I was reborn after my cousin stole my life.

Chapter 184: Pulse

The medical school's feedback wasn't officially released until the end of July.

The bulletin board displayed information that six people, including Nurse Lin, had been accepted.

Hao Jia ran out to watch the commotion and came back with two popsicles in her hand. "Here, it's so hot! This awful weather! Last week I was wearing short sleeves and it was a bit chilly, but this week I'm sweating buckets."

Yuan Xiu took the popsicle, tore off the waxed paper wrapping, and quickly took a bite. "Where did you buy this?"

This awful weather! It's so hot that everyone's sweating buckets.

The old fan above the pharmacy creaked and groaned from morning till night, trying its best, but unfortunately it didn't do much good; even a hand-cranked fan had a stronger airflow.

Hao Jia gestured towards the door with her chin, "I bought it outside. There's someone selling popsicles outside our hospital. I asked, and they said they'll be here every day from now on."

Seeing Yuan Xiu eating so quickly, she asked, "Are you going to eat more? Or should I go buy you another one?"

Yuan Xiu shook her head: "No, for me now, eating it every few days is enough. Eating too much is bad for my stomach."

"Too."

Hao Jia stared at her belly, "It's growing so fast, it feels like it's a whole size bigger than last week."

Yuan Xiu laughed and said, "It's not that exaggerated."

"You're not exaggerating at all, they're really growing very fast. Haven't you had your checkup this month yet? Let the OB-GYN do a thorough checkup; it might be twins."

Yuan Xiu shook her head with a smile: "Do you think twins are like cabbages in the field, something you can have whenever you want? I'm already seven months pregnant. If it were possible to detect twins, it would have been found out long ago. Why wait until now? Besides, my belly is just a normal size. You think it's big because I'm getting enough nutrition, so it looks bigger and faster than other babies."

Yuan Xiu dared not even dream of having twins.

The day after Yuan Xiu finished talking with Hao Jia happened to be Sunday. She went to Teacher Shen's house, and the first thing Teacher Shen looked at her was her stomach. "Yuan Xiu, isn't your belly a little big?"

Shen's mother also came over carrying little Xuanxuan. "Oh my, Xiao Yuan's belly is much bigger than last week. Could she be pregnant with twins?"

Yuan Xiu laughed and said, "Maybe I eat too much, and the weight just goes into my belly."

Teacher Shen asked, "Did you get checked? What did the doctor say? Your belly looks bigger than when I was pregnant with Xiao Xuanxuan."

Yuan Xiu nodded: "I checked, and it didn't say it was twins."

Teacher Shen nodded: "Then it should be right. Our military hospital has equipment called an A-ultrasound machine, right? When I went for my prenatal checkup, the doctor used the machine to look at my belly and could hear how many fetal heartbeats were inside."

That's why Yuan Xiu didn't consider the possibility of twins. It's a pity that their hospital didn't have an ultrasound machine; if they did, they could get a general idea of ​​the baby's condition inside her.

In this era, ultrasound machines are not as common as they were a decade or two ago. They are only available in large general hospitals in big cities. The equipment is precious, and even if their hospitals have them, they will not use them for routine prenatal checkups.

Unless the doctor first discovers the possibility of multiple pregnancies,

At noon, Chunmei's sister-in-law came to deliver some things. When she saw her belly, she said, "It's only been a few days, how come it's gotten so big again? It's growing really fast. It looks bigger than when other women are seven months pregnant."

After she left, Yuan Xiu took her own pulse; it was slippery and strong.

Jiang Zhou came downstairs and saw her holding his wrist, taking his pulse. "What are you doing?"

Yuan Xiu released her grip and laughed, "I was just playing with it. By the way, what's for lunch?"

In the afternoon, I went to Dr. Liu's place for a class. When Sister-in-law Guiying saw her, she said the same thing as Sister-in-law Chunmei.

Knowing that Yuan Xiu went to the OB-GYN for checkups every month, they never considered the possibility of twins, as they still had a lot of faith in the OB-GYN's skills.

Only Dr. Liu stared at her for a few moments, then beckoned to her: "Come here, let me take your pulse."

Sister-in-law Guiying laughed: "My goodness, can you even tell how many babies Xiao Yuan is carrying?"

Dr. Liu rolled his eyes at her and sent her inside to get his pulse diagnosis kit.

Sister-in-law Guiying smiled and took out the pulse diagnosis tool, placing it on the small table next to him. "Take a look yourself. Maybe your hand is even more accurate than the machines in the hospital."

Dr. Liu ignored her and began to take Yuan Xiu's pulse with his eyes closed.

His three fingers landed on the three points on Yuan Xiu's wrist: cun, guan, and chi. He first pressed lightly, then moderately, and finally pressed deeply.

He slowly examined her for a while before opening his eyes, then switched to his other hand, "Hmm..."

Yuan Xiu's heart tightened; the sound of that "hmm" made her heart pound.

Sister-in-law Guiying: "Please don't say 'yes' anymore, little Yuan is still young and can't take a fright."

Dr. Liu ran his other hand along the beard on his chin. "Your pulse is slippery and strong, as if there are two pulses coexisting. Have you checked your own pulse at home before? Did you notice anything?"

Yuan Xiu was both amused and exasperated: "Master, are you giving a live demonstration? With my current skill level, I can only detect a slippery pulse; I don't see anything different about it."

Sister-in-law Guiying: "Two lines? What does that mean?"

Dr. Liu didn't want to explain to her, and continued, "One is strong and the other is weak, so the rhythm is slightly different. It's normal that you can't tell the difference."

Sister-in-law Guiying asked anxiously, "What do you mean?"

Yuan Xiu couldn't help but smile. "It means two pregnancies."

"Twins..." Guiying's eyes widened in surprise: "Twins! Really?"

Dr. Liu snorted angrily, "Am I so bad that I can't even feel a woman's pulse when she's seven months pregnant?!"

After saying that, he said to Yuan Xiu, "It's also my fault for not taking your pulse these past few months. If I had taken your pulse earlier, I might have found out sooner, instead of waiting until now."

Yuan Xiu smiled and shook her head. She had been going to the hospital for prenatal checkups every month, and each checkup showed positive results, so she never thought of consulting the hospital's traditional Chinese medicine doctor or her master for pulse diagnosis. She never expected…

Who would have thought?

Sister-in-law Guiying slapped her thigh with joy!

"Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god, Xiao Yuan! You're really pregnant with twins!"

Yuan Xiu was overjoyed, "I didn't expect it either; it wasn't detected during the checkup."

Dr. Liu raised his chin: "It's normal that they haven't found anything. That's how Western medicine works. If the machine can't detect it, they can't find it. Unlike traditional Chinese medicine, we can find the cause through observation, listening, questioning, and palpation. But even so, you should still go to the hospital and have them give you a thorough examination. The pulse is uneven, so it's possible that one of your children is a little weak, which is why it hasn't been detected yet."

Yuan Xiu's expression tightened, and she subconsciously touched her stomach.

She was afraid, afraid because she had put all her energy into studying and had overdrawn her physical strength.

Guiying's sister-in-law quickly comforted her, "It's alright, it's alright. There are still more than two months until you give birth. We have time to take care of yourself."

Master Liu also said, "There's no need to worry too much."

How could I not be worried?

When Yuan Xiu returned home in the afternoon, her eyes welled up with tears the moment she saw Jiang Zhou.