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Adelaide was heartbroken. She grasped Melinda’s hand and asked Galvin, “How’s the situation?”
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Galvin checked under the blanket and pulled out all the needles. “Give her a painkiller and have her take vitamin supplements,” she sighed.
After administering the painkiller and placing the vitamin supplements in Melinda’s mouth, Adelaide looked at Galvin, who replied with a helpless expression, “We can only hope Georgina brings Doctor Digby here soon.”
But Melinda’s pain intensified. It felt as if a giant hand was twisting her internal organs over and over again, with crushing pressure mixed in.
She arched her back, trying to curl up, but her swollen abdomen made it impossible.
Galvin also prevented her from constantly shifting into a curled position, warning that it could increase the risk of suffocation for the baby.
The agony was overwhelming, robbing Melinda of all coherent thought. She just wanted it to end.
With no one else to turn to, she clutched Adelaide’s hand desperately. The intense pain caused Adelaide’s fair wrists to be marked with several deep scratches.
She couldn’t help but cry out in pain again, writhing on the bed like a thick worm.
Unable to help, Adelaide and Paisley could only watch in horror as Melinda writhed in pain.
“Can’t we do anything for the pain? She’s in agony,” Adelaide asked anxiously.
Galvin wiped the sweat from her forehead, her face pale. “Nothing’s working. I’ve tried injections and medications. I’m afraid the placenta is detaching. This is very dangerous!”
Luna Chloe nearly collapsed, her eyes pleading with the midwife for help, but the midwife was at a loss.
She had seen many dangerous situations during childbirth in her time, but in such extreme cases, often neither the mother nor the child could be saved.
“What can we do? What should we do?”
Luna Chloe tearfully wiped Melinda’s sweat while lamenting the suffering Melinda was enduring.
“Painful…” Melinda kept repeating the word, her eyes desperately seeking help from everyone in the room, but no one could alleviate her suffering.
Outside the room, hurried footsteps announced Luna Skye’s arrival.
She burst into the birthing chamber, pushed past Adelaide, and took Melinda’s hand. “Melinda, I’m here. How are you feeling?”
“Painful…” Melinda showed no joy at her mother’s arrival, only fear.
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She tried to pull her hand away, her eyes scanning the room for Adelaide.
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“Endure it. Childbirth is painful. I went through the same pain when I gave birth to you, and I made it through, didn’t I? Just hold on a little longer,” Luna Skye said, squatting down and gently instructing Melinda to breathe in and out slowly to case the pain.
Galvin interjected, “She hit her abdomen in the fall. The baby is in danger, and so is Melinda’s life. This pain isn’t something she can just power through.”
Luna Skye reprimanded her. “Don’t talk nonsense. Her father has already sent for the Royal Physician. They’ll be here soon.”
Galvin thought to herself that the Royal Physician’s skills were on par with hers–only Digby could make a difference. But she couldn’t voice this opinion. Disparaging the Royal Physician’s medical abilities would bring trouble to the Digby Medical Center.
Soon, the Royal Physician arrived. After inquiring about the situation outside, he prescribed some medication.
Another dose of the labor–inducing drug was administered, but Melinda was too weak to keep it down.
The intense pain caused her to vomit after just a few sips..
With no other options, the Royal Physician was allowed in for an examination.
Galvin handed him the diagnostic records. Frowning, he asked, “Is the cervix not dilated at all?”
“It’s dilated a little,” the midwife replied.
“How is this possible? Is there heavy bleeding?” the Royal Physician inquired further.
“The bleeding isn’t severe, but the water has broken,” the midwife answered.
The Royal Physician then asked, “Has the labor–inducing injection been administered?”
“It has, but to no avail,” Galvin said.
The Royal Physician fell silent for a moment, then shook his head.
Luna Skye urged him, “Please, think of something.”
Listening to Melinda’s weakening cries, the Royal Physician sighed. “I’m afraid there’s nothing more I can do. I apologize.”
Luna Skye’s face drained of color. “You’re the Royal Physician, and you can’t help? Then what are we to do?”
She turned sharply to Adelaide. “Adelaide, do something to help Melinda. You know Doctor Digby. Send for him at once.”
“Georgina’s already on her way,” Adelaide said, then instructed two omegas, “Bring more hot water. Apply warm compresses to her abdomen and massage the birth canal to encourage dilation.”
Luna Chloe left to relay the instructions, leaving them to tend to Melinda.
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They had to act, even if it might be futile.
In the waiting room, Alpha Howell grew anxious.
He had expected the Royal Physician to resolve the situation, but now, hearing that even the Royal Physician was helpless, his nerves were on edge.