It was three weeks later when Jack and the team came back safely through the gate. Janet wanted them to stay one night in the infirmary to make sure their levels were good. Sam was tired from a busy day in the lab. She was very tired. She was ready for Hannah to come in six or less weeks. She couldn't help but smile seeing Jack sitting on the bed talking to the kid Loren they had brought back with them.
"You guys are a sight for sore eyes!" Sam greeted walking in to the infirmary.
Jack came over and hugged her tightly. Sam kissed him.
"I missed you!" She whispered into his neck.
Daniel cleared his throat playfully.
"Can I help you with something, Daniel?" Jack rolled his eyes at his bespectacled friend.
"Maybe I want to hug Sam!" Daniel held out his arms. Sam grinned realizing Jack wasn't releasing her.
"Loron this is my wife Sam and our baby girl Hannah." Jack rubbed her growing belly.
The shy teen smiled and waved from the bed he was sitting on. Sam smiled and waved back.
"Thank you for looking after the kids for me! I hope they weren't to much trouble." Cam said gratefully.
"They were wonderful. They're good kids. They can't wait to go trick or treating tomorrow!" Sam gushed.
"I'm excited for that myself!" Cam smiled.
They were standing around talking some more when suddenly Sam doubled over. She clutched her right side.
"Sam what's wrong? Why are you trembling. Go get a doctor!" Jack ordered as he laid Sam on a bed. Daniel ran to go find Janet or Carolyn. Cam took Loren out of the room and Teal'c helped Jack get Sam on the bed.
"Jack something is wrong!" Sam panted.
"What happened?" Janet hurried over to Sam.
"We were just talking she doubled over and grabbed her right side. She trembling really bad." Jack rubbed Sam's arms.
"Is this the first time something like this has happened? How's your vision, Sam?" Janet put the stethoscope on Sam's belly. Then put a blood pressure cuff on her arm.
"Yes and Blurry. Is Hannah ok?" Sam asked still panting.
" I want to do an ultrasound to make sure but I'm sure Hannah is going to be fine. Your blood pressure spiked causing something called mild preeclampsia. Which means lots of bed rest and I don't want to see you back here until you go into labor." Janet said as she helped Sam turn on her left side.
"Preeclampsia can cause labor. Hannah is to little to come. What do I do Janet?" Sam asked scared.
"Your not in labor you caught it in time. At thirty three weeks Hannah would have a high survival rate but that's why I'm putting you on bed rest so you won't go into labor early. I'm going to put an IV in to give you some fluids and some medicine its not going to harm Hannah but it will make you sleepy." Janet explained squeezing Sam's hand. Sam nodded and Janet went to get the ultrasound machine. Jack laid down behind her gently rubbing Sam's belly. Sam was silently crying. Darius came to set up Sam's IV. He took her right hand and began cleaning it for the IV.
"Vicki was twenty three weeks pregnant when she got preeclampsia with Jordan. Scared her to death. She worked a desk job, ate right, got the right amount sleep and felt like the worst mom every because her body was doing this thing that could seriously harm her son. Even though preeclampsia can be a very serious thing that needs to be treated no one knows what causes it. She needed mild blood pressure medicine and I made sure she rested a lot but Jordan was born two weeks before his due date but was health and happy. Hannah probable got over excited hearing her dad's voice and he caused all of this." Darius finished putting in the IV flushed out the line and started the fluids. He winked at Jack as he taped the IV down. Jack smiled not only had Darius manage to calm Sam down but she was also smiling a little.
"Daddy is excited to be home to baby but you need to stay in mommy and cook a little longer." Jack continued to rub Sam's belly.
Janet came back with the ultrasound machine.
"Ok Sam I'm making sure your placenta hasn't separated from your uterus. Then I'll show you sweet Hannah. Just stay on your side I'll be able to see everything I need to see." Janet said as she put the gel on Sam's belly. She moved the wand around Sam's belly carefully making sure everything looked good. Janet went to check on Hannah next. Hannah was moving around happily her heartbeat strong.
"She's dancing and moving like a happy healthy baby!" Janet smiled at the smiles on their faces.
"Does she look small?" Sam asked
"She looks the right size to me. She is going to get even bigger by the time she comes. She hasn't dropped yet but she is turned head down so that is a very good sign." Janet soothed. Sam was feeling sleepy from the medicine by the time Janet wiped the gel from Sam's belly. Janet quietly left. Darius and Teal'c pushed another bed together so Jack would have more room to hold Sam.
