(Correspondents Luo Huarong and Huang Jieying) At 0:03 on January 1, 2023, 32-year-old Ms. Zhu gave birth to a healthy baby boy at the Hubei Maternal and Child Health Hospital. This "New Year's Day baby" was due in two weeks, and was born on the first day of the new year ahead of schedule, giving new parents a "big surprise."
Ms. Zhu and her husband work in Yichang . After becoming pregnant in April 2022, her husband, Mr. Huang, suggested that his wife return to Wuhan when she gave birth and give birth at the Hubei Maternal and Child Health Hospital. On December 26 last year, seeing his wife's due date approaching, the couple rushed back to Wuhan to prepare for the birth.
On December 31, Ms. Zhu, who was 38 weeks pregnant, went to the Obstetrics and Obstetrics Department of the Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital to wait for delivery after her water broke at home. After being admitted to the hospital, the doctor found that Ms. Zhu’s baby was in an “occipito-posterior position,” which is commonly known as “abnormal fetal position.” "This fetal position has the risk of dystocia, but we see many such pregnant mothers every year, and we also have rich experience to help you try to give birth . Are you willing to give it a try?" When Qi Xiaojuan, the midwifery team leader in the delivery room, told Ms. Zhu about this special situation, she thought about it and felt that natural delivery would be better for the baby, so she decided to work hard for the baby.
Ms. Zhu’s labor process was relatively long. Although she received labor analgesia, because the fetal position was not good, she worked harder than ordinary mothers and consumed a lot of physical energy. However, this strong mother never mentioned giving up to the doctors and midwives and persisted bit by bit until the end.
After entering the delivery room , the midwife invited the expectant father, Mr. Huang, to accompany the delivery. After meeting her husband, Ms. Zhu's nervousness relaxed a lot. In order to protect the baby in this special fetal position, Yang Qiong, deputy chief physician of the obstetrics department, and Qi Xiaojuan, head of the midwifery team, professionally guided and accompanied Ms. Zhu throughout the delivery. At the last moment of delivery, with the constant encouragement from the doctors and her husband, the exhausted Ms. Zhu mustered up the courage, tightly grasped the handrail of the delivery bed, and tried her best to deliver the baby smoothly, a boy weighing 3,335 grams. Looking at his wife who was sweating profusely in the winter night and hearing the child's loud cry, her husband Mr. Huang was very excited: "Thank you, wife, thank you to the doctor and midwife, it is really not easy for a woman to give birth!"
When the midwife reported the birth time of 00:03, the couple laughed again in surprise, "What a coincidence, what a coincidence. I didn’t expect that the baby could be born at such a special moment. He is a little expert at ‘jumping in’. This is the most surprising New Year gift.”
In the Optics Valley Branch of Hubei Maternal and Child Health Hospital, 30-year-old Ms. Yan also gave birth to her first baby at 3:11 in the morning. She weighed 3330 grams and was a healthy and cute little princess. Ms. Yan's entire prenatal checkup was completed at the Optics Valley Campus, and her pregnancy was very smooth. "We all trust the doctors and nurses here." Although it was her first delivery, this tall new mother, who is 174cm tall, was very calm and cooperated with the medical care during the delivery. Under the professional guidance of midwife Song Haixiang and accompanied by her husband, Mr. Ke, she completed the entire delivery process with ease. Song Haixiang invited Mr. Ke to cut the baby's umbilical cord. The new father carefully completed the final delivery process for the "little cotton-padded jacket" with slightly trembling hands.
Looking at their daughter, the couple immediately decided to name her "Yuanyuan". "On this special day, the birth of the child brings us the greatest joy in the new year. I hope she will be safe and happy forever." Mr. Ke said.
