The Mouse's Wedding (7) Childbirth and First Bath
The bride mouse has just finished giving birth. The midwife mouse is bathing the newborn baby mouse. The husband mouse and father-in-law mouse, waiting in the next room, are rejoicing at the health of both mother and child.
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Here, please take your medicine
(Here, please take your medicine)
What a sturdy, good child
(What a sturdy, good child)
The medicine... how... auspicious
(The medicine... how... auspicious)
※ I may be misreading this...
For a first birth, it was light and a happy thing.
(For a first birth, it was light and a happy thing.)
It seems there will be no postpartum bleeding.
(It seems there will be no postpartum bleeding.)
※ "Postpartum bleeding" refers to the bleeding seen in a woman after childbirth.
Bring the refreshments quickly, quickly.
(Bring the refreshments quickly, quickly.)
Baby clothes have arrived from her family home.
(Baby clothes have arrived from her family home.)
What should be done with the placenta?
(What should be done with the placenta?)
Please wash it well.
(Please wash it well.)
※ "Placenta" refers to the membrane that wrapped the fetus, the placenta, and other things discharged during the afterbirth.
I offer you rice
(I offer you rice)
A second decoction is also fine
(A second decoction is also fine)
Click here for the next part ⇒ "Shrine Visit"
Author's Note: ● indicates characters that could not be deciphered, and □ indicates missing characters.
I will update this as I decipher new characters or notice typos and misreadings. For more details, please read the "Self-Introduction/Disclaimer". 📖