The next day Jack and Sam got home to see Jacob and Martouf had decorated the house for Halloween.
"Hey you got a call asking if your house could be the meeting place for the kids to meet to group up to go trick or treating. Apparently Laney and Jeremy's house was it but Laney went into labor early this morning. So I said sure. I know that you're on bed rest but I figure the three of us can do it." Jacob explained almost excitedly.
"That's fine dad. Jeremy thought Laney was going to go into labor soon. I can't wait to meet baby Lilly. Is it hot in here?" Sam asked as she fanned herself.
"Janet said you could start getting over heated because you metabolic rate is high. Do you want to lay on the couch or the bed? I'll turn the ceiling fan on." Jack asked.
"I'll start in the bed for now." Sam sighed. Jack got her settled on her side with the pillows and the fan turned on.
"What do you need me to do for this party tonight?" Jack smiled as he walked into the kitchen.
"If you want to go see what snacks and candy the stores have left?" Jacob asked.
"I can do that! Oh the nursery looks amazing. Hannah is very lucky having you two around." Jack grabbed his keys to his truck and headed for the door..
Later that night the guys had set out some snacks and candy bags. Sam had moved to the couch. She wanted to see the kids in their costumes. The door bell rang and Jack went to answer the door.
"Come here kitty cat come see Sam." Jack motioned into the living room. Lola ran into the room jumping in Jack's arms. She wore a black leotard with black tights a black cat tail pined on the back and she wore a headband with black cat ears. Her nose was painted pink with black whiskers on her cheeks.
"What a sweet kitty!" Sam cooed.
"It's me Lola!" Lola giggled. Cam came in with Devlin and Ryder. Carolyn Lam followed behind him also dressed as a black cat. Cam and Devlin were dressed as air force pilots and Ryder was a little scarecrow.
"Oh I thought a kitten had gotten in our house!" Jack grinned as he took Lola to the couch to see Sam. Jacob and Martouf had gone outside to pass out candy to other trick or treaters.
"Look at my baby Lilly, Sam!" Ryder took Cam's phone over to Sam to show her the picture. The new born was red and wrinkled with chubby cheeks and her dark blue eyes were open looking at the camera. She was wrapped in a pink and blue hospital blanket.
"Ryder, she is beautiful! She looks a lot like you! I bet you love her already!" Sam hugged Ryder tightly.
"She's makes silly faces! See my baby, Jack!" Ryder giggled as he shoved the phone at Jack.
"She's cute Ry guy!" Jack grunted as Lola's knee slipped in between his legs tying to see the phone. He put Lola on the floor trying hard not to cuss in front of the kids.
"Oh Lo you hurt Jack! You can't put your knees on people like that remember you hurt Cam this afternoon like that!" Carolyn tried not to smile as Jack stood to go in the other room.
"Laugh it up, Carter! I hope Hannah enjoys being an only child!" Jack whispered harshly as he passed the giggling Sam. Sam couldn't help but laugh harder . Every time Jack became aggravated with Sam he called her Carter.
"He did better than me! I taught the kids a couple of adult only words when she kneed me." Cam shook his head.
"Hey look at this cool space ranger!" Jacob carried Jordan into the house. Jordan was dressed like Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story.
"You look awesome!" Sam patted the space next to her on the couch. Jacob made sure Jordan was all the way back on the couch before letting go.
"Where's Jack?" Jacob asked.
"He went either to the kitchen or our room. Can you ask him to bring the camera with him?" Sam asked smiling.
"Hey Jack can I come in?" Jacob asked knocking on the bedroom door.
"Yeah come in!" Jack called. Jacob walked in to see Jack sitting on the bed.
"You ok?" Jacob asked.
"Yeah I just got kneed in the crouch and I didn't want to say anything I'll regret later in front of the kids." Jack explained.
"Ouch! Sam said when you come back out to bring the camera" Jacob smirked.
"I'm coming now." Jack stood up and grabbed the camera from the closet.
Jack walked back into the living room to see that Darius, Vickie, Teal'c and Daniel had now arrived. Devlin was hugging and talking to Sam.
"You feel her kicking around in there? I think she's excited friends are here." Sam asked as Devlin felt the baby kick.
"Can I feel the baby?" Lola asked coming up to them.
