Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 1398 Huang Huijie Gives Birth (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

These past few days, Fang Yan has been paying close attention to his wife.

Her due date is probably in the next few days.

Logically speaking, Zhu Lin confirmed her pregnancy earlier than Huang Huijie, so Zhu Lin should have given birth before Huang Huijie. However, Huang Huijie is an older mother, so it's hard to say. Moreover, the due date usually fluctuates by about 14 days.

There are also some cases of post-term pregnancy exceeding fourteen days. The most famous example is Jackie Chan, whose case is not only post-term but also a rare case of extremely long-term post-term pregnancy.

他本应在1954年1月出生，但是实际分娩时间为1954年4月，孕期长达12个月（约48周），较常规预产期推迟8周，是普通过期妊娠的4倍。

He weighed 12 pounds at birth, making him a typical "macrosomic infant".

It even made the local Hong Kong news at the time.

So both Zhu Lin and Huang Huijie may have children during this period; it's just a matter of who gives birth first.

Upon hearing the knocking, Fang Yan and Zhu Lin were both awakened, and not only them, but many people in the courtyard got up.

Now I'm certain that Huang Huijie's water has broken.

If amniotic fluid leaks out, it means the amniotic sac has ruptured, and immediate action must be taken.

A stretcher had been prepared here long ago. It was a prototype that Fang Yan had invented for the army. The original product was left at Fang Yan's house.

The two bodyguards, Cui Changshou and Li Chuanwu, immediately carried Huang Huijie and, escorted by the crowd, brought her to her mother's department.

There are always people on duty in the maternity ward here, especially recently. My mother knew that my daughter-in-law was about to give birth, so she "abused her power" and added some more people. I didn't expect that my daughter-in-law would be used before Old Hu's daughter-in-law was.

With the help of the nurse on duty, Cui Changshou and Li Chuanwu carefully moved Huang Huijie onto the stretcher. Old Hu held his wife's hand, his voice trembling, "Huijie, just bear with it a little longer, we'll be in the delivery room soon!"

Huang Huijie was in so much pain that her forehead was covered in sweat, but she still remembered to give Lao Hu some instructions:

"All of you come in and keep watch. I don't trust one person to do it alone!"

Having suffered multiple miscarriages in the past, and although she now knows who is behind it, Huang Huijie is still worried and hopes to be surrounded by her own family during childbirth.

Logically, this shouldn't be allowed, but since I'm the deputy director of this department, I immediately said to Lao Hu and the others:

"Come in with me and change your clothes."

As soon as Huang Huijie was pushed past the maternity ward nurses' station on the stretcher, her mother reached out and pushed open a door at the end of the corridor, painted light green. A metal sign was nailed to the lintel, with the words "Delivery Area, Unauthorized Personnel Prohibited" printed in red paint.

This was the first time Fang Yan and his companions had entered this place. Behind the door was not the delivery room, but a corridor about two meters wide. The floor was paved with off-white non-slip tiles, and light gray anti-collision strips were embedded in the walls. Every few steps, a warm yellow wall lamp was hung, the light not bright but enough to see the way.

Blue directional signs are posted at intervals on the walls along both sides of the corridor:
"Labor Room →"

Delivery room →

Emergency Response Room →

The arrows all point to a corner deep in the corridor.

Near the door was a stainless steel workbench with hand sanitizer, disposable shoe covers, and sterile caps. The nurse on duty quickly walked over, took out several packs of dark blue sterile isolation gowns from the cabinet, and handed them to Fang Yan and Lao Hu.

The old woman also started changing her clothes, and said to Fang Yan and the others:

"Change your clothes first, put shoe covers above your ankles, and cover your hair completely with a hat. You will also need to wash and disinfect your hands before entering the delivery room."

Huang Huijie lay on the stretcher, groaning in pain. Her mother quickly changed her clothes, then reached out to hold onto the edge of the stretcher, walking forward while gently comforting her:
"Just a little longer, the delivery room is just around the corner. We'll do fetal heart monitoring first to check on the baby's condition."

As we spoke, we reached the corner of the corridor. After turning the corner, we entered another area. The doors here were all made of frosted glass and labeled with numbers such as "Delivery Room 1," "Delivery Room 2," and "Delivery Room 3." At the very back, there was a heavy iron door labeled "Operating Room," which was prepared for emergency cesarean sections.

Near the end of the corridor were two open labor rooms, each containing three delivery beds with guardrails. Monitoring equipment was attached to the foot of each bed, and fetal heart monitors and IV stands were mounted on the walls.

The thin nurse on duty pushed Huang Huijie into the innermost labor room, helped her adjust her position, and then took out a fetal heart probe and attached it to her pregnant belly. The instrument screen quickly showed a fluctuating green curve, accompanied by the "thump thump thump" of the fetal heartbeat.

"Director He, the fetal heart rate is 142 beats per minute, which is normal," the nurse reported loudly to my mother while taking notes.

After changing her clothes, the old woman said:
"We're doing an internal exam now to see how dilated your cervix is." Old Hu stood at the door of the delivery room, clutching his newly changed isolation gown. He wanted to go in but was afraid of disturbing them. His mother glanced back at him and said to them:
"Come in, I feel more at ease with you all here."

