‘Such a mother-in-law still exists’: pregnant woman in China heatwave nearly loses baby after in-law banned air conditioner
- When the woman regained consciousness, she was told by a doctor she would have lost her baby if she had not received treatment in time
- Her mother-in-law accused her of being worthless and undeserving of air conditioning because she did not work and pay the bills
A woman in China who is 20 weeks pregnant nearly lost her baby during a severe heatwave after her mother-in-law banned using the air conditioner and has trended on mainland social media.
Qingdao Broadcasting reported that the unnamed woman from Guangdong province in southern China and her baby were out of danger after emergency treatment in a local intensive care unit.
In a viral video shared with the news story, the woman is seen lying on a gurney with her pregnancy bump visible as a doctor conducts a medical check.
The woman said that because of her poor health, her husband suggested she stop working when she became pregnant. She said that they lived with her mother-in-law whom she accused of being a “controlling bully” who resented her presence.
When temperatures reached 38 degrees Celsius on June 10, the woman found the heat increasingly unbearable. When she went to turn on the air conditioner, her mother-in-law stopped her. The older woman allegedly told the mother-to-be that she did not deserve comfort because she was not the person paying the bills.
“All the food, clothing and daily necessities are provided by my son,” the mother-in-law reportedly said.