"No not right now." Devlin stepped in front of Sam. He had always been protective of Sam. Lola stuck her tongue out at Devlin.
"Ok you two!" Cam said warningly.
"Look Lola Jordan is Buzz Lightyear like the movie we saw!" Devlin distracted Lola for a few more cuddles with Sam.
"Uncle Darius doesn't like black cats! " Jordan giggled.
"Let's get this straight I don't like your evil black cat but little Lola is an adorable black cat." Darius explained shaking his head.
"Moth cat is not evil he just doesn't like you either." Jordan shrugged.
"Moth cat?" Daniel asked.
"He's very good at catching bugs." Jordan explained.
"Jordy named the cat himself." Vickie smiled.
Vickie watched as Jack began to take pictures of Jordan and the other kids. She was glad that Darius had brought them here with him to Colorado. Her husband had been killed in a car crash two years ago. That was also what put Jordan in a wheelchair. She had been in a bad relationship but Darius had gotten a great job in Colorado, packed her and Jordan up one night and got them out of there. She found out later she was pregnant. She was glad this baby was going to be raised around good people.
"Are you OK?" Darius asked softly touching Vickie's arm.
"I'm fine! Just thinking how good it is to see my boy happy again!" She smiled.
A few more families came in and kids gathered in the living room. Soon Teddy came in with all his kids including the nine week old twins.
"Hey where is Missy tonight?" Sam asked as Davis, who was dressed a puppy, climbed in the small space on the couch besides Sam.
"She is with Laney. Laney is an only child and her parents don't live close so Missy wanted to be with her, Jeremy and the baby." Teddy explained as he sat the twin car seats down.
"So you brought out seven kids on Halloween? You are a brave man." Carolyn grinned. The older kids had went to talk to some other kids sitting on the floor in the corner of the room. Josh had Benny sitting on his lap.
"The older kids are amazingly helpful!" Teddy said. Phoenix began to fuss in his car seat.
"I'll hold him!" Sam said as Teddy went to take the baby out of his seat.
Teddy laid the infant in Sam's arms. The baby boy was dressed as a catapillar. Teddy took Phoebe out of her seat and Carolyn took her. Phoebe was dressed as a butterfly.
"They are already getting so big!" Sam cooed at the baby in her arms. The little boy was bald and had bright blue eyes like Davis.
"I love new baby smell." Carolyn smelled the top of Phoebe's head deeply. The baby had whispy blonde hair and hazel eyes like Laura. Carolyn was sitting on the floor with Lola on her leg.
"They don't always smell good!" Davis scrunched his noes.
"I sure that's true!" Carolyn grinned as Lola gently rubbed the baby's leg.
Benny had toddled over to the couch he was dressed as Woody. He grinned up at Jordan.
"Jordan, Can I sit Benny beside you so I can take a picture?" Jack asked. Jordan nodded yes and Jack sat Benny besides Jordan. Benny was very interested in Jordan's shiny costume.
"Benny is very hard to get to look at camera." Teddy said as he snapped his fingers over Jack's head to make the one year old look. The best picture they got was the boys grinning at each other.
"The baby likes me, mama!" Jordan giggled as he grabbed Benny's waist before he could fall.
"I see! Hold on to him." Vickie smiled.
"I'm going to want a copy of those photos please." Teddy said he went to get Benny from Jordan. Benny began to whine and reach for Jordan. Teddy sat Benny back beside Jordan.
"Does the baby not talk yet?" Jordan asked as Benny made Jordan clap together.
"No not yet." Teddy said softly. The doctors weren't sure why the one year old wasn't verbal yet.
"He'll talk when he has something to say. I didn't know Teal'c talked. Some people are just quiet." Jordan shrugged.
The Jaffa actually smiled as he walked over behind the couch where the boys were sitting. Benny reached over the couch for Teal'c
"I believe you are correct Benjamin Jamison will speak when he has something to say." Teal'c said as he picked Benny up. Benny immediately reached for Teal'c's gold forehead tattoo. Teal'c gently pushed the boy's hand down.
Jack smiled as Sam seemed memorized by the tiny baby in her arms.
"No, you can't keep him." Jack whispered into her ear. Sam grinned up at him it was the same thing he told her about the Nox boy.
Cassie came in with Janet and a few other teen and pre teen agers. Laura went over to greet Cassie.
"Dad, can I go with Cassie to the teen club Halloween party, please?" Laura begged a little. It was very rarely that Laura got to be out of their family circle and she had been wonderful helping with the twins.
