Chapter 337: The long awaited first cry (2)
Chapter 337: The long awaited first cry (2)
As the cry of the baby resounded in the room, Nana cried in joy. It felt music to her ears. Her heart felt a strange sense of contentment.
“The baby.…?”
Nana weakly mumbled. She was panting a lot after the arduous torture she went through.
Liu Chunhua and Grandma Liu felt ecstatic.
“Ah, I am a great grandmother now!”
Shin’s eyes also glistened a bit as he heard its cries. Somehow he imagined what it would have felt like…
Huian held the baby in her arms, and a whirl of emotions passed through her gaze. The baby who she detested eight months back was now in her arms.
But now she didn’t feel any hatred or resentment. In fact, the sight of it made her so emotional. She had never imagined that she would first hold their baby and with absolutely no ill feelings at all.
The baby frowned it’s little brows and cried.
“Waaahhh…”
Jinhai saw the baby, and he was still in a daze that their baby was finally born. The long-awaited moment was finally here.
Jinhai’s eyes got misty, and he didn’t stop to wipe the tears rolling down from his cheeks.
He bent and kissed her forehead. “Nana… it’s our baby…it’s finally here…”
Nana began to sob in joy and bliss. “I-is it safe…? Is it hurt?”
Jinhai shook his head. “No. Our child is fine.”
He wanted to hold his child but only after Nana was also able to hold him all fine and healthy. He wanted to stay by her side until she fully recovered.
Huian smiled through her tears as she held the little bundle of joy. “Congratulations. It’s a boy.”
Everybody at Liu family celebrated and started to dance around. They couldn’t contain their excitement of becoming grandparents.
Liu Chunhua wiped her tears. “Nana. You did so well. I am so proud of you.”
Shin said, “Huian, place him in the tub and gently wipe his body with the warm water and clean off the blood and other fluids. After the placenta comes out, wait for a minute and then cut the umbilical cord when it stops pulsating.”
“Y-yes.”
She was still overwhelmed by everything. She couldn’t seem to tear her gaze away from him.
Huian gave him a quick bath and wiped his body with a clean towel.
Nana saw her baby boy, and her heart was filled with immeasurable joy and happiness.
My baby…Thank God you are safe…
Jinhai pressed his forehead on hers and hugged her. He softly whispered. “Nana thank you…I…no matter how much I thank you, it’s still not enough.”
For a moment, Nana forgot all the bitterness between them and just relished this happiness with him of becoming parents.
She pressed his hand in return.
But then she frowned when once again, as she felt an ache in her stomach. She knitted her brows, and Jinhai immediately sensed something wrong.
“Nana? What happened? Are you okay?”
“Ugh…it’s paining again…”
“Huh?”
Shin widened his eyes.
Liu Hai, at the other end, froze. He gulped hard.
Huian was also just as confused.
“Aaahhhh….”
Nana clutched her tummy.
Jinhai asked Shin, “What is happening? Why is she still in pain?”
Shin had no idea as well. “I don’t know.”
Liu Hai steeled himself. “I…I might know…”
Jinhai frowned. “What do you know?”
“Well…”
Grandma Liu was impatient and snapped at him. “Oh, come on, Hai! Why are you standing like a mute? Say something!”
Liu Chunhua narrowed her eyes. “Hai…are you hiding something from us?”
Liu Hai looked guiltily at her.
“Tell me, Hai, or I am really going to beat you.”
“Dad…”
Jinhai said with a warning clearly evident in his tone. “Tell. Me. Now.”
“Aaah….” Nana gave another shrill of a cry.
“Say it already!”
Liu Hai jolted. He sheepishly smiled, scratching his head. “Well…I thought it would be a nice surprise for you two…”
Jinhai got a sense of foreboding. “What nice surprise…Dad?”
“T-that Nana i-is ca-carry-“
“Stop muttering like a broken record and say it, Hai!” Grandma Liu roared.
“Nana is carrying twins!”
Silence.
Jinhai – “…”
Nana – “…”
Huian – “…”
Shin – “…”
Liu Chunhua and Grandma Liu too – “…”
“WHAT!!!”
Liu Hai gulped again and looked away from everybody’s boring gazes into him.
Jinhai stuttered. “W-what did you say?”
“Nana is carrying twins.”
“T-twins?”
“How is it possible? We have gone for check-ups every month, but the doctor never said that I had twins.”
