novelraw Chapter 272 My Child Has Been Switched
Chapter 272 My Child Has Been Switched
The doctor helped Tong Yuheng onto the delivery bed. She tidied herself up a bit, and after examining her, the doctor said, "Lie down, you don't need to walk around anymore. Your cervix is dilated, you'll give birth soon. Aren't you in pain now?"
"It hurts, but it's not too bad. I can totally bear it! Isn't childbirth supposed to be excruciatingly painful?" Tong Yuheng didn't know either. She had drunk some spiritual spring water, but for others, childbirth was still very painful!
"You're so lucky, it's good that it doesn't hurt too much, right? Push harder... Yes, yes, exhale, inhale, hold your breath and push!" The doctor instructed her, and Tong Yuheng naturally had to listen to the doctor at this time.
"Wah! Wah!" The baby started crying loudly and clearly without the doctor patting his bottom. But he only cried twice and then stopped, starting to chew on his little fist.
From the time Tong Yuheng entered the delivery room to the time she came out, it was less than an hour. The birth of this child was so smooth!
The baby's skin was rosy, indicating fair complexion, and she had big, double-lidded eyes, making her look like a little girl. The nurse showed the baby to Tong Yuheng, and soon after, the baby was handed to Tong Jiahui, who was waiting outside. The little one quickly opened her eyes, looking around with great curiosity about the world!
"Mother and baby are safe! Family members, come and take the mother to the ward!" the nurse called out.
"Oh, good, good!" Li Chengsong glanced at the child and thought she was the most beautiful child in the world, his precious daughter! He completely failed to understand the meaning of the nurse's words, "Mother and child are safe."
"Yuheng, are you still in pain? Is anything bothering you?" Li Chengsong looked at his wife, whose face was still somewhat pale, and felt a pang of heartache. She had never been this weak before.
"I'm fine, I'm not feeling unwell. Have you seen our son? Isn't he handsome?" Tong Yuheng asked.
"Son? Isn't it a daughter? Her eyes are so beautiful, just like yours!"
Li Chengsong thought his wife had misremembered the baby's gender, but Tong Yuheng immediately objected, asking if someone had switched their child. Such things are quite common these days!
As the saying goes, concern can cloud judgment. Tong Yuheng sat up on the delivery bed: "Li Chengsong, I gave birth to a boy! I checked him right after he was born! Hurry! Someone switched our babies!"
Her shout brought a large group of doctors and nurses rushing over: "What happened? Why are you sitting up? Lie down quickly!"
Then the nurses collectively berated Li Chengsong: "What's wrong with you? Your wife just gave birth, and you've already made her angry! Are you even a man?!"
"Doctor, is it a boy or a girl? Tell him!" Tong Yuheng was frantic. "Mom, are you outside?"
"Hey! I'm here, boss, what's wrong?" Tong Jiahui rushed over in a panic, holding her child.
"Mom, my child has been switched! Who was with you just now?!" Tong Yuheng reached out for the child.
"Who switched your child! I gave him to your mother myself, wasn't that the one she was holding?" The nurse protested, "Wasn't she the prime suspect for switching the child?"
"What do you mean the children were switched? Who said that? I've been holding her the whole time, and I didn't let your two younger sisters hold her when they wanted to." Tong Jiahui was very confused. What was wrong with her daughter?
"Cheng Song said I gave birth to a daughter, but I clearly gave birth to a son!" Tong Yuheng looked at Li Cheng Song, seeking an explanation, "The daughter you're talking about looks like me!"
Li Chengsong thought to himself, "Oh no, did I make a mistake? That baby in swaddling clothes with big, double-lidded eyes looking at people like that, isn't a girl?"
"Yes, it looks like you. I thought it was a girl..." Li Chengsong said, sounding a little guilty.
Tong Jiahui opened the baby's swaddle and handed it to Tong Yuheng: "Isn't this your son? He looks just like you, no doubt about it! Don't get anxious or stressed, it's bad for your health!"
"You too, didn't you hear the nurse say 'Are mother and baby safe?' Our baby is beautiful, with big eyes and double eyelids, does it have to be a girl?" Look how anxious my eldest daughter is, I've never seen Xiaosong so reckless.
Tong Yuheng picked up the child and glanced at her, confirming it was the one the nurse had shown her earlier. She rolled her eyes at Li Chengsong: "Really, you're so obsessed with having a daughter?"
"Whether it's a son or a son, I always thought it was a daughter. I was wrong, I was too careless, don't worry..."
Thank goodness the baby wasn't switched! It was a false alarm. Everyone quickly took Tong Yuheng to the maternity ward, where Grandpa Tong had already prepared a medicinal meal to nourish her body and help with lactation.
Tong Yuheng's body is much stronger than that of an average postpartum woman. She stayed in the hospital for only one day and was ready to go home. However, her cultivation level still dropped from the peak of Foundation Establishment to the middle of Foundation Establishment. She will recover slowly in the future!
Back home, when the story of the baby-swapping mix-up came up, Grandpa Tong chuckled to himself. Only then did everyone realize what had happened.
"Dad, look at you, didn't you know all along that Yuheng was carrying a boy? You should have known when you took her pulse!" Tong Jiahui looked at the old man with a hint of resentment in her eyes.
"Grandpa, you watched us prepare things for the baby girl and come up with a name for her, and you didn't even remind us?" Tong Yuheng looked at the smug old man and was really a little angry.
She could also take pulses, but she was nowhere near as skilled as the old man. However, the old man would never tell the pregnant woman whether the baby was a boy or a girl, saying he couldn't tell for sure and leaving the young parents with more anticipation.
"Aren't you two quite happy? I don't need to interrupt your joy. It's good to have a little surprise after the baby is born, isn't it? Just because it's not what you expected, doesn't mean you won't like him/her."
Tong Yuheng: That makes so much sense, she was speechless.
After the old man finished his sophistry, he looked at his family with a smile and said, "What are you all doing crammed here? Go do what you're supposed to be doing!" Then he went to the kitchen with his hands behind his back to check on his medicinal cuisine.
This old man is becoming more and more like a playful old child!
Tong Yuheng stayed at her parents' home with her child until the New Year when the child was six months old. During that time, she also went back to Li Chengsong's military family compound for a few days. She and Yuyao had discussed it and decided that they would both start working at the headquarters of the special operations group in Yan City, which would mean that their parental leave was over.
The two sisters and their two children lived in the small courtyard that the Li family had prepared for the young couple when Yuheng got married. Because their husbands lived far away, the two mothers and their two babies had quite a lot of space to live in.
Tong Yuheng wanted to hire a nanny to take care of his two children, but Grandpa Tong was worried and came along with his two granddaughters. He took care of the children, cooked, ensured their safety, and instructed the nanny on how to feed the two little ones.