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Wednesday

Arriving at the hospital physiotherapy department before 9am , Anna was ushered into a room for an immediate twenty minute rehabilitation session.The physiotherapist was already so happy with Anna's progress is just a few days.She was already starting to gain some strength back in her leg, which in part was due to the luck that the break was a clean one that started to heal quickly.

On completing this appointment, they headed to the physician's office, where they were sent for multiple xrays and scans, before the appointment with both the physician and the obstetrician.The physician, in reviewing the x-rays, scans and blood test results was quite happy with her progress, particularly in light of the brief report from the physiotherapist.

The Physician before leaving the room, said "CEO and Madam Hou, I will leave you in the hands of Madam Hou's obstetrician, but given the information I have been through with you, we will do one more follow-up set of scans and tests in three or four weeks time, as your recovery from your physical injuries is good."

"Actually could you make it four weeks?"

"Four weeks time then.Assuming everything is OK at that time, we will then only need to do one more follow up set of test three month after that."

Once everyone else exited the room the obstetrician turned to them and said "I had to push them to extend the time for the scans and x-rays.The more that they do, the higher the risks to your baby are, and this is a risky enough pregnancy given the injuries that you suffered Madam Hou.Now, we will move to another room where we have an ultrasound machine for the first pictures of your baby.We cannot tell you the sex, but we can see if there is anything to be concerned about from the assault."

With that Hou Yi helped Anna on to the crutches, and they followed the obstetrician down a corridor and into another room.Hou Yi helped Anna onto the bed and having accompanied her sister and sisters-in-law to a number of these scans, knew what she needed to do and lifted her top, and lowered her pants to allow the ultrasound to easily be done.

The obstetrician turned ready to say something, but before he could say anything Anna said "I can see you look.No this is my first pregnancy, but I have an older sister and sisters-in-law who I have accompanied to a number of ultrasounds during their pregnancies, so I know what you would want."

This drew a chuckle from the obstetrician, who then proceeded with the ultrasound.Very soon Anna and Hou Yi heard a thumping in the room while being focused on the screen.Hou Yi turned to the obstetrician, who immediately realised what the question was going to be "The heartbeat of your baby … no let me rephrase that it looks like babies.It appears CEO and Madam Hou that you are having twins."

After focusing on the ultrasound carefully for a few more minutes, the obstetrician picked up a couple of tissues and wiped the ultrasound gel from Anna's stomach, before tossing them into a rubbish bin.

"CEO and Madam Hou, from the ultrasound you have appear to have one healthy twin who appears not to have suffered ill effects from the assault on you, but I am not certain on the other one at this time as they were more hidden from view.I want to see you in two weeks for a review, and possibly an ultrasound.But we will definitely be doing an ultrasound in four weeks, and hopefully we will have a response on whether the second baby has suffered as a result of the assault.We may be able to determine the sex of the babies at that time, but there are no promises on that."

"While I hate to do frequent ultrasounds, given the assault about the time of your conception Madam Hou, we need to be careful and do more frequent scans and observations.As to travel, you can fly both nationally and internationally as long as you break flights of more than four hours into legs.Generally, I would say no international travel once you hit six months, but we will reassess this in the future."

"Now, I know that we frightened you when we first determined that you were pregnant about having no sexual intercourse."With that the obstetrician looked at both Anna and Hou Yi who could not look him in the eye."We had to be careful given the potential risks to the pregnancy from the assault."

"However we will be rescinding this position, provided you are both careful.Nothing to adventurous or risky in your sexual activity will be OK, nor should you over indulge.I understand that you are still newlyweds, but you have two babies to think about.Now, if you have questions, please feel free to contact me at any time and I will answer them."Both Hou Yi and Anna started to redden at that comment.

"Sir, my wife is every morning suffering with morning sickness."

"Morning sickness is normal, but we need to be careful that it is not too severe or impacting you.Before you leave, Madam Hou, I will have pathology take some blood tests to see if there is anything to worry about, and the day before your next appointment you need to come and have some more done.But if it is getting worse, please come immediately to the Emergency Department and we will look further at the matter."

With that he reached down and picked up some photos handing them to Anna "And here are the first photos of your babies.If you can wait in reception I will give you the blood test forms, and otherwise I will see you in a fortnight."