breaks, the birth is not far off.
Xiao Minglan wanted to enter the examination room but was stopped by Pei Shiyu beside her.
"The mother-to-be has requested that family members not enter."
"This..." Xiao Minglan couldn’t help but look at her son, not quite understanding.
Xiao Minglan wasn’t the first to be stopped.
Song Baiyan only instructed Aunt Min to help the old lady sit on a chair: "The cervix has just started dilating, it may be a few more hours before the birth. Later, you should go back to rest. When there is news, someone will go upstairs to inform you."
Who could sleep in this situation?
However, Xiao Minglan didn’t argue with her son’s arrangements, she just looked around: "Where’s Jingtian?"
Song Baiyan belatedly realized the little guy was missing too.
Just as he was about to call someone to find him, the examination room door opened a crack.
A small figure squeezed out holding the door handle.
Song Jingtian was wearing an adult mask, leaving only a big forehead exposed. Seeing the little guy come out of the examination room, Xiao Minglan immediately asked him: "How is your elder sister-in-law?"
Song Jingtian tugged off the mask and closed the door before answering: "Two fingers dilated!"
Initially, he didn’t want to come out now.
But Tang Li, sharp-eyed, noticed him mingling in the crowd.
To stabilize the mother-to-be’s emotions, the midwife had to ’invite’ him to leave first.
It was his first time seeing such a self-conscious mother-to-be.
Not allowing him to see was one thing, but not allowing even her own husband?
Earlier inside, Tang Li had made her point.
——If her older brother didn’t come out, she wouldn’t give birth.
Tang Li knew very well that if she asked Song Baiyan to accompany her during childbirth, he would definitely agree, but the consequences of accompanying her were not something she dared to gamble on.
Even though Song Baiyan was a mature and steady man, and had experience in the battlefield, seeing a woman give birth was a completely different experience.
Especially with natural childbirth, some women might experience the embarrassing situation of incontinence.
According to social surveys, it’s not uncommon for husbands to develop psychological issues from accompanying childbirth.
Even if she wanted Song Baiyan to understand how difficult it was for women to give birth, she wouldn’t use such a tactic that would harm the enemy and herself alike.
At nine in the evening, obstetrics experts arrived at Tan Palace one after another.
By then, Tang Li’s cervix had dilated to three fingers.
At this rate, natural birth wasn’t out of the question.
The result of more than ten obstetric experts gathering was that none would concede to the other.
After some debate, they still felt they couldn’t make decisions on their own, deciding to follow the original plan — C-section. Then, who would perform the surgery became a major issue.
After all, it was the First Lady giving birth.
If that cut wasn’t done properly, there might be complications.
"Why not wait for Doctor Fang?"
"Wait another four hours? See if His Excellency outside agrees!"
Tang Li was already in unbearable pain, listening to their discussions only made her head buzz more, the heavy feeling in her lower abdomen intensified, seeing them about to argue again, she finally couldn’t help shouting: "What C-section! The head is already coming out, still thinking about C-section..."
Saying this, she gasped in pain from contractions.
The midwife looked up excitedly: "Four fingers dilated!"
Outside the delivery room, Song Baiyan had barely sat down before getting up again to pace back and forth in the corridor.
Song Jingtian sat in a chair, his little legs dangling, watching as his older brother made a few laps, he also noticed his mother closing her eyes, holding her prayer beads. He was the only one who remained calm, so he spoke to comfort them: "Elder sister-in-law will definitely be fine, the baby will also be fine."
Song Baiyan stopped and patted the child’s head.
A ’You’re good’ hadn’t yet left his lips when the delivery room door opened.
The midwife came out wearing gloves.
"How is it?!" Xiao Minglan stood up.
The midwife smiled and realized she hadn’t removed her mask, she immediately responded: "It’s done! A natural birth, it’s a little girl, six pounds and four ounces, very healthy!"
As soon as she said this, the delivery room filled with the cries of a newborn.
Cry after cry, like celestial notes.
Xiao Minglan sat back in her chair, greatly relieved, murmuring Amitabha.
The child was made to cry by the doctor’s spanking.
Tang Li was crying over how ugly the child was.
When the midwife held the child in front of her, Tang Li couldn’t believe this was her own. Although she knew newborns didn’t look good, but wasn’t this too much...
A flat nose, a flat forehead, and a face as round as a full moon.
And the back of the head, why was it flat?
Was it the natural birth that squished the baby?
Song Baiyan entered the delivery room first, seeing his little wife on the bed with a slightly red nose and eyes, but in a good spirit, he finally felt at ease. When several doctors came forward to shake hands, Song Baiyan did not refuse. Listening to the repeated ’Congratulations,’ Tang Li silently pulled the covers higher.
Unable to change the established facts.
Then, seeing it later is also fine.
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Good night!