Chapter 681 - Postpartum Depression (1/2)

Anya fell asleep in Aiden's arms while waiting in the corridor in front of the ICU.

Aiden carried her slowly, not wanting to wake her and took her to the VVIP room to rest. After that, he asked his bodyguards to stand guard in the ICU and notified them that something had happened.

Anya slept until ten in the morning. When she opened her eyes, she found her mother lying in the bed next to her. She immediately smiled seeing her mother there.

”Aiden...” she called softly.

Aiden immediately approached Anya and helped her to wake up from sleep. She gave a glass of warm water to his wife. ”Drink this first, so that your throat won't hurt. Mother's condition has improved and she can move to a normal room.”

Anya accepted the glass and drank it right away. Her throat felt dry from crying all night. Her body also felt weak and a little warm.

Aiden held Anya's forehead to check her temperature. ”You have a fever. Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? Does your body hurt?”

”My chest is a bit hurt,” said Anya. She recently gave birth and was still breastfeeding so that her chest felt swollen and uncomfortable.

”The doctor said you have acute mastitis. Maybe your fever is also caused by inflammation. The doctor has given drugs to relieve the inflammation. In the meantime, you can't breastfeed just yet,” said Aiden.

Anya was immediately disappointed to hear this. ”Besides failing to be a good child, it seems like I also failed at being a good mother. I don't have enough milk for my children. And now…”

”Anya, don't think too much about it. It's very natural that you don't have enough milk because you gave birth to twins. Maybe your mother's condition makes you depressed and stressed so that you have acute mastitis,” Aiden stroked Anya's back. ”If you don't get treated right away, the inflammation can get worse.”

Anya turned her head, looked at her mother sadly. Right now, she couldn't leave her mother alone. But she also missed her two sons.

”Alright,” at this time, she could not leave the hospital in peace if her mother was still unconscious. She also couldn't bring her two sons back to the city because of their weak condition.

…

One week later, Anya's inflammation was getting better, but she couldn't produce breast milk anymore.

She could no longer breastfeed.

”Aiden! Did you tell the doctor to give me the injection so I can't breastfeed anymore?” Anya felt so angry when she realized that she could no longer produce breast milk.

”Don't blame Aiden. It was me who asked the doctor to do it,” Indah immediately stepped forward to defend Aiden.

Anya looked at her mother in tears. ”Mother, why are you doing this?”

”I love you so much and I can't see you continue to suffer like this. So…” Indah couldn't help crying either.

Anya was very worried for her two sons and now she couldn't breastfeed anymore. But it was impossible for Indah to do all this on purpose without thinking about Anya's kindness.

She knew that everything her mother did was because she was worried about her, so Anya couldn't blame her.

”Anya, don't blame your mother. She is very worried about your situation. We are already looking for wet nurses for Arka and Aksa. We have also made sure that Arka and Aksa get clean and healthy breast milk,” Galih tried to cheer her up.

Anya found it difficult to accept it. But it was true that after stopping breastfeeding, the inflammation got better.

After returning to the city, Anya spent all of her time in the hospital accompanying her mother. During the day, Aiden would return to the office and at night he would accompany Anya to the hospital.

Anya didn't know what to do. She could no longer breastfeed her children and now her mother was still unconscious.

Since there was nothing she could do, Anya felt even more stressed and confused.

Nadine suggested Anya go back to work so that she could divert her mind.