After Lao Hu changed into his protective suit and entered the labor room, he discovered that the labor room and the delivery room were connected.

At the far end of the labor room is a sliding door that leads to the delivery room. The delivery bed in the delivery room is wider than that in the labor room, with an adjustable footrest at the foot of the bed. A movable shadowless lamp hangs from the ceiling, and a cart next to it holds forceps, sterile gauze, and emergency medicines. There is also an oxygen cylinder in the corner with a transparent oxygen tube attached to it.

"If my cervix dilates quickly, I can give birth right here in the delivery room without having to move," my mother said, walking over and pointing to a small cubicle in the delivery room.
"That's the family accompaniment area. There are chairs there, so you can stay there with your family. You can see them, but it won't interfere with the operation."

Upon hearing this, Huang Huijie gripped Lao Hu's hand tightly. Although her face was still pale, her eyes were calmer. With her own people by her side, the unease left by her past miscarriages seemed to lessen.

Occasionally, the sound of other nurses' footsteps and the soft beeping of medical equipment could be heard in the corridor. There was no noise from the wards outside. At this moment, Lao Hu also calmed down. Then he looked around and saw Fang Yan here, and two bodyguards here.

"It should be fine, right?" Old Hu asked Fang Yan in a low voice. He was also very flustered at the moment. Huang Huijie had miscarried many times before, and this was the first time she had been pregnant and given birth.

Fang Yan patted Lao Hu on the shoulder, his gaze first sweeping over the steadily beating green curve on the fetal heart monitor, then landing on Huang Huijie's gradually relaxing face. His voice was low but steady:
"Don't worry, the situation is better than we expected. The fetal heart rate is 142 beats per minute, which is within the normal range. The nurse did a check just now and didn't say anything abnormal about the amniotic fluid. Before, it was a case of someone trying to sabotage us. Now we're keeping a close eye on them. The delivery room is full of our own people, so no one will dare to do anything underhanded again."

"And my mom is here. She's been delivering babies for so many years and has seen a lot of older mothers and high-risk pregnancies. When she did the internal exam just now, she seemed quite calm. If the cervix dilates smoothly, then we can just wait for the baby to come out without any problems."

"And we've been so careful during her pregnancy. From diet to prenatal checkups, we haven't been careless at all. She's also been through a lot. Now that we've finally reached this point, the baby definitely wants to come out safely to see you."

Old Hu nodded:
"Yes, yes, there's definitely no problem, there's definitely no problem!"

Fang Yan checks on Huang Huijie every day and takes good care of her in every way. Moreover, they are now in mainland China, away from the family members who harmed her before.

"Think about what name to give the child now," Fang Yan said to Lao Hu with a smile.

Old Hu laughed when he heard this.

Just then, the internal examination results came out, and my mother straightened up and said to everyone:
"Your cervix is ​​dilated to 6 centimeters, which is good. Get ready to go to the delivery room! We'll take care of the rest."

After saying that, she and the nurses immediately pushed the gurney and sent Huang Huijie to the connecting delivery room. Old Hu followed closely behind, and according to his mother's instructions, he stood in the family accompaniment area, his hands tightly gripping the railing of the cubicle, his eyes never leaving Huang Huijie for a moment.

In the delivery room, the operating lights were adjusted to a suitable angle, casting a warm yellow light on the delivery bed. The nurse helped Huang Huijie adjust her delivery position and taught her to push in accordance with the contractions.

"Director He said you're pushing very accurately. Just hold on a little longer, and the baby will be out soon!" Huang Huijie gritted her teeth, sweat streaming down her face. Old Hu was anxiously rubbing his hands, but could only whisper, "Huijie, keep going! I'm here!"

Fang Yan and two bodyguards stood guard outside the delivery room. They could clearly hear the sounds coming from inside: Huang Huijie's suppressed cries of pain, the nurses' encouraging voices, and the continuous beeping of the instruments.

During this commotion, the dean and Director Hu also came over.

It turns out that the hospital director had instructed them beforehand that they should be notified when Huang Huijie was about to give birth here, since she was an important overseas Chinese patient of the hospital, and they had done a lot of work to promote Peking Union Medical College Hospital, so they had to come and see her.

Both of them got out of bed and came over without even changing their clothes.

I changed my clothes after I came in.

Fang Yan explained the situation to them from the side, and since they couldn't go in, Fang Yan waited outside.

About twenty minutes later, my mother's voice suddenly came from inside:
"I can see the baby's head! Huijie, give it one last push!"

Immediately afterwards, Huang Huijie let out a long, drawn-out straining sound, followed by a clear cry of a newborn baby that echoed throughout the delivery room.

"It's born!" Old Hu's voice came from inside.

Hearing this, the people outside finally felt relieved. They were the patients Fang Yan had treated the longest, from the initial infertility to the birth of their child, almost a year had passed.

"Hey, it hasn't been said yet whether it's a daughter or a son?" the dean asked quietly from the side.

It seems I heard something outside; I heard my mother's voice coming from inside:
"Mother and daughter are safe and sound. It's a girl, weighing 6 pounds and 1 ounce."

P.S.: I still owe you all 33,000 words after finishing this chapter.

Continue tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)