That night, a fierce quarrel came from Aunt Zhou's house, and Cao Shichu, who was more than ten houses away, heard it. She thought that by now the entire Taohua Village knew that Liu Daquan had contracted a disease outside.
"A man who doesn't love himself is like a rotten vegetable leaf." Cao Shichu sighed as he lay leisurely on the hammock in his yard.
Cao Shichu treated almost all the women in Taohua Village who had given birth and became the most respected and loved person among the women in the village. He would always be given a handful of vegetables and an egg or two when passing by someone's house.
"Mrs. Shi! Madam Shi! Come on, Danniu's mother-in-law is having a difficult childbirth. She's bleeding a lot and is about to die. Hurry up and have a look..." Cao Shichu was in the yard processing the herbs he had picked before when he heard someone coming from outside the door. Anxious shouts.
When Cao Shichu heard this, he stood up quickly. The aunt outside the door had already ran in. As soon as he saw her, he hurriedly said it again.
"I'll be right away." Cao Shichu trotted into the house to get his medical kit, and then followed his aunt to Daniu's house.
When they arrived at Daniu's house, an anxious middle-aged woman immediately came forward and pulled Cao Shichu inside. She said to Cao Shichu, "It's been almost a day since my sister-in-law gave birth, and the baby still hasn't come out. My mother In order to save money, I refused to invite a stable mother-in-law. It wasn’t until my daughter-in-law was about to die and I scolded her that she went to invite you. Please show it to my sister-in-law quickly..."
As soon as Cao Shichu entered the house, she smelled a strong smell of blood. She looked inside and saw a woman with a bulging belly lying on the bed, motionless. She quickly went over to take a look and found that her face was pale. She was covered in sweat and her eyes were out of focus. She quickly opened the medicine box, picked up a silver needle and quickly injected the mother with a few needles, so that the mother regained some energy.
"Save...save the baby..." The mother was extremely weak, but she still looked at Cao Shichu longingly. Cao Shichu said to her calmly, "I will try my best, but you must also work hard."
"Ms. Shi, what should we do now? Her blood is still bleeding..." the mother-in-law of the mother-in-law asked Cao Shichu in a panic.
Cao Shichu took a pill from the medicine box and stuffed it into the mother's mouth, and then began to give the mother acupuncture to stop the bleeding. After the bleeding finally stopped, he began to check the condition of her and the fetus.
She pressed the mother's belly and found that the baby was waiting for delivery in a transverse position. No wonder it couldn't be delivered. What made matters worse was that the mother was too young and it was her first child. The birth canal was narrow. Without external help, she would basically be dead. Two lives lost.
"The position of the fetus is wrong. I have to adjust it to the head position for a smooth delivery." After Cao Shichu said this, he pressed his hands on the mother's abdomen, looked at the mother and said, "It will be very painful, please bear with it."
As soon as she finished speaking, she began to use her hands to find out the fetus's head and feet, then held it down and began to slowly turn it to correct the position of the fetus' body.
The mother screamed in pain, but because the previous struggle had exhausted her energy, she could only moan weakly no matter how painful it was.
The mother-in-law and sister-in-law nearby looked at Cao Shichu's actions and were anxious and panicked. They wanted to help, but they didn't understand and could only worry on the side.
"Ms. Shi, is this okay?" Sister Danniu swallowed her saliva and asked.
"This is called external inversion, which is a technique that midwives often use to change the fetal position that is not conducive to the mother's delivery into a position that can facilitate smooth delivery. Experienced midwives can do it. I used to follow my mother-in-law to do it, and I saw her do this. "Cao Shichu responded while moving slowly.
Finally, she managed to correct the position of the fetus, and she broke into a sweat.
"Okay, you can continue to use force this time." Cao Shichu said to the mother, who smiled bitterly and said, "I, I don't have the strength..."
"If you have any sugar at home, make her a bowl of sugar water to drink." Cao Shichu said to Sister Daniu.
"Yes, yes!" Sister Da Niu went out to make sugar water without saying a word.
After drinking sugar water, the mother finally gained some strength and began to try hard to deliver the fetus.
But she had a difficult labor for too long and the birth canal was too small, so she still couldn't give birth. Her mother-in-law was so anxious: "Why can't she still give birth? Didn't it mean that the fetal position has been corrected?"
Cao Shichu ignored her and checked the mother's condition. Seeing that she couldn't delay any longer, he said to the mother: "Your birth canal is too small, your fetus is too big, and you have no strength. You don't know when you can survive on your own." If you delay the birth for too long, the baby may suffocate and die in the womb. If you want, I can use scissors to cut an opening in your birth canal. This will make the birth much smoother and faster. When you are born, I will The wound will be stitched up for you. After the wound has healed, your body will not be any different from before. Are you willing to choose this method?"
"I, I am willing..." The mother was tortured to the point of almost losing her life. At this time, she only wanted to give birth to the child to end this torture. There was no need to worry about her future life. As long as she gave birth now, she could give birth immediately. Boy, she's willing to do anything.
Cao Shichu then took out a pair of surgical scissors from the medical kit. Naturally, the mother-in-law of the mother-in-law heard what Cao Shichu said. Seeing that she was going to use this method, she immediately objected: "No! How can you use scissors to cut... there! What if? How can she give birth to my son again after the shear is broken?!"
"Mom! If you don't cut it now, how will your sister-in-law have a future?!" Fortunately, Daniel's sister understood the truth and immediately grabbed her mother and tried her best to persuade her.
Cao Shichu only cared about the mother's own wishes. After the mother agreed to this method, she would naturally follow it, so she cut the mother's birth canal very neatly, and the blood immediately spurted out again. Cao Shichu wiped her with gauze, and then started Press her belly to assist her in giving birth.
Sure enough, soon, the fetus slipped out of the birth canal. The big cowgirl who was standing by immediately picked up the baby excitedly and shouted: "My eldest grandson finally came out! He is really a big fat grandson..."
Then he shouted and went outside to announce the good news, leaving only Sister Daniu to ask Cao Shichu: "Mrs. Shi, what should I do now?"
"Boil the water and clean up the mother's body." Cao Shichu ordered. She was going to sew the mother's wound now. Fortunately, the wound was not big and the opening was flat, so she had the wound stitched up in a short time.
The mother lost a lot of blood. Although it was temporarily stopped by Cao Shichu, he didn't know if the bleeding would start again. Therefore, Cao Shichu had to stay and observe for half an hour to make sure that the mother would not bleed again before leaving.
Fortunately, the mother's luck was not that bad. Cao Shichu's medical skills were reliable and the blood loss did not occur again. The mother's family sent her home with great gratitude.
