After the cervix dilates, if the fetus is in a head-first position, the baby can use its little head to block the cervix, and with the umbilical cord located farther away, the chances of the umbilical cord descending to the cervix are greatly reduced.

For a breech-positioned fetus, it is hard for the baby to use its small buttocks or feet to block the cervix, and may even require the doctor’s hand to help block it. There are gaps between the baby’s little buttocks and feet, which gives the umbilical cord, already near the baby’s lower limbs and buttocks, an opportunity to sneak through.

The umbilical cord has always been a headache for obstetricians, mainly because it is long and difficult to control. If it’s not a cesarean section, the doctor’s hand cannot reach into the mother’s uterus to grab it. If it falls out of the cervix on its own, it’s even more troublesome, like a rope falling out of a black bag—you have no way of knowing the situation inside or how to handle and arrange the rope.

Someone asked, why can’t we just cut the umbilical cord that looks like a rope?

The umbilical cord is not actually a rope; it is more like an airway providing oxygen to the baby. Before the baby is born, it relies entirely on the umbilical cord for breathing. Cutting the umbilical cord is akin to severing the baby’s lifeline; even if the umbilical cord falls into the cervix and is subjected to pressure, knotted, or oxygen is interrupted, the baby suffers from hypoxia, clinically known as fetal distress.

The severe consequences of fetal hypoxia need not be explained; the baby could die inside the mother’s womb. This is the most terrifying accident in obstetrics. In clinical practice, when encountering such situations with the mother and fetus, a fetal heart rate monitor is immediately applied, and the patient is taken to the operating room for a cesarean section.

The reason for advocating cesarean sections for breech births lies in this.

What if a cesarean section cannot be performed at this moment? Then the only option is to avoid umbilical cord compression as much as possible.

Considering that the two young doctors by the mother’s side are not ordinary doctors, they may have predicted that the umbilical cord is going to be problematic, so they don’t dare act rashly, fearing it would affect the mother’s emotions and worsen the situation.

Du Haiwei handed his phone to his wife, relaxed his shoulders, and prepared to use a single shoulder to ram into the door.

Seeing her husband about to force his way in, Doctor Tang’s heart leapt, and she stood by intently watching the door. It was clear that her husband sensed something was seriously wrong with the patient inside.

Bam, he rammed against it.

The door didn’t budge.

Du Haiwei rubbed his shoulder, unsure whether it was because he was getting old and lacked the strength of the younger generations.

Doctor Tang’s knuckles tapped the door as if testing its thickness, muttering, "Cao Yong must have replaced and reinforced this door."

Nonsense, a pregnant woman stayed in his room for months to preserve her pregnancy, so it was wise to replace it with a stronger security door.—Cao Yong.

Ah. Du Haiwei sighed anxiously, trying to relax his shoulder and ram the door a few more times. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Thud, thud, thud, footsteps echoed in the hallway. There was also the wailing of an ambulance siren from downstairs.

It sounded like the people Fu Xinheng promised to send over the phone had arrived, indicating that Robot Fu Xinheng acted quickly. Du Haiwei and Doctor Tang turned around.

Li Chengyuan hopped up the steps in a few strides and stood before them, saying, "Teacher Du, Teacher Tang. Teacher Fu sent me, saying there’s a situation here."

"We can’t get in," Doctor Tang told him.

Li Chengyuan, receiving this news from them, was stunned: "Isn’t there anyone inside? Is it only Li Xiaobing?"

"There are others inside, but they probably don’t dare leave Li Xiaobing and can’t come to open the door," Doctor Tang said.