Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 620: Breast Blockage

"It's okay, just a little tired. Where's the child?" Hua Lei asked softly.

Qingqi walked in holding the child and carefully placed the child in Hualei's arms.

Pei Jinnian, who was full-term, had a red, wrinkled face. There was still some dandruff on her forehead, which made her look a little ugly. But between her eyebrows and eyes, she looked a lot like Rong Jin.

Looking at her son, Hua Lei remembered a book she had read before, which said that newborn babies usually look more like their fathers.

This is the self-protection instinct of life. The child is using his appearance to announce to his father, I am your child, please take responsibility for raising me.

"Sister Hua, let Qingqi hold you. You should rest for a while." Rong Jin took Jinnian from Hualei's arms and handed her to Qingqi. He then took the chicken soup that had been warmed on the kang and fed it to Hualei himself. He also whispered to Hualei about what was happening outside.

Xiao Yuan came in to check on Hua Lei while she was still in a coma. He confirmed with Dean Li that Hua Lei was just exhausted and needed to rest, and that there was no problem. Then he went back to the room to sleep.

Pei Jingyang and Madam Han also went back after finishing their dinner here. Li Yuanpan had already checked Hualei's pulse and everything went well. He left a tonic prescription and also went back.

Seeing Rong Jin, who looked exhausted, Hua Lei patted the seat beside him, signaling him to go to bed early. After hesitating for a while, Rong Jin got on the kang and fell asleep with Hua Lei in his arms.

On this day, he was more nervous than ever before, but fortunately everything was fine. The next day, Rong Jin wrote two letters and sent them back to Shangjing City as fast as he could.

After that, Rong Jin took a leave of absence for half a month, and stayed with Hua Lei at home every day, feeding her personally and talking to her. Hua Lei was taken care of meticulously during her confinement.

But I don’t know if it was because Hualei ate too well or for some other reason. After a few days, Hualei felt severe pain in her chest.

When I touched it, my armpit was hard. It was over. My milk was blocked. Although I knew this, Hualei, who had never had any childbirth experience, forgot about it for a moment.

Although Mrs. Han reminded Hualei about this the day after giving birth, Hualei had no signs of breast engorgement at the time, so she forgot about it in a blink of an eye.

After a few days, I felt my milk was full. When Qingqi and Qinghua wanted to help me express my milk, I felt embarrassed and refused. This was bad. Hualei wanted to cry but had no tears.

She hurriedly picked up Jinnian and wanted him to help. However, even though the child was very hungry and clenched his hands tightly, she tried her best to feed him. However, not much milk went into the child's mouth, and Hualei was in so much pain that she broke out in a cold sweat.

The lump didn't change at all, but the pain was getting worse. Even the friction of clothes and the shallow breathing made Hualei feel like torture.

Qingqi Qinghua helps with hot compress and massage, but they may not dare to use too much force on the flower buds, so they still block what needs to be blocked.

This won’t do. If this continues, Jinnian’s food supply will be in short supply.

Although it was normal to have a wet nurse help feed a child in the Great Sheng Dynasty, Hua Lei always felt that her milk was definitely the most suitable for Jin Nian.

Therefore, even though there were two wet nurses at home, Hualei insisted on breastfeeding herself these few days. If her own breast milk was not enough in the future, she could let the wet nurses feed her.

After all, there was no infant formula in the Great Sheng Dynasty. Although there was fresh cow's milk and goat's milk, the children were too young and their digestive systems were not fully developed. They generally could not drink fresh cow's milk and goat's milk directly, as it would easily cause diarrhea.

However, shouldn't I also think of a way to make milk powder? I will still need it after Jinnian is weaned.

However, at present, the problem of blocked milk ducts needs to be solved urgently, otherwise, the longer it is delayed, the more trouble it will cause.

Hualei had also heard that in her past life, some women had severe milk blockage, which might lead to more serious problems and require surgery. No, no, no, Hualei didn't want to go to that stage.

So, at the suggestion of a wet nurse, Hua Lei took a coarse-toothed wooden comb and combed along the base of the nipple, pressing the skin tightly and smoothing it forward, over and over again.

But Hualei almost fainted from the pain, and it was of no use. Instead, her chest became red and almost broke. It was such a bad idea. Hualei's eyes were filled with tears.

But what should I do? I still have to find a way to solve it. So I took a few more hot chopsticks, tied them together, and stroked them from several directions.

When the chopsticks were cold, I reheated them and re-stretched them. After repeating this several times, I held Jinnian over to help suck. However, the child was still too young and lacked strength, so the effect was minimal.

Seeing Hua Lei suffering and unable to sleep all night, and Jinnian unable to help, Rong Jin felt distressed and helpless, and several times he wished he could do it himself.

However, Hua Lei couldn't bring herself to ask Rong Jin for help. Her only option now was to ask for help from Li Yuanpan, but the position was really embarrassing.

Although she is a modern soul, in such a private place, Hualei is still a little reluctant to seek medical treatment. Alas, why is there no female doctor? Hualei sighed to the sky.

After Madam Han learned about Hualei's milk blocking, she personally checked it out and asked someone to invite Li Yuanpan to come. After feeling her pulse, Li Yuanpan prescribed a few medicines, and after ten days of hard work, the milk blocking was finally solved.

Jinnian's food supply was finally guaranteed. It turned out that the problem could be solved by just feeling the pulse? Hualei was at a loss whether to laugh or cry at her own stupidity.

Although Madam Han still didn't say much to Hualei, she still reminded Hualei again what a mother should pay attention to and what she should eat and drink.

He also instructed his subordinates to serve more carefully and make all arrangements for Hualei, including sending a large amount of nourishing herbs, so that Hualei didn't need to worry any more.

As for herself, she spent most of her time in another room, holding Jinnian in her arms. Apart from feeding the child, she also enjoyed doing other things like changing diapers and putting the child to sleep.

The child grew like a bubble every day, and soon, the child was one month old. Of course, according to Hualei's wishes, everything was kept simple, and there was no third-day bathing banquet or full-month banquet.

However, what Hua Lei did not expect was that when the villagers in several villages in Mobei who had received Hua Lei's help learned that she had given birth, they asked the village chief to send them all kinds of fresh vegetables, live chickens and ducks, as well as eggs. The yard of Hua Lei's house was filled to the brim with them, and they could not be pushed away.

There was no other way, Hua Lei could only follow the custom of her hometown and ask Sister Hehua to make a batch of red eggs, and then send them back to the villagers with four red eggs and half a pound of brown sugar for each household.