Family Man... (left)Mike Hussey with his son William and daughters Jasmin and Molly and (right) Mike Hussey with his wife Amy at the Allan Border Medal this year.
Michael Hussey sat in the doctor's surgery consumed by fear.
Statistics have been kind to the only batsman within cooee of Don Bradman's remarkable Test average of 99.94, but on this occasion Hussey didn't like the equation.
The doctor put the cards on the table. Two in 1000 pregnancies suffer placental abruption, a condition that can lead to a full-blown haemorrhage.
Hussey's pregnant wife, Amy, devoted mother of two, the love of his life, sits uneasily in the smallest of minorities.
Of the two pregnancies, data shows one baby will live, the other will die. Then comes the sledgehammer: if the haemorrhage is severe enough, it could take Amy Hussey's life.
When the West Australian waved his bat towards Amy after thumping his sixth Test ton in Brisbane last week, it was a symbol of their personal triumph.
Hussey's world is intact. Amy is healthy. Together, the couple have their third child, Molly Mae, who entered the world in May three months premature, weighing just over 1kg.
"It was the most challenging time of my life,'' says Hussey, whose wife had complications at the 25-week mark of her pregnancy.
"It was a really difficult time. I don't think it really hit me until later, you know, when everything was OK. The doctors explained how dangerous things could have been if things didn't go so well. The statistics were very damning. We're just so lucky to come through unscathed.
"Cricket paled into insignificance. I was part of a World Cup-winning team one week earlier but I didn't give cricket a second thought. I didn't think about celebrating the World Cup.
"It makes you realise how quickly things can change in life.''
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