Song Xiaoyun felt this impulse for the first time.

She wanted to keep Lu Xuan, keep him at the Ninth Hospital, keep him in her obstetrics and gynecology department.

Lu Xuan's acupuncture skills showed her a whole new world.

There are too many cases of difficult and delayed childbirth in obstetrics, with almost more than half of the ten mothers experiencing dystocia without a cesarean section.

The reason for this is partly that most young women nowadays value beauty and have relatively weak bodies. When it comes time for childbirth, they can easily become exhausted due to long labor. Once uterine contractions become weak, it almost certainly leads to difficult labor.

By that point, it is actually quite rare for a cesarean to be possible.

If not opting for a cesarean, the only option is to assist delivery with forceps.

Frankly speaking, almost all complications associated with natural delivery could occur during forceps-assisted delivery, whereas the former has a lower rate of complications, sometimes even extremely low.

However, there remains a very small chance of serious long-term complications, such as maternal long-term complications and severe neonatal complications like intracranial hemorrhage and nerve-muscle damage.

If the forceps-assisted delivery is improperly done, it may cause lacerations in the birth canal. Mothers often experience severe pain, nausea, vomiting, and even vaginal bleeding.

If the forceps' clasp is too large during forceps-assisted delivery, it might lead to fetal hypoxia. At this time, the pregnant woman may also experience palpitations, chest tightness, and dizziness.

Additionally, forceps-assisted delivery might result in dangers like placental abruption.

But if the method of using forceps is abandoned in favor of acupuncture, the probability of these complications becomes extremely low, almost akin to normal vaginal delivery, and sometimes even lower than the complications of smooth delivery.

Just now, after Lu Xuan removed the needles, the mother completed the delivery so smoothly with hardly any effort, without even needing a doctor's help. Such a thing, if Song Xiaoyun hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed it could be real.

While Lu Xuan was talking about how powerful traditional Chinese acupuncture was, in her heart, Song Xiaoyun didn't really believe it. Not having seen it, and lacking understanding of traditional Chinese medicine, no matter how compelling Lu Xuan's speech sounded, there was always some skepticism in her heart.

After all, if it were her, she would also boast about how good Western medicine is.

But now having seen the wonders of acupuncture with her own eyes, Song Xiaoyun no longer had any doubts in her heart.

Right now, she just wanted to put down her work immediately, go and talk to Lu Xuan about life and ideals, and in the process, keep this treasure that is Lu Xuan.

That's all.

"Lv Mei, please keep an eye on the follow-up matters. I have some things I want to discuss with Dr. Lu."

Song Xiaoyun turned her head and handed over the matters in the delivery room to Lv Mei. Also a chief physician, Lv Mei's skills were not much inferior to hers, and since the follow-up didn't require much, as the mother had given birth successfully, and the baby was fine, aside from some wrap-up tasks, there wasn't anything too important left to handle.

"Okay, I understand, Chief." Lv Mei nodded.

"By the way, later please check on the other pregnant women waiting to give birth. I'll come over after finishing my work here. If there's an emergency, have a nurse come find me immediately."

Lv Mei nodded and followed Song Xiaoyun's gaze forward, landing on that young figure ahead: "Chief, do you have your eye on Dr. Lu?"

"Yes, I do."

Song Xiaoyun didn't hide her appreciation for Lu Xuan at all. "You're also an OB-GYN doctor; you should know what Dr. Lu's skills in acupuncture mean for obstetrics."

Lv Mei was also a chief physician and knew it well.

Precisely because she understood, when Song Xiaoyun said those things just now, Lv Mei had already guessed what Song Xiaoyun wanted to do.

However, regarding Song Xiaoyun's plan, Lv Mei frowned: "I'm just afraid it won't be that easy. I heard Teacher Wu mention Dr. Lu's situation before; he just graduated not long ago, only passed as a licensed Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, not even an attending doctor yet. Coming to us is actually not as good as staying at the Health Center.

Moreover, I feel Dr. Lu's ambitions do not lie here."

He can go much further; his path can be broader, not just limited to obstetrics. This path is too narrow and might not keep him."

Lv Mei showed a trace of wisdom in her eyes.

These weren't empty words but spoke to human nature.

If it were her, she wouldn't stay either.

Staying in obstetrics probably means dealing with childbirth all her life, and leaving would be too difficult.

The reason why Wu Liguo could transition from obstetrics is actually quite simple. He originally came from emergency care to help. At that time, the Ninth Hospital's obstetrics department often faced maternal crises, requiring an experienced emergency doctor to assist.

Otherwise, if Wu Liguo had started in obstetrics, moving to the emergency department or even becoming the head of emergency would have been impossible.

Song Xiaoyun nodded slightly, clearly aware that the chances of success here were not great, yet she still wanted to try.

She was very aware of what acupuncture meant for mothers and their babies.

Thinking of this, Song Xiaoyun's expression was serious: "Perhaps what you say is true, but how do we know it won't work without trying?"

Lv Mei was taken aback, then smiled, "Indeed, how do we know if we don't try?"

"I'll leave the rest to you; I'm going to have a talk with Dr. Lu."

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