Loredana was speechless.
‘Did I even ask a lot?’
She speechlessly looked at Theresa, “Did I ask much?”
“Not much. I just don’t want to waste time. You still haven’t eaten breakfast. We do the checkup now, and after that you get something to eat.” Theresa explained while helping her walked to the outside. She then left Loredana to the ‘trainee doctor’, “You bring her for checkup; I’ll be going to pay the fees.”
After speaking, Theresa grabbed the checklist and left.
Loredana wanted to call her out, but Theresa walked away fast and was now gone. She could only bother the ‘trainee doctor’.
“Sorry for the trouble,” she said politely.
The ‘trainee doctor’ didn’t say anything, though he gave her a please hand gesture. Loredana thought he was like what the doctor described; since he was a male obstetrician, he would be a little bit embarrassed, so he didn’t talk much. She didn’t care much, and followed him.
Probably she felt that it was a guy, so Loredana didn’t look at him much.
She just quietly followed behind him.
The phlebotomy department was at the first floor, while the outpatient clinic was at the second floor, so they had to get down to the first floor. The elevator between first and second floor could only be used by patients who couldn’t walk. The escalators on both sides were not opened for a long time, and basically the staircase on the middle was the only one being used. Between the first and second floor was only a staircase, and it was much convenient as there was no curves.
Reaching at the staircase, the ‘trainee doctor’ instinctively reached his hand out to help her go down. Loredana curled, and immediately explained as she was afraid that it might hurt his self-esteem, “I can do it myself; there’s no need to help me.”
Actually, she felt that it wasn’t appropriate, since it’s a guy, but she could certainly walk on her own.
The ‘trainee doctor’ quickly realized that he was a bit impetuous, so he withdrew his hand back from the air.
He just warily walked beside her, as he was afraid that she would accidentally slip, so he could catch her just in time.
Loredana felt the awkwardness, and hold the handrail while getting down on the stairs.
After walking down the stairs, the ‘trainee doctor’ again voluntarily walked up front to lead the way.
Loredana thought that this ‘trainee doctor’ was too careful, and it was not comfortable to walk beside him.
She looked behind, and hoped that Theresa would come back quickly, but she was nowhere to be seen. She could only turn back and continue to follow the ‘trainee doctor’.
Soon, the ‘trainee doctor’ had brought Loredana to the phlebotomy department. A lot of people were doing blood tests; they needed to wait on the line before being called for their turn.
The thing was that Theresa had not come back yet, so they could give the checklist to the nurse in order for them to get a number to be called.
Theresa seemed to have thought of this as well, so initially she wanted to wait at a quiet place and wait for the ‘trainee doctor’ to complete the other checkups of Loredana then would come, but they had come much early.
Just when Loredana was about to give her a call, she ran back, and gave the payment list and checkup list to the ‘trainee doctor’, “Since you are here for internship, then I’ll leave it to you for you to experience more.”
She added emphasis on the words ‘for you to see more’.
It was like reminding him that it was not easy for a woman to be pregnant for nine months.
The ‘trainee doctor’ looked up at her, and reached out his hand to take the lists. Loredana reached out to stop him, but accidentally touched the ‘trainee doctor’s’ hand. She withdrew back as if she felt an electric shock, and then glared at Theresa, “You have accompanied me for check-up, but you handed over the lists. Where are you going?”
She was uncomfortable with the ‘trainee doctor’.
“You haven’t eaten yet, so I’ll see if they are selling anything delicious outside. I’ll buy them for you, and you can eat them after your checkup.” Theresa said. “There is no need for that; I’ll just eat anything after the checkup, you…”
“Okay, okay.” Theresa disrupted her, and looked very unwell. “There is a queue here, and I don’t like the smell in the hospital. I had smelled too much before, so I’ll just go buy you some food.” Theresa then left afterwards.
