Giving birth is excruciating, every mother knows that, but the pain of stitching up? It makes your whole body tremble involuntarily at the thought. Painful?
It was far more than just pain. Shuddering all over, covered in cold sweat was the least of it; the worst part was having not an ounce of strength left in my body.
At that mont, I couldn’t care to ask about the baby’s gender. The stitching alone took over an hour. Throughout that ti, I bit my lips until they bled. After enduring it with great difficulty, the baby’s loud cries finally reminded to ask the doctor and nurse.
"What did I just give birth to?"
"This is your second child, the birth went quickly, and the baby is very healthy. What was your first child, a boy or a girl?"
"A girl, eight years old."
"Oh, then you must be quite pleased. This ti, you’ve had a baby boy. Look, he’s looking at you?"
A boy?
Gong Mingxia felt so disappointnt. She had hoped for another darling daughter. How did she end up with a slly little boy?
"How much does he weigh?"
"Seven pounds and eight taels. Such a big child, your family really provides good nutrition. No wonder the birth was so difficult for you."
Seven pounds and eight taels? Good gracious, had I known you were this chubby, I should have opted for a cesarean section.
"Quick, check if he has any birthmarks, especially those in odd places. And his fingers, are they all normal?"
The midwife looked at her with a mixture of laughter and tears, "Rest assured, this is a baby who couldn’t be healthier. He’s doing just fine. Don’t be too nervous."
Gong Mingxia was in so much pain that even breathing felt heavy. When resting in the recovery room outside the operating theater, Grandma ca in and saw the precious grandson between her legs and also felt deeply disappointed.
"A boy, although that’s good too, I still think a girl would have been nicer. Look at this big fat boy, he really is chubby, isn’t he? You must have suffered quite a bit, right?"
Mingxia’s family wasn’t there, but this kind-hearted Grandma was. When she spoke like this, Mingxia, who hadn’t felt much until then, suddenly felt a lump in her throat, and tears started flowing down her cheeks.
"Mom... it hurts so much, I even cried,"
"When the nurse ca to tell us the good news, my heart skipped a beat when I heard his weight. Indeed, you’ve been through a lot. Mingxia, don’t worry, you take good care of yourself during your postpartum recovery, and Mom will make sure you’re well-nourished,"
Grandma stroked Mingxia’s head and wiped away her tears. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other ’tenderly’, neither of them paying attention to the newborn lying there and wailing.
"Crying is useless now, you don’t have water or milk yet. If you can bear it, hold on, but if you can’t, go ahead and cry."
Is this really her Grandma?
Gong Mingxia really wanted to laugh, but laughing hurt too much, so she had to endure and rely glance at the baby, whom she honestly didn’t find cute at all.
"So ugly!"
Hearing Mingxia’s whining, Grandma imdiately laughed, "Oh my, you think this is ugly? You didn’t see those two other kids before - one had a head squashed flat, the other with a face so squeezed it turned red and purple, and their faces covered in vernix caseosa. Look how nice and clean your baby is, I bet he’ll grow up to be a handso boy."
Hearing that the other child’s head was squashed, Mingxia got quite scared, "Gone, gone? Just like that after being born? I didn’t hear anything about it in the delivery room,"
"Oh, dear , spit, spit, spit, never say such things! They’re alive and well. I guess it’s their first birth, difficult to deliver, got squeezed out, but it’s okay, they’ll recover after about a month’s sleep. If there’s a sprout, there’s no worry about growth. As long as the child is well looked after, even the ugliest can beco good-looking,"
Mingxia breathed a sigh of relief, and when she looked at that slly boy again, although she still wasn’t particularly fond of him, seeing that he was at least normal, she gave him a reluctant smile.
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