Everybody narrowed their eyes at him, and he wished just to disappear right now.
“Hehe, ~~~ I thought that it would be a nice surprise, so I asked the doctor not to tell anything to you two and keep it a secret. Surprise!”
Liu Chunhua folded her arms and looked at him as if she would kill him at any moment.
Jinhai shut his eyes, and it took him all his strength not to flip out at him. Naturally, he was happy that there was twice the joy, but it just came as a huge shock.
Shin had similar feelings as well. He was even got mad at the doctor for actually listening to Liu Hai.
“Ahhhh…”
Nana winced in pain again, and everybody snapped out.
Shin said, “Now is not the time to think of that. Nana has to push again.”
Nana could already see stars in front of her.
“I… cannot do it anymore…I am tired…”
Huian said, “Nana, Please try. Just a little more, and your second baby will be out too.”
She shook her head. “No, I …”
Jinhai patted her head and said, “I will help you. Don’t worry. Okay? Please try love.”
Nana pushed again harder. It was draining her of all the strength, and she was close to passing out.
Huian had already wiped the elder one clean and wrapped him in a blanket.
Jinhai also gave it a push from outside.
“Ughhhhhhhh!!”
Huian once again saw the head of the second baby coming outside.
“I can see the head! Keep going, Nana!”
But no matter how much she tried, this time, Nana wasn’t able to push it completely out of her.
She was drenched I sweat, and the world blurred.
“E-enough…”
Shin got alert. “What happened? Why isn’t it out yet? It should have been.”
Huian also didn’t understand. “I-I don’t know…”
But then she finally saw something. “Shin…I can see the cord on his head.”
Shin widened his eyes. “What!? That means the umbilical cord is entangled around its neck.”
Nana got afraid. “Entangled? What does it mean? Is it in danger?”
She tearfully looked at Jinhai. “Jinhai…”
“Nana, calm down.”
He looked at him and asked. “What do you mean?”
Shin hesitated. “When Nana’s belly hit the table, it might have internally caused the umbilical cord to wrap around the second baby somehow. The sudden hit and movement could have shifted the baby such that it coiled around it.”
Liu Chunhua was horrified. “What now?”
“Huian. Insert your finger in between the cord and the baby’s skin. Does it feel loose or tight?”
Huian did as told and said, “it isn’t so tight. I can pretty much move my finger in and out.”
Shin sighed in relief.
Jinhai asked, worried sick, “So is it okay?”
Shin nodded. “Thankfully, it’s not tight, but we will need to be sure. Nana push harder. Please…once the head is out, Huian can untangle the cord.”
Nana let out a deep sigh. She was dead tired by now. She didn’t have the strength to lift even a finger.
But she once again collected every ounce of her strength and pushed hard.
The baby’s head was finally out.
Huian’s hands were shaking. She was a nervous wreck. The sight of so much blood made her dizzy, and now she looked petrified, seeing the cord wound around the baby’s neck.
“Huian, now keep you finger in between his neck and the cord to give him the space to breathe.”
“I…I…”
Suddenly she felt unsure.
Jinhai said, “Do it, Huian.”
Shin understood her fear. It was already so great that Huian was handling Nana’s delivery with no experience at all. It was a daunting task, and she was doing it so well. With the painful screams and blood, it was easy to get overwhelmed and even faint. But Huian was doing a good job. Not just good, but an excellent job.
The umbilical cord wrapped around the neck could really look scary.
“Huian. Look at me.”
She bit her lip and stared at Shin. “I…”
“You can do this, Huian. I trust you.” Shin gazed at her with utter seriousness.
She froze.
Trust…He trusts me…
Nana also weakly nodded. “Please…”
She sniffled as tears trickled down.
“I am sure you won’t mess up. You did a marvelous job until now. I know you can do this too.”
Huain slowly nodded and wiped her tears.
Shin smiled. “Now, just do as I said.”
Huian held the baby’s head in her left hand and inserted her right index finger between the cord, and it’s neck. Jinhai helped Nana push, and the baby was finally coming out.
Shin observed the baby’s condition. “Slowly untangle the cord now.”
Huian slowly lifted the cord and freed the baby. She laughed amidst her tears.
“I-it’s done. Congratulations. It’s a boy again.”
Everybody jumped in joy.
But Shin panicked after a minute. “Why isn’t he crying?”