“Say something; I’m serious about it. Women and men are different. Men don’t need to give birth. To put it negatively, their part wouldn’t change. We are different. It would sag after the couple has been together for a long time, plus giving birth. Oh. I think women are too miserable. It would be fine to meet a man with conscience. If they don’t have conscience, risk your life to give birth to a child, and he will still want to divorce with you.” The woman seemed to be lamented, and very insecure, but Loredana Flores understood that women were always sensitive during pregnancy.
It was probably that her husband is very busy, and didn’t care enough about her, so she would have such extreme emotions.
“Don’t think too much.” Loredana comforted.
The woman saw that Loredana seemed to not care, and didn’t understand, “Do you really not care about it. After you lose everything will you then understand. I have way too many examples around me. Just about the friend of mine I told you a while ago, the one who gave birth using side cut. She and her husband are now getting divorced.”
Loredana glanced at the woman, and didn’t talk. Perhaps, the negativity around her affected her too much, making her to have such thoughts.
Loredana sighed deeply. She thought that if a man loved a woman, even if there were changes, then he would probably understand, as she had given birth to his child.
To apply this woman’s words, when a woman met a man with no conscience, no matter how hard she tried to maintain, he would change his heart.
She was supposedly to be in a good mood, and was trying to maintain it. After hearing this woman’s words, she became sad.
It was not because she’s afraid that she had a child and her body would change, or whether he would dislike her or not, but because life’s not easy for woman. If she met a nice man and suffered a little, as long as he understood and love her, then it’s worth it. Otherwise, she would only suffer.
She patted the woman’s hand and comfortingly said, “During pregnancy, it’s better to maintain a happy mood so that it would benefit you and the fetus.”
Thinking about before, she had heard an old master said that when a woman entered the labor room, she had to look back at her shoes, and wondered if she could wear them alive.
The medical conditions were really bad before; now, it was better. There were much fewer maternal deaths, and fewer babies were born with stupidity disabilities.
She felt that maternal love was natural. Once a woman became pregnant, she would love the child in her womb. No matter whether she loved the man who made her pregnant or not, she would certainly love that child.
It’s just like the old saying; a child was a piece of flesh dropped from the mother. They were once connected by flesh and blood, and were closest of relatives.
At this time, the woman was called. She took a pile of checklists and stood up holding her stomach. She looked back at Loredana, “Thank you; I will maintain a happy mood.” Loredana smiled back at her, and looked at the woman walking alone to the blood test area. She understood why she was so worried about suffering from gains and losses.
Probably it was because it was hard for a person to be pregnant, so they tended to imagine things.
She lowered her head and looked at her belly. It was already bulging now, and there were some fetal movements. Even though the scale was small, she could feel it. The look in her eyes became soft and tender. She was thinking deep inside, and didn’t know if the father missed the child.
‘Where is he right now; what’s he doing.’
‘Could he forget about me and the child?’
Suddenly, she let out a laugh; she felt that she had been led off by the woman, and had become more sensitive.
She fell deep in her thoughts, and didn’t notice the ‘trainee doctor’ behind her looking at her belly.
He resisted not to rush forward to cover her hand, and together gently touched the child in her belly.
After a while, Loredana was called. She stood up with one hand on the armrest of the chair. Her pregnancy was still not that old, so it didn’t take much strength.
She went to the blood test area, sat on the tall chair, and stretched out her arm. Her skin was white, so it was easier to find the veins. However, the blood extracted would be from the arm, so they had to use a tourniquet tied on her arm in order for the blood veins to be seen. Alcohol was rubbed on her arm. The doctor picked up the syringe, preparing to penetrate her skin.
The ‘trainee doctor’ standing behind her was afraid that she might be hurt. He went up to see her face; there was no expression on her face at all, but he noticed that her arm on the side was clenching into a fist. Understandably, she was nervous at the moment.
He didn’t think at all, and went on to grab her hand. He wanted to be by her side when she was facing pain in order to give her a slight comfort.
The ‘trainee doctor’ held her hand when the needle pierced into her skin. In a flash, Loredana was tensed and she totally forgot the pain from the needle. When she came back to her senses, she shook off the ‘trainee doctor’s hand without any hesitation. She glared sternly at him and scolded, “What are you doing?”
