Chapter 311 Big Fat Boy

Zhang Shuzhen has given birth to six children, so it can be said that she has rich experience.

As soon as her daughter-in-law said she peed her pants, she immediately realized that something was wrong and her water must have broken.

"Daughter, do you feel anything else now? Does your stomach hurt?"

Once the amniotic water breaks, it means you are about to give birth and you have to prepare quickly.

Zhou Qinglan was stunned when he heard this, "Does your stomach hurt? It doesn't seem like..."

Before Zhou Qinglan could even say the word "no pain," she felt her stomach tighten and hurt suddenly.

"Mom, my stomach hurts." In an instant, Zhou Qinglan's face turned pale and she gritted her teeth.

"Oh, this brat won't even let your mother have a meal."

What else don’t you understand about this? My daughter-in-law is giving birth.

Zhang Shuzhen muttered while helping Zhou Qinglan sit down, "My dear daughter, get on the kang quickly and don't wander around.

Once the amniotic water has broken, you still don’t know when you will give birth, but don’t move around. It’s better to stay still and conserve your strength. "

Zhang Shuzhen said, and quickly took out pillows, mattresses and other things from the kangqin and spread them out.

On top of the mattress, a mat made of various rags was spread. A thick layer of straw paper was also spread on the mat, and then toilet paper was spread.

These days, women basically give birth at home, and very few go to the hospital.

Qianchuan Forest Farm is dozens of miles away from the Bureau Hospital. Not to mention that there is no car now, even if there is a car, it may not be possible to make the trip.

There is only one health clinic in the forest farm and there are no conditions for delivering babies, so we can only do it at home.

A few decades ago or in ancient times, when women gave birth at home, most of them would put corn grass under the sheets, and underneath the corn grass would be a layer of plant ash.

Nowadays, the conditions are better. Zhang Shuzhen washed the family's old clothes in advance and sewed a mat.

At this time, straw paper is spread on the mat and then white toilet paper is used to absorb the dirty blood and amniotic fluid during childbirth. This is cleaner and more convenient than plant ashes.

Zhang Shuzhen packed everything up very quickly, then helped Zhou Qinglan get on the kang, half leaning against the wall of the room.

"Daughter, don't be afraid, it's okay, mom is here.

You've just started to have a stomachache, and it's not certain when you'll be alive. I'll bring you a plate of dumplings first, and you can eat them. Only after we're full can we have the strength to survive. Just wait. "

After saying that, Zhang Shuzhen came out of the west room.

"Fourth and fifth, go and invite your Aunt Chen and Aunt Wang over. Tell them that your sister-in-law is going to give birth and ask them to come over and help."

Zhang Shuzhen entered the east room, not caring that the children at home had not eaten, and quickly asked Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei to invite people.

There are no professional midwives in Qianchuan Forest Farm.

In those days, young wives who came all the way from their hometowns in Shandong to marry in the Northeast helped each other deliver babies, and this is still the case today.

After all, most of these women have given birth to five or six children and are experienced.

Zhang Shuzhen was too busy alone, so she asked her daughter to invite Xu Xiuxiang and Chen Xiuzhi to come and help.

In the east room, the children were sitting at the table, and no one moved their chopsticks.

Mother and sister-in-law haven't come yet, so they don't dare to use chopsticks first. This is the rule.

Upon hearing her mother's words, Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei hurriedly put on their shoes, put on their cotton coats, hats and scarves, and hurried out of the house.

One of the sisters went to the Chen family and the other to the Wang family to find someone to help.

In winter, most people eat two meals to save worry.

When Sheng Yunfang went to the Chen family, it happened that the Chen family had just put the table on for dinner.

"Aunt Chen, my sister-in-law is about to give birth, and my mother asked me to ask you to come over and help." Sheng Yunfang came in and said.

"What? Your sister-in-law is going to give birth? Oops, it's early. You brat wants to come out early to celebrate New Year's Day."

When Xu Xiuxiang heard this, she put down her chopsticks, put on her shoes and went to the ground, and said while putting on her coat.

"Juan'er, let me go to your mother's house in Shanda first. You guys can eat at home."

There is no guarantee when it comes to giving birth to a child. Some people live fast and some live slow.

Xu Xiuxiang didn't know what was going on with Zhou Qinglan, so she didn't dare to delay and was about to go there in a hurry.

"Mom, let me go with you. I'm young. I'll do whatever you have to do." Zhao Juan also put down her chopsticks, got up and dressed to follow.

"When my mother gave birth to babies seven, eight, and nine, I helped deliver them, and I cut the umbilical cord."

There are many children in the family, so the eldest child knows everything. Zhao Juan watched the birth of the next few younger brothers and sisters.

Xu Xiuxiang was about to say, what did you, a girl, do in the past when people have children?

Unexpectedly, Zhao Juan said these words. Xu Xiuxiang couldn't say anything more when the words came to her lips, so she could only nod.

"Okay, come with me and take a look.

