Chapter 14 Dystocia
In several nearby villages, there are only three official stable mothers: Doctor Feng, Wang Wenpo, and Li Wenpo.
Because Dr. Feng was so famous, she and Mrs. Wang Wen were often invited to deliver babies in the capital or far away places. Mrs. Li Wen mostly delivered babies in these villages. If she is too busy, an older woman with experience in delivering babies will help deliver the baby.
A woman asked Feng Chuchen, "Your wife Wang Wen hasn't come back yet?"
Feng Chuchen shook his head, "No."
A woman in her forties ran over from the west side of the village, looking excited.
"I heard that the Taurus wife is pregnant with a debt collector, and Mrs. Li Wen is not here, so I will help deliver the baby."
She wants to make this money.
The so-called "debt collector" refers to a child who gave birth to a child with difficulty in his mother's life, which means that he came to collect debts from his mother.
One person said, "Ms. Huo, my Taurus wife is having a difficult delivery. She has gone through a lot of troubles and can't give birth. Can you do it?"
Aunt Huo said, "I have given birth to four cubs. I took care of the births of my two daughters-in-law, and I also took care of the births of my sow. I have also seen a steady woman deliver a woman with difficult labor, and I know how to do it."
He took out another ball of hair and said proudly, "The hair I collect on weekdays is really not enough for her to eat like this."
The sun made my hair shiny, and there was dust on it.
Feng Chuchen felt sick. Aunt Wang also likes to use hair to induce pregnancy, but she will wash the collected hair cleanly.
Another woman with a stout figure said, "You can't deliver the baby alone. I am strong and can caress the waist, so I will help."
To caress the waist is to hold the mother's waist.
The two ran towards Jiang's house.
Feng Chuchen knew that in ancient times, women gave birth either vertically or lying down, and most of them chose to give birth vertically.
Vertical birth includes sitting, standing, kneeling and squatting.
This kind of delivery must be assisted by two people, one person is responsible for delivering the baby, and the other person is responsible for holding the mother's waist from behind.
The person holding the waist is also very important. He must be experienced and strong to prevent the mother from tilting and the fetus to be born smoothly.
In the opinion of the ancients, vertical production has more advantages than horizontal production. Due to the effect of gravity, the cervix opens faster, which reduces the pressure of the fetus on the mother's lower back, reduces pain, and greatly reduces the chance of dystocia.
Among the upright postures, sitting is the most common for childbirth, which saves labor for the mother.
If it is the first child or the mother has low strength and difficult labor, it is better to give birth while standing. In this position, in addition to someone hugging the mother's waist, the mother herself also needs to hold on to the rope or wooden stick hanging from the beam.
Regular Wenpo midwifery will prepare several necessary items, such as a large basin, scissors, handkerchief, and small scale.
The big basin is used to pick up the baby, the handkerchief is used to wipe the mother's body, the scissors are used to cut the umbilical cord, and the small scale is used to weigh the baby.
We will also prepare some things for difficult labor, such as birth control pills, hair, rolling pin, etc.
Only Dr. Feng did not prepare hair and a rolling pin. Instead, she prepared an incense stick, three needles, and a small incense burner.
If the mother-in-law encounters dystocia, the first step is to give the mother a birth-inducing drug and wipe the mother's lower body with warm water to promote the labor process.
These two are of no use. Most stable women will let the mother eat her hair. The purpose is to cause serious discomfort in the mother's stomach and vomit, increase abdominal pressure, and "squeeze" the baby out.
If the fetus cannot be born yet, or the mother no longer has the strength to give birth, she should use a rolling pin to roll her belly.
None of these are of use, the midwives can only rely on their own abilities and show off their special abilities.
If you encounter a "horizontal" or "upside-down" birth, you have to stuff the outstretched hands or feet of the fetus into the body, and then find a way to correct the fetal position, which will further test the experience of the midwife...
There are also midwives or temporary midwives who do not pay attention to hygiene. They do not use boiling water to sterilize their scissors. If they do not have scissors, they use other sharp objects or even bite the umbilical cord with their teeth, causing infection of the mother and the infant... The ancients said that giving birth is a walk in front of the King of Hell. That's right.
If the family does not invite a stable mother, is poor, and does not have a special pot to take the baby, the baby will have to be born on the grass.
In ancient times, there was a saying of "falling off the grass" when giving birth to a child, which is how it came about.
When a child is born in a basin, it is called "birth". This word has been used until modern times. Labor also generally refers to giving birth to a child...
The original owner has a lot of memories about the birth, some of which she saw with her own eyes, and some of which she heard from her aunt and Aunt Wang.
In his previous life, Feng Chuchen had read in books how women gave birth in the old days, and it was still the same in rural areas in the 1950s. I had a real feeling after traveling here, and even shed tears of sympathy for the ancient women.
In ancient times, when a mother encountered difficult labor, it was difficult even for a regular nurse to deliver the baby, let alone someone who was not a nurse.
I can only leave it to fate.
Several people shook their heads and sighed, "Oh, the Taurus wife is unlucky. If Dr. Feng is still alive, she can survive no matter how difficult it is."
"Yes, my daughter-in-law has a small butt. She was thinking of asking Dr. Feng to deliver the baby. Why did she die?"
Feng Chuchen had been an intern in the obstetrics and gynecology department in her previous life, but in ancient times when there were no instruments to deliver women with difficult labor, she was not confident that she could continue. What's more, in this era, unmarried girls were not allowed to deliver babies. Even if she wanted to save lives, she would not be able to help deliver babies.
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The two siblings came to Wang Dazhu's house.
Wang Dazhu's wife can raise sheep. She can make some money by raising ewes and giving birth to babies and selling them, and she lives a good life.
It is precisely because Mrs. Wang has this skill and is so powerful that her tricky mother-in-law, Mrs. Wang, does not dare to bully her too much.
When Aunt Wang heard about their purpose, she smiled and said, "No money. We don't like drinking goat milk, it smells bad."
Feng Chuchen said with a smile, "Drinking goat milk is good for the body. I will often buy it for my brother to drink in the future. How can I be embarrassed if I don't charge money."
Aunt Wang received three cents. She didn't expect that goat milk with a strong smell could earn some money for her family.
Then he smiled and said, "From now on, as long as my ewe has milk, I will send a bowl to your house every day without you having to come here."
Her family has three ewes, which give birth at staggered times, and they have goat milk to sell for most of the year.
"Okay, please trouble Aunt Wang."
A large bowl can be drunk in two portions, one bowl at night and one bowl in the morning.
Feng Chuchen was afraid that Feng Buji would not want to drink it, so he said, "Goat milk doesn't taste very good. I'll buy some jasmine tea and cook it together to remove the smell."
Feng Buji said, "No matter how bad the smell is, it tastes better than the bitter medicine. There is no need to spend extra money on tea."
He had already spent a lot of money on his medical treatment, and he was unwilling to spend any more money because of his bad smell.
Wang Dazhu's wife, Mrs. Wang, came over from Jiang's house cursing.
Feng Buji is a polite and good boy, he greeted, "Grandma Wang."
Mrs. Wang ignored her, spat outside the hospital, and cursed, "I gave birth to eleven cubs. Except for the birth of Dazhu, when I invited Mrs. Wen, the other children were like farts. They fell off by themselves when I tried hard." Come out.
"There is another one that is not covered and fell into the toilet when urinating. It is easy to give birth to a big pillar, so you spend all your money on a stable woman. These women are so squeamish and roar loudly, thinking that she is the only one who can lay eggs.
"Does it hurt that much? Does it hurt that much? If it were my wife, plug her mouth. It would be embarrassing..."
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