Probably, she was really pissed off, she couldn’t help but speak loudly and attracted attention from others people around them.
The ‘trainee doctor’ didn’t know whether to be happy or disappointed. He was happy because she was mad when ‘other’ man touched her, but he was also disappointed because he was not any ‘other’ man, and he still couldn’t touch her.
“Please go, I don’t need your help, I can find my way.” Loredana frowned and turned away. She didn’t know whether she was mad at the ‘trainee doctor’ or herself.
She felt her heart beating violently, as if the ‘trainee doctor’ made her heartbeat when he held her hand just now.
The ‘trainee doctor’ did not walk away, he just stood there and dared not speak up to explain himself. Until the doctor was done with the blood sampling, Loredana snatched the slip from the ‘trainee doctor’ and left.
She walked very fast, not knowing whether she was trying to escape from the ‘trainee doctor’.
She walked in a hurry, the ‘trainee doctor’ sighed deeply and accompanied her from a distance.
There were many signboards hung at each section and department in big hospitals, even if she was not familiar with the place, she can still find her way.
Ultrasound was a part of medical imaging department and it was at the first floor. There was a queue here, Loredana handed the slip to the nurse and found a seat to wait for.
The ‘trainee doctor’ stood a few step away from her.
Loredana realized that she was followed by him. She didn’t say a word and did not look at him, pretending she knew nothing.
“Loredana come to inspection room number two, please.”
After a while, Loredana was called. She took the medical record sheet and walked toward inspection room number two. She walked in and turned around her head, and saw that the ‘trainee doctor’ didn’t came after her.
She gave a sigh of relief. She deemed the ‘trainee doctor’ was too responsible. ‘He might become a good doctor in future,’ thought Loredana.
She had been pregnant before so it was not the first time for her to do the checking. She went in and laid down.
When she was about to lift up her clothes, she noticed the ‘trainee doctor’, whom she thought had left appeared in inspection room.
“Isn’t it forbidden for outsiders to enter here?” Loredana was embarrassed to lift up her dress to do the ultrasound with a man standing beside.
The doctor sensed that Loredana mind that there were outsiders here. She said with a smiling face to Loredana, “He is just an trainee doctor, don’t mind just lift up your dress, so that I can give you a check.” She was afraid that Loredana would still feel uneasy with the presence of the ‘trainee doctor’, so she added, “Please don’t discriminate against male obstetricians.”
Loredana was speechless.
She bit her lip. She didn’t mean to discriminate, just that she felt uneasy because of the physical contact with him just now, and now… She had no choice but to closed her eyes and lifted her dress. The air conditioner in the inspection room was turned on, she felt cold when her legs were exposed. Not knowing whether it was because of the cold air or the presence of the ‘trainee doctor’, she clenched her fists in embarrassment.
The doctor applied the coupling gel and put the detectors on her belly. When the image was displayed on the monitor, the ‘trainee doctor’ seemed to be nervous and excited too.
He acted like it was his first time to see such an image and he couldn’t help expressing his excitement.
The image of ultrasound was clear. The doctor seemed to be talking to Loredana, but in fact the doctor was taking the opportunity to let the ‘trainee doctor’ know more about the fetus’s condition. “The eyes, ear and nose have fully formed on the four-month-old fetus. The height of fetus is about 16cm and weight is 110g, it was about the weight of two eggs. It is well-developed and healthy, no abnormality seen, but When the ‘trainee doctor’ blurted out, at the moment he wanted to ask the doctor why, Loredana Flores asked one step before him, “But?”
Usually, it was not good after these sentence.
She was scared, she was afraid that there would be some bad news.
Her face tensed with anxiety, she did not notice that the ‘trainee doctor’ was more nervous than her.
The doctor quickly comforted her, “Don’t worry too much, although three months have passed, it basically will be stable, your body is not good, still have to be careful, you’re so thin, before that, are you suffering during the delivery time?”
Actually under the general conditions, the doctor would not ask, maybe it was because she knew that the male ‘trainee doctor’ at her back was probably the baby’s father, so she asked, the purpose was to let him know that it was exhausting for a woman to give birth to baby, she should be given more cares.
“Um.”Loredana did not describe detailedly, but the pain when giving birth to baby, it was really unforgettable, no matter how long had passed, the memory still existed.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.