Weimin, you lead your brothers and sisters at home and clear the table after dinner. You are not allowed to act recklessly, do you hear me? "

Chen Weimin and others on the other end nodded in agreement. Xu Xiuxiang and Zhao Juan were neatly dressed and hurriedly left the Chen house and walked to the Sheng house.

Xu Xiuxiang's mother-in-law and Chen Xiuzhi arrived at Sheng's house. They did not go directly into the west room. Instead, they went to the east room to take off their coats, hats and scarves to warm up for a while.

Then when they came to the outhouse, Xu Xiuxiang and Chen Xiuzhi both went to wash their hands carefully.

"Juan'er, hurry up and clean the pot with flour, then boil a large pot of water." Xu Xiuxiang instructed her daughter-in-law to work.

Zhao Juan responded and followed her mother-in-law's instructions, carefully brushing the West House pot twice. Sheng Xikang brought firewood and started a fire, and then boiled a pot of water.

In the west room, Zhou Qinglan managed to eat a dozen dumplings while being served by her mother-in-law.

At this moment, her stomach pain became worse and worse.

"Sister-in-law, how is my eldest daughter-in-law? Does her stomach hurt badly? Did her amniotic water break first, or did she get red first?"

Xu Xiuxiang and Chen Xiuzhi waited until their bodies had warmed up before pushing the door open and entering the west room.

"The amniotic water broke first. I finally ate something just now. Now my stomach hurts more and more."

Zhang Shuzhen had been accompanying her daughter-in-law, and she was relieved to see the two sisters who got along well with her.

"Daughter-in-law, how often do you feel the pain? Is it severe?"

Xu Xiuxiang gave birth to seven children, one more than Zhang Shuzhen, and she has rich experience.

While stepping forward to touch Zhou Qinglan's belly, he asked Zhou Qinglan about the extent of his stomach pain.

"It seems to be pretty fast, every few minutes." Zhou Qinglan gritted her teeth and endured a wave of contraction pain before replying through gritted teeth.

"Okay, tell me when you feel pain again, and I'll keep an eye on the time for you."

Xu Xiuxiang instructed Zhou Qinglan while turning to look at the clock on the wall.

After a few minutes, Zhou Qinglan cried out in pain. Xu Xiuxiang specially noted the time and carefully checked the interval between two contractions.

"Well, once every five or six minutes, I guess the eldest daughter-in-law is about to give birth.

It's okay, relax, don't be nervous, I gave birth to seven children, your mother gave birth to six, and we supported them all.

Don't worry, don't push down now. It's not the time yet. If it hurts every three or four minutes and your back hurts and you're sweating, it's almost time. "

Xu Xiuxiang held Zhou Qinglan's hand and comforted her.

At three o'clock in the afternoon on January 1st, Zhou Qinglan was seven or eight days away from her due date. Her amniotic water broke and she started to have stomach pains.

Maybe it's because Zhou Qinglan hasn't been idle since she got pregnant and has been insisting on going to class and participating in various activities. Maybe it's because she's young. Anyway, she can open bone seams pretty quickly.

By about 4:30 in the afternoon, just like Xu Xiuxiang said, my stomach hurt every four or five minutes, and my back and forehead were sore and sweating.

"Lie down well. Now you can try to exert force. Don't be anxious. Take your time and use long force.

Take a deep breath and hold it in for a long time. "

Xu Xiuxiang directed Zhou Qinglan, teaching her how to exert force and how to push down in conjunction with contractions.

As the saying goes, caring leads to chaos.

Zhang Shuzhen, who had given birth to so many children, should have treated her daughter-in-law with a normal attitude. When she saw her daughter-in-law's face turned pale in pain and her forehead was sweating, she immediately panicked and forgot about everything. She only knew how to hold her daughter-in-law and shed tears.

Thanks to the presence of Xu Xiuxiang and Chen Xiuzhi, these two people were calm, directing Zhao Juan to work, and teaching Zhou Qinglan how to breathe and exert force.

Zhou Qinglan's mind was blank at the moment. She only relied on instinct and took advantage of the painful contractions to hold her breath and push down.

Just after she exerted herself a few times, she heard someone shouting.

"Come on, come on, you can see the scalp. If you try harder, the baby will come out."

So Zhou Qinglan took a rest and continued to exert force. After two or three more efforts, the child's head came out.

Xu Xiuxiang and Chen Xiuzhi stepped forward, one held Zhou Qinglan's belly, and the other held the child's head with his hands.

"Quick, hurry up and push harder. Just two more strokes will be enough. Don't stop at this time, otherwise the child will get stuck here and won't go up or down, and it will easily break."

Zhou Qinglan gritted her teeth and exerted force again. Suddenly, she felt that her stomach was empty and something seemed to have escaped.

"Oh, he's a boy, a fat and white boy."

Xu Xiuxiang held the baby's butt with one hand and held the baby's feet with the other. She lifted the baby upside down and patted it twice.

The newborn baby cried out in pain.

This baby's cry was like the sound of nature, which made the anxious and busy people in the room breathe a sigh of relief.

