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Martha moved the wand over the soft belly and watched the screen with wonder.

It didn't matter how many times she saw it, the small life in his stomach cavity was still wondrous to see.

"Wow" Tarn breathed as the screen zoomed in and the heart could be seen beating.

"Well, it looks like you are about eight weeks, give or take" she smiled at Ianto who was watching his husband's face as it shone with delight.

"Feels more like … maybe ten" Ianto whispered, not wanting to break Jack's concentration as he studied his new child.

"Well, each has been a bit different. This time we know early so we can feed you up a bit better than last time … times" she amended with a soft laugh.

Jack finally blinked and turned to look at her, determination on his face, "He will be loved, fed, watched and …"

"Coddled, criticised, constantly checked on and fluffed over …." Ianto said softly.

"…I will treat him like the king that he is!" Jack finished, then frowned as he registered Ianto's quips.

"I never criticised you" Jack defended himself.

"You did, if you remember, I fell and you said it was my fault for not getting help" Ianto pointed out.

"One time, and I apologised once I had calmed down" Jack whined, slumping as he remembered his brain-fart moment.

"I wasn't allowed any sweets, you monitored all my food and even weighed me each day" Ianto pouted.

"Weighed him?" Tarn gaped.

"I wanted to know how big my baby was getting" Jack answered, "CJ was huge!"

"Long" Ianto corrected, "He was a long child, long limbs and he took up quite a bit of room."

"Reminded me of a little rabbit, all long limbed and skinny" Owen laughed as he checked Ianto's' blood pressure with a gentle scan, "Too long for the first jumpsuit, had to go home barefoot too, his feet were too big for the booties."

"That's why it never occurred to us that there were two the next ….. God. Martha?" Jack swung to look at her.

"No! Just the one this time, I did a careful check this time!" she smiled.

"Not that I don't love the twins but … wow. One is going to be perfect" Jack clasped his hands to his chest and made an excited little noise as he returned to the screen.

"Wow" Tarn repeated, "Excited, isn't he."

"Wait until I have a bump and you can feel it move" Ianto laughed, "I had him attached to it like a limpet."

"Oh my little lovely" Jack crooned to Ianto's stomach, "Daddy is going to love you soooooo much."

SJ watched from the doorway as the small life blinked on the screen then he turned and ran to tell his sister.

Taddy was having a baby.