Loredana did not continue to talk. Before, Theresa had been in the hospital for a long time and must have a hard time. After all, she was badly injured. She could understand that Theresa was sensitive towards the smell of disinfectant in the hospital. She sighed a little bit and found an empty chair then sat down; she waited for the ‘trainee doctor’ to hand the list to the nurse in the line, and waited for the number to be called.
After the ‘trainee doctor’ gave the lists to the nurse, he returned to her side, standing behind her.
Sitting beside Loredana was also a pregnant woman, whose pregnancy was bigger than Loredana’, and looked quite older than Loredana, but was very talkative. She was probably bored while waiting, so she initiated to talk with Loredana. She looked at Loredana’ belly and asked, “How many months have you been?”
Loredana said that hers was around four months old, and then looked at her belly. She had some experience in having children, so she could somehow tell a little, and said, “Yours must be six or seven months old?”
That woman laughed, “You are quite accurate; mine is almost seven months old.”
“Do you come by yourself? Doesn’t your husband come with you?” the woman asked.
Loredana’ facial expression was unnatural for a moment, and immediately turned calm again, “He is busy. I came with a friend.”
The woman sighed, “I am also alone, and my husband is also very busy. Ever since I married him, I don’t even have a friend by my side. By the way, is this your first child? You look very young.” Loredana faked a smile and said nothing. She was pregnant at the age of eighteen, and it was too early to give birth at the age of nineteen. She was now only in her twenties, and this was her third child. Standing behind her, the ‘trainee doctor’ looked down at her. Since his face was covered, no one could see his facial expression.
The woman thought that Loredana didn’t say anything, and thought she was right. She leaned over and smilingly asked, “Do you plan on doing Caesarean section or natural birth?”
“I am going with natural birth.” Loredana answered. Andrew and Amanda Mendelsohn were both through natural birth. Since both of them are small and it was quite painful during the childbirth, the harm wasn’t that big.
The woman frowned and said, “I planned on doing Caesarean section.”
Loredana did not understand, ‘Why do Caesarean section when you can do natural birth?’
“Why, isn’t natural birth better?”
“You are obviously young, and do not understand this aspect. I suggest you do Caesarean section.” The woman looked like she knew a lot, and even the ‘trainee doctor’ standing behind Loredana was interested.
The woman got close to Loredana, “I heard that when a woman does natural birth, their vagina is loosened up. In order to keep your husband, Caesarean section is a better choice.”
Loredana Flores didn’t think that this woman would say such intimate things in the public.
She was a bit embarrassed, and didn’t know on how to reply her.
Seeing Loredana blushing and uneasy, the woman smiled, “We are both married, so we are in the same situation. There is nothing to be embarrassed about, don’t you think?” Loredana smiled, and didn’t say anything.
However, this woman didn’t mean to stop, “You are young, and definitely don’t know the things inside.”
The woman leaned over again, and even the ‘trainee doctor’ behind Loredana Flores lowered his body, trying to understand how much childbirth affected woman.
Before, he had never thought of this question, and thought it was a natural matter, pregnancy and childbirth.
The book he bought before only talked about the stages of pregnancy, and did not say what damage childbirth would cause to a woman’s body.
“Let me tell you about a friend of mine. When she gave birth to her son, her son was too big. She said that when she was giving birth, the cut on the side was very deep, and there was no anesthesia during stitching. I didn’t experience it, and just listening to it makes me terrified.” When the woman said this, it was like she experiencing the pain; her face was tensed.
Loredana had given birth before, and had heard that this method would be used if the child was too big. However, she had not used this method.
At that time, her condition was not very well. She didn’t know if it was because the nutrition wasn’t kept up, as the two kids were very small.
“You think about it. That place on woman is just that big, and it’s forcibly stretched out. Even if it recovers afterwards, it’s impossible for it to return to its original state. I advise you to have a Caesarean section too. For your husband, you have to do Caesarean section.” The woman looked knowledgeable, and was adamant.
Loredana just smiled politely. Although the topic was too much, her heart was not that bad to switch topics.
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