On the morning of August 31st, 2024, a Saturday that is very different from the rest of the Saturdays of the year. Every Saturday morning, I had to attend an English class online. As usual, we did a little overtime to discuss the last question of the weekly topic. Suddenly, my daughter broke our discussion and yelled at me, “Dad! Mommy is bleeding a lot!” and I heard my wife yell from another corner of my house, “I am OK, so far!“ I finished the discussion as quickly as I could and then asked my wife. “How do you feel? Do you think it will happen TODAY?“ She said.”I am not sure, but if my pain becomes regular and more painful, we have to go to the hospital.”
After having brunch and taking a nap, we went to the hospital. I actually seldom take a nap on Saturday afternoon, but my instinct told me TODAY would be my son’s birthday which means it would be a long day and there would be lots of tasks to do, that’s why I took a nap to make sure I could have enough energy to face the challenge later. After arriving at the hospital, my wife called her mom and asked her to pick up our daughter and take her home. We knew our daughter was excited, but she was not be able to help at that moment.
Since my wife’s pain became more intense and that was around 17:00, the doctor said ”We can go to the delivery room now. Please let the husband sign some documents for staying in the hospital” I signed the documents and waited for them to call me to go into the delivery room. Waiting outside of the delivery room was the most difficult time of the whole process because I couldn’t see my wife at the moment, but still could hear her screaming. Time seemed to stop and my anxiety was 100% full. 10 minutes later, the door opened, and the nurse said “you can come in now.” I walked in and I witnessed the process of my son being born from his mom’s body. Fortunately, my wife and my son were both fine in the process and finally I could hold my wife’s hand and cheer her up.
Now, I am a father of two kids. My wife’s recovery is going very well. After two delivery processes, I believe my wife has a superpower, the power of being a mother is incredible. I hope my daughter can grow up to be like her mom and have that kind of power even if she doesn’t want to be a mom, and my son can grow up to be a gentleman who respects women because he was born from such a painful process by his Mom.
The superpower is from “force”
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