Man Bao was beaten by Ke Ke, opened his eyes and stayed silently for a while, then got up.
The maid lying on the table raised her head from the table when she heard the movement, turned her head in a daze, and immediately woke up to come up to serve.
Man Bao waved her hand to let her continue to sleep.
Last night, the concubine was in intermittent labor pains, and Man Bao couldn't sleep well, and the maid serving her couldn't sleep well, even the prince who was sleeping in the study was disturbed several times.
The princess is quiet now, and it is rare for everyone to rest with their eyes closed.
Man Bao brushed his hair and went out to fetch water with the wooden basin.
The maid guarding outside saw her pouring cold water, put her hand into the cold water, and even slapped her face, she was startled, "Physician Zhou, what are you..."
Man Bao let out a breath and said, "Be more sober."
Bai Shan also got up, stood on the porch and watched for a while, then stepped forward to look into her eyes curiously, "Is this because I didn't sleep well last night?"
Seeing that he was still in good spirits, Man Bao let out a breath and said, "You slept really well."
While the two were talking, Imperial Physician Liu and Imperial Physician Zheng also woke up. The three imperial physicians and one Bai Shan who had no mission had breakfast, and then stood on the porch looking at the dark sky, "It's about to snow..."
At the Tai Chi Hall, the emperor and the empress both sent people to intervene. Aunt Shang came to see the crown princess on behalf of the empress, and went back to report after confirming that she hadn't started giving birth.
Even the empress dowager sent someone here.
The prince didn't go anywhere early in the morning, just wandering around in the yard, seeing that the princess woke up and ate a bowl of noodles, and was able to walk around the corridor twice wearing a cloak, so he widened his eyes and asked Zhou Man, "Where is this?" Does it look like it's about to give birth?"
Man Bao said: "What's the hurry, walking more is good for production."
He said he was not in a hurry, and he was indeed a little afraid of giving birth, but there was no movement at the moment, not only the prince, but even the princess became anxious, "Why doesn't it hurt at all?"
Man Bao sat on the chair, took a sip of hot tea, and said slowly: "It's not the time yet, don't worry, if you don't give birth today, it will be the same if you give birth tomorrow."
As soon as the words fell, the princess seemed to be kicked in the stomach, and then she felt wet, her face was a little ugly, she looked at the maid who was supporting her, and said embarrassedly: "I, I seem to be I'm relieved."
Holding the teacup, Man Bao blinked and felt something was wrong, "Didn't you just change your clothes?"
She glanced at her lower body, put down the teacup and said slowly: "It should be that the amniotic fluid has broken, let's help her to the bed first."
The Crown Princess froze all over, and her hands and feet felt a little weak.
The maids didn't expect it to be so sudden, and they supported the princess and dared not move for a while.
On the contrary, Wen Po and the aunts were still able to hold on. They calmly stepped forward to take the crown princess from the hand of the maid, and almost half-lifted her to the bed.
Wen Po inspected the princess and smiled, "It's about to give birth, but the cervix is only opened, don't worry, take your time."
Man Bao also took a look, then turned his head and said to the maids: "Let the small kitchen boil water, fetch some boiling water, re-iron the scissors and other things that were ironed yesterday, and spread the clean cloth, and do everything as I taught you before." come."
The maids also recovered their strength, and Aunt Yu, who was beside the princess, immediately came over to take over the command, and everyone began to move in an orderly manner.
Man Bao and Wen Po took off most of the clothes on the princess, and then opened the medicine box. She took a look at the needle bag that she put back again, thought about it, and did not have to do such a troublesome thing of replacing it.
Instead, she closed the medicine box, took out the needle bag she had kept carefully from her sleeve, and opened it. She said to the princess who was already biting her lip, "I will give you an needle to relieve the pain. Don't be afraid." , besides me, there are Imperial Physicians Liu and Imperial Physician Zheng outside."
The crown princess nodded repeatedly, as if she was really not afraid, but Wen Po, who had been keeping an eye on the cervix, shook her head slightly at Zhou Man, and Man Bao knew that she was afraid of the cervix shrinking.
Man Bao didn't speak, he pinched the needle and went to give her a needle.
The crown prince was sweating gradually on her forehead, and she couldn't help screaming, but she was not as flustered as yesterday. She remembered what Zhou Man taught her before, not to shout loudly, because it would lose a lot of strength, so she had to be as calm as possible. Listen to what Mrs. Wen said.
Man Bao continued to prick her body. After about fifteen minutes, the princess felt less pain, and she gradually accepted the continuous pain. She was not so nervous. Once she relaxed, the cervix opened slowly. .
When the women saw it, they breathed a sigh of relief, shook their heads slightly at Aunt Yu, and whispered: "There is no need to boil the medicine to induce labor, and boil the medicine to protect the fetus."
The stable woman used by the crown princess is the best in the palace. The queens and concubines in the palace are basically delivered by them. Aunt Yu can trust their skills, but she still turned her head to look at Zhou. He glanced at her and saw that she also nodded slightly, so she went down to give orders.
Man Bao kept turning the needle in his hand, asked the princess, and when she saw that she was not in so much pain, he withdrew the needle, and then looked at Wen Po.
Wen Po nodded slightly, and then said: "It's driving very fast, there are three fingers."
So a group of people sat in front of the bed and looked at the princess, waiting for her cervix to fully open.
Although it didn't hurt so much after the needle was inserted, the princess still felt that the days were like years. Seeing that they didn't respond after a while, she asked, "Have you started yet?"
The steady women turned their heads to look at Man Bao, but Man Bao could only explain, "Mother, there is no need to rush this matter, you are the first child, the opening of the cervix must be slow, and now the three fingers, if it is fast, it will take about half an hour , Slowing down for two or three hours is also possible.”
The princess didn't dare to turn around, so she lay on the bed and waited. After waiting for a while, she couldn't help asking: "I don't feel so much pain now, will it hurt especially when I'm about to give birth?"
"Don't worry, I'll give you a painkiller injection for a quarter of an hour every two quarters of an hour, but the pain gets worse as you go to the back." After thinking for a while, Man Bao stretched out his hand to hold her, comforting her and said, "It's going to be okay." , there are so many of us here."
Wen Po hurriedly smiled and said: "Yes, don't worry, the little imperial doctor Zhou gave you an oxytocin injection just now, and the cervix opened so quickly, otherwise you would have to drink the oxytocin. Look at the little imperial doctor Zhou. So dedicated, what are you afraid of?"
When the princess heard this, she really felt more at ease. As soon as she relaxed, the cervix opened faster. Only after Man Bao had two more needles, the cervix opened to nine fingers.
Man Bao and Wen Po immediately got up to wash their hands with hot water, shook the water and waited for their hands to dry slowly, and the cervix was fully opened.
Two stable women, one Man Bao stood apart, the other comforted the princess, let her breathe slowly and hold her breath, the other touched the fetal position, and Man Bao stood below and watched.
"Okay, ma'am, your cervix is dilated very well, and your fetal position is upright. As long as you use the right strength, the baby will be born soon. Come on, you follow the servant to inhale, exhale, and take a big breath. Okay, use your strength." , go down hard, go down hard..."