I waited for 9 seasons for a McBaby and to see McDreamy take care of a pregnant Meredith and as much as I loved the story this season, I felt a little let down that there wasn't all that much Meredith/Derek interaction during her pregnancy. So this story is my attempt to fill in some of the missing moments, starting with Meredith finding out she is pregnant. So...

From: I Was Made For Loving You

Meredith rolled over and realized that she had woken before her alarm clock went off. She looked over and realized that her husband wasn't in the bed next to her but then she heard the sound of his laughter coming from down the hall along with the giggles of her daughter. Meredith smiled and sat up, taking a moment to remind herself that no matter what, she was lucky to have her little family alive, even if they were still struggling to recover from the plane crash. As Meredith moved to get out of bed she suddenly felt a wave of nausea wash over her for the second morning in a row. She jumped up and barely made it to the bathroom in time to throw up in the toilet. She tried to be as quiet as possible, not wanting Derek to hear her. Even after multiple years of marriage, she still didn't like for him to know when she wasn't feeling well. He had always been one to hover and she had always been one to hate the hovering. As soon as she finished vomiting, she got up and brushed her teeth, wondering what had brought on the sudden sickness. Once she felt like she looked presentable enough not to set off Derek's radar she went into the kitchen to find her husband and daughter.

She entered the kitchen and found Derek helping Zola put jam on her toast.

"Good morning my love," Meredith said as she kissed Zola on the head. Zola picked up her toast and showed her mom what she was eating.

"Mama! Look!"

"Wow Zola, that looks so yummy! Good morning Derek," she said as she walked over and kissed her husband.

"Morning, you want something to eat?"

Meredith suddenly realized that despite having been sick only moments before she was starving.

"Actually yes, I'd love something," Meredith responded with smile.

Derek reached over and placed a plate in front of her with toast and fruit.

"Zola, your daddy is still trying to turn mommy into a health nut like him," Meredith said to her daughter as she took the food, "but we do love when he feeds us, don't we?"

Zola responded by dropping her toast on the floor.

Derek picked it up and gave her a new piece, making her laugh.

"You remember we have that staff meeting this morning right and I have to meet with Callie?" He asked Meredith

"Oh yeah, I'll be ready to go in time. Arizona is coming back to work today. Maybe things can start to feel a little more normal now."

"Well, our new version of normal anyway," Derek said holding up his braced hand.

"This is not your new normal Derek. You're going to be back in the O.R. in no time, I'm sure of it. Just wait and see what Callie says this morning."

"Yeah…why don't you go take a shower and get dressed and then we'll be set to go?" Derek said in an attempt to change the subject.

"Ok," Meredith had only eaten a few bites of her food but was already starting to feel sick again so she jumped at the opportunity to get out of the room before she threw up.

Meredith made her way to the bathroom to vomit for the second time that morning. She then got into the shower and while she was there she began to try to figure out what was making her sick. She ruled out food poisoning, as she ate the same thing as Derek and Zola the night before and neither of them was sick. She didn't feel sick enough for it to be the flu. Maybe she was beginning to get a virus. There was another thought that entered her mind for the briefest of seconds before she squashed it down, knowing that it was not possible. She went back to her thoughts of a virus, hoping that she wouldn't make anyone else sick. She finished getting dressed and joined Derek and Zola in the car.

In the car, Derek reached over and took Meredith's hand, "Are you feeling ok? You look kind of pale and you didn't eat much."

Meredith had to stop herself from rolling her eyes at him. Of course he would notice if something was off with her. "I'm fine, just didn't sleep enough."

They got to the hospital and dropped Zola off at daycare before heading to their staff meeting.

After the meeting, Meredith once again found herself feeling sick. She vomited just before getting a page from Wilson about a difficult patient. The thought that she had squashed down earlier once again crept back into her mind but Meredith immediately stopped it before seeds of hope could be planted.

After her fourth trip to the bathroom to be sick, Meredith decided that she couldn't ignore the nagging feeling in the back of her mind any longer. She let the idea actually enter her mind. Was it possible that she was pregnant? She was a few days late but with all of the stress lately, that hadn't even fazed her. She decided that before she could let herself get too carried away with her thoughts, she needed concrete evidence one way or another. She knew it was highly unlikely, after all, they had tried for years with no results and now since getting Zola, they weren't actively trying anymore, though they weren't really doing anything to prevent it either. She decided she had to know, now, so she snuck into the supply closet and stole a test.

She went into the bathroom and made sure no one else was around before she took the test. After she peed on the stick, she waited, three long minutes. When the time was up, she looked down and was utterly shocked to see a plus sign appear. A part of Meredith wanted to jump for joy at the sight of that but a bigger part told her not to believe what she saw. Meredith was a skeptic at heart, no matter what Derek had said earlier about her newfound optimism. She had experienced enough heartache in life to know that she always needed to be prepared for the worst. She knew that she couldn't say anything to Derek until she knew with one hundred percent certainty that she was pregnant because he had never learned the art of preparing for the worst. He would be ecstatic only to have his hopes dashed if it turned out to be a false positive. Meredith walked out of the bathroom and saw one of the interns passing by.

"Wilson!" She called out to the passing intern.

