On August 1, 2016, in the obstetrics and gynecology department of a hospital in Hunan Province, a pregnant woman was arguing with a doctor, who was obviously still some time away from the due date, but had to give birth to a child today.
"No, say anything today, the child must be born today!" Pregnant women speak fiercely, but doctors can only look at each other.
The child is not yet a month, not to the day of childbirth, if you insist on giving birth at this time, the child is premature, not to mention, the body of the pregnant woman will also be greatly affected.
Figure | delivery room
"Ms. Liu, you are calm and calm, the child has not yet reached the due date, we might as well ..."
"I don't listen! Even if I die, the child will be born today! Before the doctor could finish speaking, the pregnant woman interrupted him.
Logically, the average pregnant woman would like to give birth at full term, so that she and the child are healthy, but why does this pregnant woman have to give birth prematurely and give birth to a child today?
This day is august 1st founding day, is there any special meaning for her?
In fact, the reason why this pregnant woman is so paranoid is because of a sad story...
Long-standing pain
The pregnant woman's name is Liu Yun'ai, her husband's name is Cai Laiyuan, and both are hunan natives.
The reason why she had to give birth to the child on this day, even if it was premature, the mother and child may face danger, is because she once had a son who was a soldier.
Pictured| Liu Yun'ai
Today is the Founding Day of the Army, and Liu Yun'ai's eldest son was once killed in an explosion.
This matter became Liu Yun'ai's heart disease, and she only made this decision after a long time of pain:
I have an IVF baby with my husband.
The doctor finally respected Liu Yun'ai's wishes and let the child be born smoothly on this day.
Fortunately, the mother and son were safe, and the two survived this disaster without any danger.
Looking at the crying baby in her arms, Liu Yun'ai and her husband also cried, and they recalled that when their eldest son was just born, they also cried like this.
Thinking about it, their minds have flown to 20 years ago.
Picture | a group photo of Liu Yun'ai's family of four
At that time, the couple had just gotten married, and they had just had their eldest son, Cai Jiayuan, and at the same time, they also had a daughter named Cai Yulian.
A family of four living together, although not rich, but also happy enough.
Usually, the husband and wife work at the head of the village and work hard to maintain the family, but fortunately, the two children are very obedient and never let the adults worry.
When Cai Jiayuan was very young, he had an ambition: to become a soldier.
He was no joke, after the Cai family reached the age of joining the army, he immediately went to sign up and smoothly entered the army.
At that time, Cai Jiayuan was full of spirit and youthful heroism, and he was having unlimited reverie for his future military career.
It's just that he doesn't know that he can't come back again when he goes.
Pictured | a group photo of a family of three
The side of the send-off turned out to be a farewell.
Cai Jiayuan joined the army, Cai Yulian worked, and there were only two couples left in the family.
They are not idle, working hard every day to earn money, building a house on the third floor, waiting for their children to return.
Liu Yun'ai has begun to fantasize about waiting for his son to return from the army, and then marry and have children, and the family and the picture of living together with Meimei.
At that time, she was not busy, and she helped her son and grandchildren every day to share the joy of the world, which was how good it would be.
The Cai family was far away in the army, and they often called home to report safety, trying not to worry their parents.
Everything went according to its normal trajectory until August 12, 2015.
On that day, it was Cai Laiyuan's 45th birthday, and Cai Jiayuan specially called to greet his father and sent him a pair of brand new leather shoes as a gift.
Picture | Cai Jiayuan
Cai Jiayuan said that he was going to be busy and call home again in the evening.
After eating, the husband and wife waited for their son's phone to arrive, but the landline at home has not moved at all, is it not that the Cai family is far from busy with work?
The more the two waited, the more anxious they became, the more anxious they were, and what happened to their son wouldn't be?
The ringtone broke the thinking of the two, Liu Yun'ai rushed to the landline to pick up the phone, but heard a strange voice from the other end.
"Is it Cai Jiayuan's family?" Unfortunately, the family is far away in this mission... Sacrificed. ”
The solemn words pierced Liu Yun's heart word by word, almost making her faint.
My son was fine in the morning, how can I say that it is gone?
Figure | 8.12 Tianjin Binhai New Area explosion accident
Liu Yun loved to cry, her family was only 19 years old, but she never had the chance to go home again.
"Son, son, you talk, your mother is waiting for you, waiting for you to call me..."
She murmured helplessly, her spirit was already in a trance, even Cai Laiyuan was the same.
It is an unacceptable tragedy for this family.
