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Amniotic fluid, the fluid that fills the amniotic cavity.

Amniotic fluid helps the fetus develop. With a certain volume of amniotic fluid providing a larger range of movement in the uterine cavity, the fetus can perform appropriate breathing exercises and limb activities, stretch the body, and prevent problems such as joint fixation, limb deformities, and adhesions of fetal limbs. .

Amniotic fluid can also maintain a constant intrauterine temperature, facilitate fetal fluid balance, buffer external pressure, and play a series of roles during labor.

When there is too much amniotic fluid, pregnant women will have many symptoms such as shortness of breath and tachycardia. It will also cause the fetus to float too much in the womb, causing problems such as abnormal fetal position.

When there is oligohydramnios, it will greatly increase the risk of various congenital malformations in the fetus, especially urinary system malformations.

Without amniotic fluid, it is impossible for the fetus to develop and be born normally and healthily, and for the pregnant woman to complete her pregnancy.

But... why is amniotic fluid called amniotic fluid?

Why is the amniotic cavity called the amniotic cavity?

This is because amniotic membrane is translated from English. The English word "amnion" of amniotic membrane originates from the Greek "amnos", which means lamb - because the lamb is covered with a layer of fetal membrane when it is born, This statement is extended.

But why did the ancient Greeks associate the amniotic membrane of a pregnant woman with the lamb?

A strange hoarse sound sounded in the delivery room. The mother lying on her back in the delivery bed had veins all over her face. The pain of childbirth was the ultimate pain for human beings. Now it suddenly increased several times. The mother was so painful that she almost lost her mind. , her body was racing and her blood pressure was soaring.

The anesthesiologist next to her looked at the monitor anxiously. Everyone here with a little medical knowledge knew that the mother was on the verge of life and death.

"The dark power is getting worse!" Zhang Haolin also hurriedly communicated with the command center, "The mother can no longer bear it. Do we need to stop the Kalop delivery?"

In front of the screen in Dongzhou, Gu Jun's face was also covered in sweat. He was the commander-in-chief of this operation. After all, he was the most familiar with this Yiwen medical technology.

If you have to make a choice between a pregnant woman and a baby...

Gu Jun almost said the word "stop", his heart ached.

This is a difficult choice, and it is not a choice that should exist.

"Wait a minute!" Chen Miaojuan heard Zhang Haolin's words over there. She also learned about these emergency plans before giving birth, but she was unwilling to give up. Experience also told her that it was not time to give up yet, there was still a chance, because this pregnant woman was enough tenacious.

After Chen Miaojuan shouted, she called the pregnant woman's name: "Liang Min, Liang Min!" While continuing to perform the delivery technique, her left hand neatly squeezed the baby's nose from the base of the baby's nose to the chin, removing the mucus and mucus in the mouth and nose. The amniotic fluid was squeezed out.

Normal amniotic fluid is a colorless and transparent alkaline liquid, but the liquid squeezed out of the baby's mouth and nose was the first time Chen Miaojuan had seen it in more than ten years of giving birth.

It was also the first time she had seen this since she delivered ten abnormal babies.

This made her stunned, and her left hand almost trembled, thus destroying the operation requirements of Carlop's delivery technique.

Not only her, but the anesthetists, midwives, nurses and others next to her were also stunned. The experienced equipment nurse finally couldn't bear the restlessness in her head. Before she vomited due to strong dizziness and nausea, she hurriedly Ran away from the delivery bed.

The mucus and amniotic fluid were both a strange dark black color, slightly viscous, and exuded a peculiar smell.

The Tianji medical team in the delivery room was immediately alarmed. It looked a bit like the ink of a black goat cub, but the color was not as thick and not dark green.

Gu Jun was also slightly startled. There was no mention of this situation in the reward description of Carlop's delivery technique.

Some thoughts quickly came to his mind. This was the first time that any strange babies in the past had been born without this symptom. Millions of strange babies had not had this symptom. This must be related to the Carlop delivery method. The black goat baby is very angry now. Could this be the effect of the midwifery...

It's like detoxing the baby's connection to the other womb...

Or revenge inflicted by the young black goat? New alien baby? New lesions?

"Don't touch that kind of amniotic fluid!" He was still thinking, but he also warned at the same time: "Avoid direct skin contact, don't get splashed!"

They don't yet know whether this abnormal amniotic fluid can also cause mutations in the human body.

In order to allow her hands to have enough flexibility to complete the delivery, Chen Miaojuan only wore a level three protective suit. Although it could separate the liquid, there was always danger.

At this moment, perhaps the safest measure is to ask Chen Miaojuan and others to stop and step aside, while the Tianji team quickly puts on airtight protective suits and takes over.

But in that case, the Carlop delivery would also fail.

"Don't make any noise, let me finish this delivery!"

Chen Miaojuan yelled away the Tianji personnel who came up to inquire. They were in the way. In the delivery room, she was the expert. The black amniotic fluid was just amniotic fluid. Those fatal problems during the delivery process did not appear... The fetal head also looked normal. …

At the same time, she assisted in repositioning and external rotation of the fetal head until the diameter of the fetus' shoulders was consistent with the anteroposterior diameter of the pelvic outlet.

"Liang Min, hold on a little longer. The fetal head has come out and it's almost ready. For your own sake and for your child's sake! Hold on a little longer!"

"Ah..." Suddenly, the pregnant woman made a human voice again. Although her heartbeat and blood pressure did not drop, her eyes seemed to be a little brighter.

Next to the delivery bed, her husband held her hand tightly and said, "Come on, wife..."

Over in Dongzhou, Gu Jun saw this change and immediately said to the front line of the delivery room:

"Listen to Director Chen, let her judge!" He was neither at the scene nor an expert in delivery, so he had no reason to stop Director Chen's efforts. Moreover, he also felt that the black goat cub had not won yet and was still fighting.

While the delivery continued, Tianji midwives changed into air-tight protective clothing as a precaution.

At this juncture, Chen Miaojuan really couldn't care less, even if she was just wearing ordinary surgical clothes.

She protects the pregnant woman with her right hand, and gently presses the fetal neck down with her left hand. When the fetal front shoulder is delivered from under the pubic arch, she supports the fetal neck again, so that the fetal rear shoulder is slowly delivered. After delivering the baby's shoulders, her right hand relaxed, and then she used both hands to help deliver the baby's body and lower limbs sideways.

These steps were completed fairly smoothly.

The fully delivered baby was a boy with no congenital deformities of the limbs.

But everyone's hearts never let go, and Gu Jun was watching nervously in silence.

With the assistance of the midwife, Chen Miaojuan used a suction tube to clean the baby's respiratory tract. The mucus and amniotic fluid she sucked out were all black and dirty.

After confirming that the baby is completely sucked, at this time, you can gently tap the newborn's butt or soles to stimulate the newborn to cry loudly.

This bloody and wrinkled baby was still quiet and silent, which worried his parents and the medical staff around him.

Chen Miaojuan's heart skipped a beat and she slapped the baby's butt with her left hand.

The next few seconds were extremely long for people inside and outside the delivery room, as if everything had stopped.

But suddenly, a clear and harsh sound broke the silence, like a ray of sunshine piercing the dark clouds.

"Wow, wow, wow..." The baby opened his mouth and cried loudly, and was held firmly by Chen Miaojuan's hands.

There is no abnormality judgment, no strange baby.

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