At 6:24 on August 15, the female giant panda "Yaya", who had been pregnant for 145 days, showed signs of labor. At first, she raised her head slightly, raised her feet, and made "bleating" sounds...
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When they discovered that something was wrong with Yaya, everyone reacted immediately and initially thought that the production would go smoothly, but they soon gave up this idea.
Because this time, no one expected that Yaya would have symptoms of dystocia, which caught the experts at the research base off guard and quickly sought help from the best obstetrics and gynecology hospital in the city.
Dystocia in giant pandas is the first time this has happened in the world. Because the giant panda mother is very big and the cubs are very small, no bigger than a panda's hand. Dystocia is unlikely to happen. Everyone is concerned about this situation.
They were all miserable, but there was nothing they could do.
Ten minutes later, the amniotic water broke, and there was silence all around, except for the nervous heartbeat of everyone, who was all looking forward to the arrival of this little guy.
After all, this is the only cub born in the base this year.
As time passed, Yaya licked her lower body, hugged her legs tightly, fell down, sat up, lay down, straightened her legs in the air... and repeated these actions.
Five hours have passed, but Yaya has not given birth yet, which surprises the experts. After all, a normal giant panda birth takes more than two hours, and even for twins, it does not take more than five hours.
The news of Yaya's dystocia soon spread through the official account. This was undoubtedly heart-wrenching news because the unborn cub was most likely stillborn.
Everyone is particularly concerned about Yaya, hoping that she will be fine and that her baby will be born smoothly.
Unfortunately, things went against expectations. During the first B-ultrasound, it was discovered that the baby in the belly had no heartbeat.
"It's so uncomfortable. Why did it become like this?"
Some staff couldn't help crying when they saw such a scene, but they were not sad yet, because the fetus was dead, so for Yaya's safety, the fetus had to be taken out.
Giant pandas are not allowed to have caesarean sections, so the current option is to use medication. Panda experts and obstetricians and gynecologists have launched a joint operation.
After two days of medication, at 8:39 a.m. on August 17, the stillborn fetus in Yaya’s belly was finally expelled.
Looking at this delicate little guy, he is no bigger than a human hand, and his whole body is red, just like a newborn mouse.
The experts hurried forward to check the girl's body, but at this moment, the little cub that they judged to be dead suddenly screamed, which undoubtedly frightened everyone present.
"Baa baa~ baa baa~"
The little guy suddenly screamed and jumped on the ground.
Xu Qiaoqiao was directly confused. What is going on?
Not a giant panda?
Why was it so dark before her eyes? She subconsciously wanted to scream, but she could only make those bleating sounds, and her body had no strength and was lying limp. This situation was simply worse than that of the little hedgehog.
Suddenly Xu Qiaoqiao felt that she was being picked up by someone, who was wiping her body with a towel.
Feeling someone approaching, Xu Qiaoqiao suddenly stopped making trouble. She couldn't hear their voices or see the current situation, but she could feel their touch.
Isn't this just a newborn?
Xu Qiaoqiao guessed that if this was the case, then the current situation was completely consistent. When she thought about the size of the panda when it was just born, and the human hand that just held her, it was bigger than her.
There is no doubt that this guess is correct.
The fact that the baby bear suddenly came to life shocked everyone present. It took three seconds for the keeper to react, pick up the baby bear, and rush to check the baby bear.
"Oh my god, isn't this baby bear dead?"
"Yes, when we did the B-ultrasound before, there was no reaction at all."
"This is nothing short of a miracle!"
The remaining medical staff were checking Yaya's physical condition, and at the same time expressed some breast milk, and asked people to quickly send it to the cubs. The mother bear's current condition is not suitable for breastfeeding, because during the few days of dystocia, she consumed a lot of milk.
The strength was really too much, and I also took medication.
It is a miracle that a baby can survive after being born under such circumstances.
The breast milk was still warm when it arrived, which also shows that the breeder was fast enough.
Xu Qiaoqiao stayed there very quietly at the moment. Apart from occasionally moving her hands and rolling over to let them know that she was still alive, she had nothing to do.
Suddenly, she felt like a tube was inserted into her mouth, and a sweet milk-like liquid was poured into her mouth. Not long after she was born, Xu Qiaoqiao didn't eat at all, and now she was very hungry, which also made her
I couldn't help but scream a few times just now.
But this shouldn't be milk, it might be mother's breast milk. Xu Qiaoqiao guessed that after all, if they have breast milk, how could they use other milk to replace breast milk.
After drinking, Xu Qiaoqiao felt much better. The baby was originally very sleepy when he was born. After feeling that the breeders had done all the inspections, Xu Qiaoqiao couldn't help but fall asleep.
But what Xu Qiaoqiao didn't know was that after she fell asleep, she was surrounded by a circle of keepers. They looked at the little guy sleeping soundly and couldn't believe these things.
"This is incredible." A female breeder looked at Xu Qiaoqiao in surprise, her eyes filled with maternal love.
"You've said this several times." The older breeder next to her said.
"But it's really a miracle. You can see that it was definitely a stillbirth, but after it was expelled, it actually lived."
They were not the only ones who were surprised. After confirming that both the mother bear and the cub were safe and sound, the staff logged into the account in time to tell the news.
After all, the last message they sent was really heartbreaking. Pandas are their national treasures, and losing one is a great harm.
Under that message, everyone was concerned about what happened to the baby bear, and many people were praying, hoping that mother and child would be safe.
Then two days later, they discovered a new piece of information. It turned out that the mother and daughter were safe. Yaya finally gave birth to the baby after enduring so many difficulties.
What a joy! What a joy!
(The prototype of Yaya is a female bear called Eryatou. Some of the information is similar to Eryatou, and the rest is my own. If you are interested, you can search it by yourself. It is really disturbing after reading it.)