Wilson stopped dead in her tracks, horrified at having been summoned by Medusa. She slowly turned to face Meredith.

"I need you to take my blood, right now. And if you ask me why or if you tell anyone about this, you won't see the inside of an O.R. for a year, do you understand?"

"Got it," Wilson responded. There was no way she was going to ask any questions where Medusa was concerned.

Once Wilson had drawn her blood, Meredith took it down to the lab labeled as a Jane Doe and had them run a pregnancy test.

Meredith spent the next hour trying to focus on her patient, having discovered his brain tumor to be the cause of his constant grabbing of inappropriate things. Despite her best attempts to focus, her mind kept wondering back to that little plus sign. Finally, after an hour, the lab paged her to let her know her results were ready. She made the trip down to the lab, each step making her feel more nervous.

She picked the paper up from the lab tech and opened it slowly. She scanned down the page and nearly fell down when she realized that the labs had confirmed her previous test. Despite everything, Meredith Grey was in fact pregnant. She made her way into a supply closet knowing that she was going to cry any moment. She was equal parts thrilled and terrified. When she opened the door to the closet she found April Kepner inside. Meredith immediately blinked back the tears and put on her best "I'm fine" face. When April began talking to her, Meredith suddenly realized how different her life was now than it used to be. Five years ago, she would have been terrified that she would be raising a baby alone, like April seemed to be at the moment. But now Meredith knew that Derek was going to be there for her and for their children, through anything life might throw at them. And suddenly she felt as if she couldn't wait to tell him. The last time she had been pregnant, she had never gotten the chance to give him the happy news. The news had become tragic before he even knew. She needed him to know this time. She needed him to know before anyone else. It was a burning need to have him share this with her. As she was listening to April, she realized just how she was going to tell him.

After she finished her shift, she picked up Zola and told Derek that she needed to stop by the store before heading home. She went into the baby clothing store near the ferry docks and picked out the perfect t-shirt for Zola, which was actually for Derek.

When she got home, she put Zola to bed and then sat down on the couch to wait for Derek. The longer she waited the more nervous she became. This was news that would change their lives. Or it could be news that would bring more tragedy to them. She just couldn't wrap her mind around it and she needed Derek to help her.

She heard the door open and saw him come in.

"Hey, so I talked to Clemmons, he referred the tumor patient to someone over at Seattle Pres."

Meredith took a deep breath before responding. She couldn't wait any longer; she had to tell him now. "Ok, take a look at the shirt I bought Zola, it's in the bag on the counter."

Derek was a little bit surprised at this, since Meredith wasn't the kind of mother to go crazy over baby clothes. "Oh Meredith, guys don't get all goo goo over baby clothes," but he moved to look in the bag anyway, "let's see, what is this." Derek picked up the bag and pulled out the shirt seeing the words "World's Best Big Sister" written on it. As he was looking, Meredith could feel her heart beating out of her chest. When Derek turned the shirt around with a questioning look on his face, Meredith jumped up to explain.

"It's only 3 weeks, so I shouldn't even be telling you, I still have a hostile uterus and terrible things are constantly happening to us. I haven't told anyone, I haven't even told Cristina. And I swear if you tell anyone, I'll kick you out of this house that you built," Meredith rambled, in typical nervous Meredith fashion.

Derek suddenly felt like he was going to burst with excitement and happiness. He had dreamed about this moment for years. All worries about his hand and everything else fell away from his mind. He immediately moved to embrace his wife. "Don't worry and good things happen to us, we're gonna have another baby!" Derek said with a huge smile on his face.

Meredith took a moment to just enjoy the happiness of the moment. "We're gonna have another baby!" she repeated.

"Tell me everything, how did you know? When did you find out?" Derek shot off questions, wanting to share in everything with his wife.

"I was sick yesterday and then again this morning. Then when we got to work, I was sick a couple more times and somewhere in the back of my mind I started to wonder if it was possible. As soon as the idea planted itself in my head, I had to find out. I took a home test and when it was positive, I didn't believe it so I had one of my interns draw my blood. When it came back positive, I thought I was going to explode waiting to tell you."

Derek suddenly realized just how much his relationship with his wife had changed. She found out today that she was pregnant and her first instinct was to tell him. He was suddenly even more in love with her.

"Meredith, I thought I loved you as much as was humanly possible this morning, but now I know I was wrong. I have never loved you more than I do right now. You are amazing."

Hearing this, Meredith began to cry. "Will you still love me if the baby dies?" Meredith asked in a small voice.

Derek guided Meredith over to the couch and pulled her onto his lap. "Meredith, I think we have already proven to each other, that no matter what, our love remains. I will love you no matter what happens. I know you are scared after last time. I'm scared to. But we can't forget to experience the good because we are so scared of the bad. This is good and we are going to enjoy every minute of it. We're going to take each day as it comes and deal with whatever happens. And right now, what we are dealing with is wonderful. And we should celebrate."

Meredith sniffled and looked up at him. "You mean celebration sex? With your pregnant wife?" Meredith asked with a shy smile.

"Celebration sex with my pregnant wife is exactly what I had in mind." Derek responded before picking Meredith up and carrying her to their bedroom.