Chapter 8 Part I

In the middle of that same night, the young woman tossed and turned on the wide bed. She felt like her uterus was being squeezed. Although it wasn’t at a level where she felt any pain, she felt a bit heavy and uncomfortable to the point where she could not fall asleep. The squeezing increased in frequency every hour.

The young woman thought it was happening because she had walked more than usual today. The date scheduled for her Caesarean section was a little over a week away. She tried to force herself to fall asleep, but the frequency increased continuously. Sakunthara started to worry when blood-tinged mucus flowed out, and she started to feel a greater amount of pain.

The young woman hurriedly opened the childbirth preparation manual. Some of her symptoms seemed to be signs of early labor. However, she couldn’t tell if they were warning pains or actual labor pains.