Lin Wanwan and Li Lizhi stood up at the same time. The latter grabbed Lin Wanwan's arm and said anxiously, "Le'an, I'll leave it to you, mother."
Lin Wanwan patted her hand and said calmly: "Don't worry, it's okay. Haven't you been walking and exercising with Her Majesty the Queen every day these days? She will definitely give birth to a little sister for you smoothly."
"That's good, that's good." Li Lizhi let go of her hand, frowning slightly, not daring to relax.
For women, childbirth is like stepping half-foot into the gate of hell.
In modern society, there is still a probability of death in childbirth, but under ancient conditions, the mortality rate was even less likely.
If you are careless and do not have adequate hygiene, even if you give birth successfully, you will die from infection later on.
Lin Wanwan followed the palace maid into the delivery room of Empress Changsun of the Zheng Palace. This was the delivery room that Lin Wanwan specially ordered the palace maid to arrange for the Changsun family.
Everything inside was spotless. Lin Wanwan prepared a lot of alcohol gel and put it in large porcelain jars (actually bought directly from Hyundai). All the medicine men and palace maids who helped deliver babies in the delivery room had been disinfected with alcohol gel.
Too poisonous.
Changsun's fetal position is very positive, and the biggest risk for her in giving birth is lack of strength due to her frail body.
Although Lin Wanwan ordered her to walk for half an hour every day as exercise, she still felt that giving birth was not that simple given Changsun's physical condition.
But fortunately in history, the Changsun family did not die due to dystocia, which is good news.
Walking into the delivery room, although there was no shout from Queen Changsun, everyone was still a little confused.
It wasn't until Lin Wanwan appeared and made arrangements and instructions that everyone began to become orderly.
Empress Changsun's pregnancy has just started, and it will take at least a few hours for the cervix to fully open. There is no point in rushing now.
"Your Majesty the Queen, I will give you an injection now to relieve the pain. Now try to relax, take a good rest, and maintain your strength. It will take at least a few hours before the real tough battle begins."
Changsun, who had a thin sweat on his forehead due to the pain and heat, nodded towards Lin Wanwan when he heard this.
Lin Wanwan sat on the bedside of Empress Changsun, and calmly gave her an injection to relieve the pain of contractions.
Compared with modern painless acupuncture with the blessing of anesthetics, the effect of just relying on acupuncture to prick acupuncture points is of course far inferior, but it is still better than doing nothing and suffering pain.
After Lin Wanwan applied the acupuncture, Changsun felt the pain subsided slightly and closed her eyes to endure it.
Lin Wanwan already has sufficient experience in delivering babies.
In the Tang Dynasty, the role of "midwife" was where she made the most use of her medical skills.
Even if the person lying in front of her now is the most noble woman in the entire Tang Dynasty, Lin Wanwan has nothing to panic.
The fetal position is correct and all indicators are good, just wait patiently.
For Mrs. Changsun, there has never been a more sweltering summer than today. Her sweat was flowing like water. The scorching sun outside was scorching the palace. Even if there were many ice cubes placed inside, it was still of no avail.
These ice cubes were put in under Lin Wanwan's strong request.
Because for the midwives in the palace, their experience passed down for thousands of years tells them that women must not be exposed to wind or cold during childbirth and confinement.
Putting ice in the delivery room, they really didn't know what the Lord of Le'an Township was thinking!
But Lin Wanwan knew very well that in modern hospital operating rooms and delivery rooms, air conditioning is turned on year after year, and the temperature is always maintained at the most comfortable temperature for the human body.
Why pregnant women can't use the air conditioner? It's okay, as long as it's not directed at the air outlet.
A suitable temperature can help mothers relax and give birth better.
Otherwise, normal people would be irritable when the heat gets hot, let alone a mother who is already in severe pain.
In order to block the scorching sun outside, the curtains on all the windows in the delivery room were drawn down to block light and heat.
The sunlight penetrated through the gaps bit by bit, and there were mottled lights and shadows everywhere.
Li Shimin, who was waiting outside, couldn't hear any movement and was extremely anxious. Every moment, he sent the palace maid to ask about the situation.
Lin Wanwan was too lazy to take any notice, leaving the waiting maid in the delivery room to deal with it.
From the hottest noon to the equally sultry night, Changsun's palace mouth opened to eight fingers.
In fact, her speed was considered very smooth, but the emperor, princes and princesses waiting outside were all anxious.
When the weather is hot, I feel extremely irritable.
Thanks to Lin Wanwan's decision not to go out and deal with it, otherwise she would be annoyed to death.
Due to her physical condition, Lin Wanwan seldom sweated, but she also broke into a thin sweat in this airtight delivery room.
Not to mention other people, they have been soaked in sweat many times.
Whenever Lin Wanwan smelled the stench of sweat, she would urge them to leave immediately and change into dry clothes before coming back in.
So in the entire delivery room, almost everyone has changed clothes three times today.
It's not like Empress Changsun gave birth, it's like everyone gave birth together.
Among the midwives here, Lin Wanwan has the highest status and medical skills, so naturally she has the final say.
Her request must be carried out without compromise. When Lin Wanwan urged her to change clothes for the third time, a midwife made no move, which made her look cold and she finally went obediently.
The more experienced a midwife is, the more stubborn she is.
But Lin Wanwan is not a soft persimmon. She uses her power to overwhelm others, so what can you do?
She will explain why everyone is asked to change into clean clothes, but she will never explain it repeatedly.
It's best if you listen. If you don't listen, you have to obey orders. There is no room for negotiation.
By the time of Haishi, Queen Changsun's palace openings were fully opened.
Once the cervix is fully dilated, the next step of delivery can be carried out.
The light in Datang at night is not good, but this is for ordinary people.
The royal palace can still be brightly lit.
In the Barefoot Doctor's Manual, there is a section specifically describing how to arrange the operating room under crude conditions.
Bundling several flashlights together as a surgical light is one of them.
Naturally, there were no flashlights in the Tang Dynasty, but there were glazed palace lanterns.
Lin Wanwan tied several glazed palace lanterns to the top of the bed for lighting, and the effect was also good.
She methodically laid out sterilized white cotton cloth and repeatedly asked everyone in the delivery room to get alcohol gel for disinfection.
Because of her calmness, the maids and midwives who had become impatient in the delivery room gradually calmed down.
Only Changsun made a few unbearable moans intermittently.
Half an hour later, the little princess was successfully delivered, and the experienced midwives and maids went to clean her and announce the good news.
After Changsun delivered the placenta, Lin Wanwan began to sew her lower body and called all the pharmacists over to learn.
Changsun's sense of pain was quite acute, and while Lin Wanwan was sewing her stitches, she couldn't help crying out in pain several times.
But there is nothing we can do about it. For the sake of a happy life in the future, this step is indispensable, otherwise she will suffer a lot.
Lin Wanwan was not shy in her medical skills. Since she had come to deliver the baby, she would naturally use her full strength.