Decide with all your might
Cai Jiayuan's departure was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day for the whole family, and the couple did not slow down.
After they calmed down, they went to the unit where their family was far away and went to see the last side of their son.
The young body was covered with a white cloth, and only one glance at it made Liu Yun'ai cry and faint.
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During that time, she once wanted to use death to solve her pain, to go to another world to accompany her son, so that there would be no pain.
Such a pessimistic attitude towards life made Liu Yun'ai mentally insane, and he was once sent to the psychiatric department of the hospital for injections and medicines.
But she just couldn't get better.
The son is gone, Liu Yun loves this mother, really can't get out.
In the past, she was gentle and considerate, became manic and irritable, and became pessimistic and depressed.
Liu Yun'ai felt that her son was not dead, but just a long trip, and she had to wait for him at home.
If a husband mentions to someone about his son's death, she will be very angry.
Pictured| Liu Yun'ai
Cai Jiayuan has always lived in Liu Yun'ai's heart, and she can dream of her son's heroic figure every day in her dreams, but he seems to have his back to himself every time, and he is getting farther and farther away from himself.
No matter what she called, her son would not look back at himself.
In order to take care of the insane Liu Yun'ai, Cai Yulian resigned and went home, taking care of her mother at home every day, and casually found a job at the head of the village.
One day, Liu Yun'ai suddenly disappeared, and Cai Yulian and her father were afraid that she would not be able to think of anything stupid, and they rushed to search the whole village.
Finally, they found Liu Yun'ai by the river at the east end of the village, she had been crying, and walked toward the middle of the river with a wooden look.
If she took a step later, maybe Liu Yun'ai would really be flooded by the water and let the tide take her away.
Fortunately, the two arrived in time and pulled her back to the shore.
Pictured | riverside
After returning home, Liu Yun'ai was still in a trance, and Cai Laiyuan looked at such a decadent wife and could not speak.
The two sat and did not speak, and the atmosphere was as solemn as death.
Cai Yulian broke the silence of the two and first said:
"Dad, Mom, you have another brother, I miss my brother too."
The couple looked at their daughter in unison and began to think about her proposal.
Liu Yun'ai felt that what her daughter said was reasonable, and she also wanted to have another son to fill her regrets.
He will definitely be like a distant family, full of spirit and heroic posture.
In this way, the family will go home.
Pictured| Cai Jiayuan's memorial service
Thinking of this, Liu Yun'ai smiled, and the smile disappeared from her face since her son's accident.
Early in the morning, Liu Yun'ai woke up Cai Laiyuan and asked him to go to the hospital with himself for examination.
He did not expect that his wife did not come on a whim, but came to the truth.
After all, both of them were in their forties, and at this time they had more children, and they didn't know if their wives' bodies could work.
Moreover, even if there is another child, it is not necessarily a boy, and it is necessary to let him face a pair of parents in their forties.
He couldn't be so selfish, so he refused his wife's request.
But Liu Yun'ai did not die until the Yellow River heart, and no one could stop what she had decided to do.
Helplessly, Cai Laiyuan could only promise his wife and accompany her to the hospital for an examination.
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However, not everything can be as they wish, and the two people learned from this examination that Liu Yunai's bilateral fallopian tubes are blocked, and there is no possibility of natural conception.
Even this little bit of hope was snuffed out.
The spark flickering in Liu Yun'ai's eyes was extinguished, and the only way to let his family go home was gone.
Fortunately, the doctor offered her another option - IVF.
But the doctor also said that the survival rate of IVF is very low, although this is a solution, but it is too dangerous.
He did not recommend that Liu Yun'ai go to IVF.
Pictured | doctor
But Liu Yun'ai was already iron-hearted, and ten horses could not be pulled back.
Even if it was only one in ten thousand probabilities, she would try.
In the end, the doctor prescribed her medicine to nurse herself and prepare for IVF.
Unfortunately, the first eggs she sent over, without exception, all died.
Liu Yun'ai was already on the verge of insanity, and it was difficult for her to face such an outcome.
She even offered to divorce her husband and herself, and then he would marry a fertile wife and have another son.
Liu Yun'ai frantically hoped that everything could be completed, and her obsession could not be extinguished.
Photo | photo of Cai Jiayuan
The only thing Cai Laiyuan can do is to accompany his wife, comfort her, and prevent her from doing stupid things.
A smooth conception, a godsend for a child
In order to improve the survival rate, Liu Yun'ai made a bold decision:
When the eggs are pumped for the second time, no anesthetics are given.
