It was raining when the then full term pregnant Aoi Xiu went into labor. Her husband could barely see the road to the hospital through the wind shield.
Aoi pulled through the car ceiling handle as she felt another strong contraction. Contrary to melodramatic, noisy mothers in labor, she breathed in and held her breath, then pushed with teeth clenched.
This reminded Xiu Jin that his wife is a strong woman. He was chanting in his mind.
'I've done this before. It's gonna be alright. I've done this before.' He gritted his teeth as he swiftly passed through an intersection, not caring about which light is on. 'Sh**! Not in this rain!'
When they arrived, Xiu Jin hurriedly went out to help his wife out of the car.
An emergency medicine doctor went to check on them and called out to a nurse. "Page OB!"
Xiu Jin requested access to the delivery room, so the nurses made him change into a pair of scrubs with surgical cap and booties.
