Du Haiwei deftly made a vertical cut with the surgical scissors, part of an episiotomy. Although still classified as a lateral cut procedure, the direction was closer to the six o'clock position.
Doctors always have to decide where to make the incision based on the patient's specific situation. What the textbooks describe is only the conventional approach. Clinical medicine is a highly flexible field, grounded in principles but requiring adaptable strategies.
After the incision, Doctor Tang helped her husband by pressing a gauze pad on the woman's cut to stop the bleeding.
"Push hard." Fully prepared, the doctor instructed the woman to exert force.
The second stage of labor officially began.
"Deep breath." Cao Yong stood beside the woman, guiding her.
Li Xiaobing took a deep breath, waited for her contraction pain, and then added force to push the baby.
Everyone kept their eyes fixed on the birthing process.
