Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 551 - 549

Chapter 551: 549

Ming Jingya felt a moment of relief, the sensation of heavy bleeding had stopped, she shook her head and said, "It doesn’t seem to be so much anymore."

Doctor Luo nodded, "The bleeding of Lady Rui’an has stopped, there is no urgency now, just keep warm and avoid the wind during the postnatal period."

Could it be that the magical elixir given to Lady Rui’an by Countess Rui’an had managed to stop the bleeding in no time?

The doctor still found it hard to believe, mother’s who had suffered hemorrhage typically struggled to bear children in the future, she couldn’t help but ask, "Doctor, has Lady Rui’an suffered any physical damage?"

Doctor Luo shook his head, "No, the current pulse of Lady Rui’an is just like a smoothly delivered woman."

Just like a smoothly delivered woman? What a joke!

The doctor did not believe it, lifted a pulse, and it was true!

This was truly unbelievable.

Turns out it wasn’t Countess Rui’an being extravagant with her words, but their own ignorance.

No wonder the prince was so trusting of Countess Rui’an, it appears Rui’an County truly has the skills!

Doctor Luo checked the baby’s pulse once again, then his brow furrowed: "She has a congenital deficiency, she’ll likely be frail and often ill in the future."

Doctor Luo looked over at Xiao’er after he finished, "Xiao’er, do you have a solution?"

Xiao’er nodded, "Yes, but the child is too young now, we can only nourish her slowly. I think I’ll let my sister-in-law eat some medicinal meals first, and then breastfeed her."

Breastfeeding? Could it be done this way? Doctor Luo had never thought of this before.

However, breastfeeding mothers couldn’t eat a lot of things, as they feared the child would not be able to handle her milk. If a small amount of medicine was fed to the child through the mother’s milk, it would likely be more gentle, this might not be a bad idea.

"So breastfeeding means the mother takes medicine, the medicinal ingredients appear in human breast milk, and then it’s fed to the child?" Di Shaowei asked.

"Yes, in this way the medicine won’t be so overpowering, and she would be able to bear it." Xiao’er nodded.

"This is a good method! And we wouldn’t have to worry about the child choking when administering medicine." The imperial doctor said.

"The nurse! We haven’t found the wet nurse!" The General’s wife had just remembered this important matter.

The child was supposed to be born two months later, the three wet nurses the General’s wife had selected were all due next month.

Now, with the premature birth, the previously arranged wet nurses couldn’t be used yet, and they had to find a new one.

But it wasn’t easy to find a wet nurse, not only did they need to ask the imperial doctor to check her physical health for any hidden diseases, but they also had to inquire about the woman’s temperament, to select a well-tempered person as a wet nurse.

"Quick, send someone to look, or the child will be hungry when she wakes up!" Mrs. Di instructed her maids to get one.

The child was already deficient from birth, she couldn’t go hungry, could she?

Xiao’er watched them fret and found the wealthy families of the ancient times strange. Why must they find a wet nurse, every mother has enough milk to nurse a baby after giving birth, and colostrum is the most nutritious and contains many antibodies. Thus, Xiao’er suggested, "Let my sister-in-law feed the child herself, if there’s not enough milk, then find a wet nurse. Every mother has enough milk to feed a child."

"But the first secretion after giving birth is ’dirty things’; how can we feed that to the child?" said Mrs. Di.

The colostrum is dirty? What kind of concept is that?

Currently, colostrum is believed to have the highest nutritional value in terms of milk. Moreover, colostrum is rich in antibodies, abundant proteins, low fat, and contains all kinds of enzymes and carbohydrates required by babies, these are things other foods cannot provide.

Colostrum is rich in immune globulin, lactoferrin, lysozyme, and other immune active substances, it also contains many immune cells, which can protect the delicate mucous membranes of the newborn’s digestive and respiratory tract from microbial invasion, helping to reduce the severity of the baby’s infection. In other words, it can strengthen the ability to fight infections, it has the function of preventing infections and enhancing immune functions.

Xiao’er felt that she again needed to give these backward ancients a science tip.

"Mrs. Di, colostrum is not dirty, but a good thing! It is nutritious and contains many things that can protect a child new to this world from diseases. Colostrum can strengthen the resistance of newborns and promote the development of the child’s gut."

"Is this really true? So our previous practices were wrong." Mrs. Di couldn’t believe it.

"Of course it’s true, so it’s definitely more advantageous for my sister-in-law to breastfeed herself. But in this way, my sister-in-law may be more tired. Besides, she had taken a pill when she fell, and took two more after giving birth. Those pills have components that nourish the body, now my sister-in-law’s milk is most suitable for feeding the little girl."

"I’m not afraid of being tired, I’ll feed her myself!"

Ming JingYa was not afraid of being tired, as long as it was for the good of the child, besides she only had to nurse the child, how could she be tired.

After hearing Xiao’er’s words, Di Shaowei also felt it would be best to let Jingya feed the child herself, this way they wouldn’t have to worry about any hidden diseases the wet nurse might have.

The doctor and the midwife felt they’d learnt something new today.

No wonder the children of ordinary and poor families tended to be stronger than those of the wealthy families; it turns out they were drinking good stuff from birth!

Doctor Luo was unfamiliar with this, but he trusted Xiao’er’s words unconditionally, it seemed he would have to remind other pregnant women about the benefits of colostrum in the future and not to waste it.

As the child’s mother, even if she didn’t want to nurse the child, she should still suffer for a few days and let the child drink the precious colostrum, it was the right thing to do as a mother.

After Ming Jingya finished nursing the baby, both mother and daughter went to sleep together.

In the meantime, Xiao’er personally stewed a postnatal meal in a small kitchen and kept it warm on the stove, so it would be just right to eat when Ming Jingya woke up.

Di Shaowei had all the relevant servants called over, and he questioned the cause of Ming Jingya’s premature birth.

He punished all the people involved for dereliction of duty, penalized them a month’s wages and gave them ten beatings each!

The gatekeeper and the woman at the second gate were both dismissed from their posts and assigned to sweep the courtyard.

The gatekeeper was now fuming at Li MingFang!

The woman from the second gate felt guilty, she thought she was going to be sold, but now she didn’t have to be sold, and she didn’t feel too bad about sweeping the courtyard.

Even after handling the servants, Di Shaowei was still angry, suddenly he thought of something and punched the wooden table, shattering it.

Xiao’er just happened to walk in and seeing this, she said, "Brother Di, don’t take out your anger on your own body, if you get hurt, my sister-in-law will be heartbroken."

Upon seeing Xiao’er, Di Shaowei softened his expression, "Girl, thank you."

"Of course you have to thank me, and remember to repay me well in the future! You don’t need to do anything specific to repay me, whatever dowry you plan to give to my niece, when I get married, you can prepare one for me, your sister." Xiao’er jokingly said, seeing Di Shaowei was in a bad mood.