I was bearing almost night. After about 5 am, I could have a short snop, then those cleaning worker began to clean the corridor, then cleaned the bed room. After that, nurses came in and did some treatment for some patients. I didnot got a sleep almost all night. (Haha, this is just the begining of a father's life...)
Sun has been climbing out the mountain. New year At about 8 am, my mother came. I bought some breakfast(porridge of rice-お粥,steamed buns with meat-肉まん and red bean stuffing-アンマン) at downstair store. Riko asked me to tell her mother(my mother-in-law)she has stayed in hospital. We met together at noon.
During the whole morning, riko was surffering the pain. Her cervix was opening, but it wasnot suit of allowing to entering borning centre. The allowed to entering rule is that cervix should open about at 3-4 wide of a finger. At about 2:05 pm, she suddenly felt a strong pain and felt some water rushing out...(amniotic fluid rushed) She couldnot walk, I found a wheelchair and carry her to the check room. After checking, she was allowed to push into the borning centre. Since 2:15pm, I pressed myself in front of the door of the borning certre.
Because there is few chairs in front of the borning centre, I have to sometimes stand and sometimes sit.(I have to share the chair with those women who came to check.)
After a very long waiting, the clock has gone to about 7:00pm, there was not any news coming out of the borning centre. I moved closely nurse station, and asked whether here support food for borning women. She said, no! And asked me buy some food(for example: porridge of rice-お粥) for your wife soon. I went to sick room at once and told these to my two mothers. We decided to bring some milk, chocolate and cookies in.
When I pressed the bell on the borning centre, after a while, a doctor(or a nurse)came out. I told her riko's Chinese name, she sparked out, "She", "she has borned a male-kid at 17:58. Because we are busy, we forgot to tell you." At that time, my brain couldnot run. I just felt the happiest feeling rush and be full of my whole body from the toe to the head. A very strange and extra happy feeling I never got it in my life..."She need some hot food, and you couldnot give her these cold food." She was pointing those food in the hand...I just could say thank you and thank you, again and again.
I turned over and asked the nurse who I just asked her at the nurse station. "My wife has borned." She said,"I just promote you to buy some porridge of rice-お粥. Why you donot do as my advice?""I, I ...""I just think the downstair store has been closed. So, ..." Then, I asked her one nearby resturant's address. "Crossing the road of here."...
I went out with my mother soon. Looking for and looking for, we got it. On the way to hospital, we dail the 1st call is to my younger brother. The 2nd, I dail it to my grand father who cares for me very much. While I told him this, tears was rushing out of my eyes. I canot help tearing. After a lot of setbacks, I have my kid at last. After a long time longing for, I have someone to call me "Dad.". Maybe this feeling could be felt by myself...
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Today is lunar year's "big cold day"(大寒)。 It is very cold at outdoor, about 6-8 degree. As tradition, we should enjoy sticky rice- sitting around, because riko's stomach didnot feel very well yesterday, we have to give up in this year...
