Chapter 802 - 427: New Life (Part 3)

Huang Tianxuan slightly opened her eyes and squeezed out a smile: "Then wait for your grandson to be born."

"Good, good."

Huang Jianzhong patted his daughter’s hand again and then walked out of the delivery room with his wife and Li Qiyuan’s couple.

"Xuanxuan, call me if you need anything, mom is always here."

Gina reluctantly advised before leaving, to which Huang Tianxuan weakly waved her hand: "Got it."

After everyone left, the midwife performed an internal examination and then comforted: "Opened three fingers, the progress is quite fast, the child can be born around three in the afternoon... Tianxuan, how is your pain right now, roughly what level? If you feel you can’t hold on till then, I suggest you take the painless injection now."

"Level four? It’s okay."

Huang Tianxuan took a deep breath and waved her hand to indicate no need: "Taking the painless injection might prolong the delivery time, forget it."

Wu Wenyue: "What is painless?"

Xu Manning: "A sedative?"

What’s known as painless is a small dose of anesthetic painkiller, its advantage is significantly reducing pain, and it has no side effects. But the only disadvantage is that when the pregnant woman’s pain is not intense, it affects the autonomous contractions, and the delivery time will be extended a bit.

Strictly speaking, this isn’t really a disadvantage, being punched for a day is always better than being tortured with a small knife for half a day.

Li Peifeng felt sorry for his wife but decided to go along with her wishes: "Then don’t take it, every pain is a successful transformation, only those who can endure the pain of rebirth deserve the beauty of rebirth. My wife is born with pride and won’t easily give up, even if the world collapses, even if the pain is bone-deep, we can withstand it."

This wasn’t just Li Peifeng speaking frivolously, he was trying to make Huang Tianxuan laugh to distract her, and it proved effective, not only did he catch her attention, the other three in the connected communication line were silently cursing him...

"Who’s enduring? It’s all me enduring, you feel the pain too! Let’s see if you can withstand it?"

Huang Tianxuan used all her strength and pinched Li Peifeng hard.

The midwife sister said happily: "Xiaoli, say less, it’s better to take her to bounce on the yoga ball, I’ve taught you before, it can also speed up the delivery."

"Okay, okay, honey... should I help you down?"

"Come on."

The midwife sister reminded: "Tianxuan, remember to use the Lamaze breathing method, it can greatly relieve pain."

"Mm."

Under the midwife’s guidance, Li Peifeng assisted Huang Tianxuan through a round of pre-delivery warm-up exercises.

After tossing for more than half an hour, Huang Tianxuan was exhausted and lay back in bed, her waist ached, her back was sore, and her legs were tired. The discomfort and pain intensified, soon after, a slightly younger midwife came in, the two massaged Huang Tianxuan for a long time, said some encouraging words, and then left the delivery room.

By noon, Huang Tianxuan’s state worsened considerably, she had no appetite, for lunch she only ate some snacks and drinks, then curled up in bed sweating uncomfortably.

Unlike childbirth depicted in movies and TV dramas, with mothers crying out loud, screaming hoarsely, Huang Tianxuan was very quiet, her eyebrows locked in a fake sleep, accompanied by rapid breathing, lacking the strength to speak, her mind was active yet intense.

"Who among the family understands? Pain, it’s too painful, a thousand times worse than menstrual cramps, like a large group of fat people jumping and stomping on your stomach, accompanied by the most intense constipation of a lifetime... the suffocation and pain are relentless, each wave is longer than the last."

"Pain to the point of lacking the strength to speak, and lacking the strength to cry, ignoring everything around, only despair remains!"

Similar sentiments were ’heard’ by Zhao, Wu, and Xu throughout the morning, from initial sympathy, anxiety, fear, to now somewhat accustomed.

Wu Wenyue: "No strength to speak? Can’t even cry? So this is what childbirth is like, but somehow this experience feels a bit like that thing..."

Xu Manning: "Huh? What kind of dirty thoughts are you having? She’s giving birth, be serious!"

Wu Wenyue: "Haha, childbirth certainly needs seriousness, but creating the child isn’t dirty."

Zhao Qingge: "Stop. Tianxuan, listen to me, if you can’t hold on, opt for a cesarean, there’s no need to endure."

As a fellow pregnant woman, no matter how deep the previous conflicts were, Old Zhao was the one who could empathize with Huang Tianxuan the most at this time.

Huang Tianxuan: "I can do it. Chatting with you helps me distract and hold on. I want to face it, let the pain of death come to me..."

Time passed bit by bit, Huang Tianxuan gradually became dazed, her eyes blacked out, snowflakes flickered, accompanied by various images and sounds of other people in her heart, she fell into a half-dream and slept for a short while.

Li Peifeng stayed by her side the whole time, despite the anxiety in his heart, he tried to remain calm, massaging her, wiping her sweat, and calling midwives for checks every hour...

At 2:10 PM, after another internal examination, the midwife sister nodded slightly: "Almost... Tianxuan, didn’t fall asleep, right? Sit up half-lying on the bed to prepare, do you have any strength left?"

"...Yes."

Huang Tianxuan’s voice was weak, but her eyes were exceptionally determined, she held the handrail and sat up half-lying at the bedhead. Then, with Li Peifeng’s feeding, she managed to drink some brown sugar water, and took a few bites of banana to replenish her energy, while listening to the midwife’s final medical advice.

What posture, how to breathe, how to exert strength... these tasks were already thoroughly memorized by Huang Tianxuan months ago, at this moment she didn’t feel like listening seriously as the midwife repeated them one more time, just wandered off into a daze.