Then, Xu Xiuxiang used a pair of brand-new scissors that had been sterilized in boiling water to cut the baby's umbilical cord, and then tied the remaining umbilical cord with gauze and wrapped it.

At this time, Zhao Juan came in with hot water, and Xu Xiuxiang briefly wiped the baby's body, and then quickly wrapped it in a large quilt and quilt.

Then Zhao Juan handed over a steelyard, and Xu Xiuxiang hooked the package with the scale hook and weighed the child.

"Six pounds and six taels, here's the big fat boy. Sister-in-law, congratulations to you."

Xu Xiuxiang was so happy that she quickly put the child down and congratulated Zhang Shuzhen at the same time.

People generally don't eat well these days, and pregnant women don't have much to eat, so they rarely raise their fetuses to be particularly large.

Some babies only weigh four or five pounds when they are born, not much bigger than a cat. A child who weighs more than six pounds is considered very fat.

It is very rare for children in later generations to weigh seven or eight pounds at every turn.

In fact, this is okay. Considering the current conditions, if she really gives birth to a baby weighing eight pounds, the mother will suffer the consequences of old age.

If one baby fails to be born, it means killing two people.

At this time, how could Zhang Shuzhen still have time to pay attention to her children?

She packed up the baby's afterbirth, placenta and other things, and then wiped Zhou Qinglan's blood with a clean white cloth.

When the blood is almost gone, just roll up all the toilet paper, straw paper, etc., throw it on the ground, and then put it away later.

"It's okay, my daughter, just close your eyes and rest for a while. Mom will clean it up for you. Once you've cleaned it up, you can just sleep peacefully."

Zhang Shuzhen packed up the things on the kang, arranged them for Zhou Qinglan, covered her with a quilt, and then took the baby and placed it next to Zhou Qinglan.

Zhou Qinglan didn't have much strength at this moment, so she just turned her head and looked at the baby beside her.

"Oh, why are you so ugly?"

Being a mother for the first time, despite all the excitement in her heart, when she saw the child who was all red and wrinkled like a little old man, Zhou Qinglan couldn't help but said that the child was ugly.

"Look at you, why do you think your own child is ugly?

This child is so good-looking. If you wait for two days, his complexion will change, and he will look more handsome. "

When Xu Xiuxiang and others heard this, they all couldn't laugh or cry.

Zhou Qinglan didn't understand. Anyway, just trust whoever has experience. "Mom, I'm tired. Let's take a nap first."

She was so tired that Zhou Qinglan didn't care to look at the child. She closed her eyes and fell asleep in a daze.

Zhang Shuzhen didn't say anything else, but carefully tucked her daughter-in-law into bed. After making sure there was no draft, she waved to Xu Xiuxiang and Chen Xiuzhi, and the three of them came out of the west room quietly.

"Brothers, sisters, and sisters-in-law, thank you.

Oops, I was really confused just now, and I can't remember anything. It's a blessing that you came to help, otherwise I would have been paralyzed.

So what, haven’t you eaten yet? Just in time, the dumplings are cooked at home. Come and have some. "

Zhang Shuzhen thanked the two and invited them to the east room for dinner.

At this time, how could Xu Xiuxiang and the others stay for dinner?

"Sister-in-law, we have been together for many years, and we are like our own family. Please don't follow our outsiders.

I think there's nothing wrong with you. Let's go back first and come back when the child is three days old. "

Zhang Shuzhen tried to persuade her to stay to no avail, so Xu Xiuxiang and others got dressed and left.

Zhang Shuzhen could only send her son and daughter out to see them off, while she hurried to the warehouse.

He took the pig's trotters, pheasants, etc. that had been placed in the wooden barrel beforehand and took them home to rest, planning to make something for Zhou Qinglan.

"Mom, you haven't eaten yet, let's have a bite first."

Sheng Yunfei heated the dumplings in the pot, served them again, and asked her mother to eat.

Zhou Qinglan was busy just now, and Zhang Shuzhen didn't even bother to eat.

"Oh, I was so busy that I forgot to be hungry." It's true, when people get busy, they can forget everything.

"Have you all eaten?" Zhang Shuzhen remembered that she seemed to have asked the children to eat first, but she didn't pay attention to whether they had eaten or not.

"Mom, don't worry, we've eaten." Sheng Yunfei responded hurriedly.

"After we came back from Mrs. Wang's house, we just ate it."

There was a lot of noise in the West House at that time, and Sheng Yunfei and the others couldn't do anything to help, so they ate their food quickly.

Zhang Shuzhen felt relieved, so she lowered her head and ate dumplings.

The dumplings stuffed with cabbage were juicy and delicious, but Zhang Shuzhen couldn't eat well at the moment.

She was thinking about her daughter-in-law and her newborn grandson, so how could she think about how the dumplings tasted?

If you are not hungry after eating something, you should hurry up and get some food for your daughter-in-law. Otherwise, how can your daughter-in-law have milk to feed the child?