The pain of drilling the heart came from the lower half of his body, and Liu Yun'ai was sweating profusely in pain, almost fainting.
But thinking of her son who died in the explosion, she felt that all the pain seemed so small.
Liu Yun'ai only hoped that this time she would be successfully conceived.
Pictured| Liu Yun'ai
Perhaps heaven heard her prayer, and this time the kung fu finally lived up to the painstaking efforts, and her eggs survived.
Liu Yun was so happy that he could finally have a second son.
Getting pregnant in October is a difficult process for a pregnant woman her age.
Even if a young person is pregnant, life will encounter many troubles, not to mention the elderly Liu Yun'ai.
Many late nights, she would wake up in pain, so much so painful that she couldn't sleep, and she could only hold the quilt and whimper.
Pregnancy for Liu Yun'ai is like walking before the ghost door closes, her entire leg is swollen and she has osteoporosis.
But even so, Liu Yun'ai is still happy, and as soon as she thinks that a small life is about to be born in the world, her heart can't help but rejoice.
Pictured| pregnant Liu Yun'ai
What she hopes most is that her child is a boy, so that the family will return to her side to accompany her.
Liu Yun'ai always loves to touch his stomach, speak to the fetus in his belly, and look forward to his arrival.
She listened to the doctor very much, even if her body was already very uncomfortable, she still had to hold up a big belly and run to the door every day to walk around the bend to let the child develop better.
Many people see such an elderly mother, they all have a different look, they are all old, why do they have to have children?
But Liu Yun's persistence, only she herself understands.
The bitterness brought about by those sad past events was only tasted by herself.
The birth of a second son
As the time passed day by day, the due date of Liu Yun'ai was getting closer and closer every day.
Pictured| Liu Yun'ai
The whole family is praying that the mother and child must be safe and that nothing will go wrong.
After all, an elderly mother like her, a little careless, is prone to fetal gas.
But even though Liu Yun'ai had been very careful, there was an accident in her twenty-seventh week of pregnancy - she suddenly bled.
Can the fetus in the abdomen still be saved?
The two immediately went to the hospital and conducted an examination, but fortunately there was no big problem, just a false alarm.
Liu Yun'ai felt that it was the family that was far away from protecting his brother, which made this accident turn into a disaster.
On August 1, 2016, there was still a full week before Liu Yun'ai's Linbin Day.
However, she insisted on giving birth on this day, because today is the Founding Day.
Pictured| Army
The weight of this festival is more than all festivals for Liu Yun'ai, because her eldest son Cai Jiayuan was once a soldier.
Therefore, even if it is dangerous and not easy, she will give birth to the child today.
This is Liu Yun'ai's paranoia, and only she herself can understand it.
Fortunately, after several hours of caesarean section, Liu Yun'ai gave birth to the child smoothly, and the mother and child were safe.
Cai Jiayuan finally has a younger brother, a healthy, lovely younger brother.
At this point, Liu Yun'ai's thoughts about Cai Jiayuan can really be put down.
Liu Yun'ai and her husband feel as if they have returned to 20 years ago, when their family was just born.
Picture | Cai Jiayuan
At that time, she also held him like this, and fed him like this.
The child is still a child, but she has gone from 23 to 43.
Time has taken away too much, but at least liu Yun'ai has left a little room for missing.
She named the child Jiacheng, Liu Jiacheng.
Far from home, too far from home.
And Jiacheng, with him, this home becomes...
The meaning of this name is only understood by Liu Yun'ai himself.
Previously, they had placed their son's ashes where the troops were located and had not brought them back, hoping that their son would continue to accompany his comrades-in-arms.
Picture | Liu Yun'ai took his family to visit the tomb
And now, 7 years later, Liu Yun'ai finally dared to face his own scars and moved his son's ashes back.
From then on, the family of five will not be separated again.
Today's jiacheng is 6 years old, and when he reaches the age of elementary school, the family is living very happily.
The eldest brother is gone, the second sister has a family, and now the little family is with his parents and lives happily in the countryside of Hunan.
No one will forget that this family once had a home far away, and I believe that the family far away in the sky will also bless the peace of the family.
After all, their family will live happily together.
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Text/Han Ling
Resources
1. Red Star News: "Pregnant again at the age of 43: My son was a firefighter, died when Tianjin exploded"
2. Beijing Times: "Tianjin Port Sacrificed Firefighter Mother Gives Birth to Baby Boy: Should Have Been a Grandmother"
3. China Military Network: "Love Continues"