"Sure, sweetheart, have fun and be careful." Teddy smiled.
"Thank you! Will you put my wings and stuff in the van? Oh wait I'll need my ID to get in the club! Keys please!" Laura shimmied out of her fairy wings and unclipped the tiara out of her hair letting her hair fall on her shoulders.
"Do you need a ride?" Teddy was regretting his quick yes.
"No my friend Dominic and his parents are walking us. They are going to stay at the club with us." Cassie assured. She had been giving everyone quick hello hugs.
"I don't want to keep them waiting anymore so I'll give the keys to Mr. Jacob. Bye daddy!" Laura kissed Teddy on the cheek and then went to the door. Cassie kissed Janet then followed Laura and the other teens. They were walking out the door when they heard a boy's voice.
"Wow Laura you look beautiful!"
"Let us get out the door first, doofus!" Cassie shoved the boy out the door. Laura let out a laugh that her dad had never heard.
"Who was that?" Teddy asked as Janet stopped him from following the girls.
"It was probably Dominic's younger cousin Adam. Laura met him a couple of weeks a go. He is a very nice boy. Now sit down you look like your about to pass out." Janet soothed grabbing his elbow.
"Did my teenager just go out on a date with a boy?" Teddy plopped down next to Coralyn on the floor.
"No. You let her go to a Halloween party with friends. I promise Cassie is going to stay with Laura and they are going to have a fun time." Janet promised.
"Missy knew about this party?" Teddy asked frowning.
"Sort of I wasn't sure if I was going to let Cass go but I did some research and found out it was really good place to send your teenager on Halloween. She said if Cassie went then Laura could go if you were ok with it." Janet explained.
"I was fine until I watched her change from a little fairy princess to a teenager within seconds. I felt like someone punched me in the gut. I suddenly felt very old and I still have six more to go!" Teddy sighed as he stroked Phoebe's cheek.
"Davis is my boyfriend!" Lola announced.
"No Davis is your friend who is a boy!" Cam corrected quickly.
"No Davis is my boyfriend we hold hands and everything!" Lola smiled. Davis beamed from his place by Sam. Cam picked Davis up off the couch.
"When did you start holding my girl's hand?" Cam asked the small boy.
"At build a bear and Tucker's party and the park!" Davis listed.
"Sorry bud, you'll have to wait ten more years to hold her hand. No more of that ok." Cam firmly said.
"But daddy I like holding his hand! You like holding Carolyn's hand!" Lola fussed loudly.
"He does?" Daniel smirked.
Teddy looked at the pink cheeked doctor. There were no secrets when you had children or dated someone that did. Jacob and Marty came in from outside and Jacob handed Teddy his keys.
"So how are we doing this trick or treating thing?" Cam put Davis down.
"The church down the street has a carnival with candy, games and prizes I think for most ages. I think most people are going there but if you do split into groups go to houses with lights on. We can all stay in a group or if the older ones what to spilt up just make sure there are adults with you. We have extra adults helping so no child should be by themselves." Janet explained.
"We'll meet back here to get cars by ten since it is a school night. The Church isn't far and we can trick or treat at the houses on the way there." Jacob said.
The kids and adults approved of the plan and began to get ready to leave.
"I'm going to fix the babies their bottles they'll want to eat soon." Teddy said as he stood up. Darius went and got Jordan off of the couch.
Janet walked over to Sam. Sam had handed Pheniox to Martouf. The man looked very unsure holding the tiny baby.
"You need the practice for when Hannah comes in six weeks." Sam rubbed her belly.
"How is Hannah doing today?" Janet asked.
"Much better!" Sam smiled
"How are you feeling, Sam?"
"Besides a few hot flashes not to bad! Give me your hand every time she hears you she starts moving around." Sam reached for Janet's hand.
"Hello sweet Hannah I can't wait meet you too!" Janet cooed as she felt the small kicks under her hand.
Everyone was going outside to start trick or treating. Jack brought Sam a large cup of ice water and the TV remote.
"I'll be here growing a baby." Sam sighed she wanted to go with them.
"Thank you!" Jack kissed Sam and then her belly.
Three weeks later
Sam sighed and rubbed her huge belly. She was now thirty six weeks pregnant and only had about three weeks left in her pregnancy. They had kept pushing back birthing classes because of Jack's schedule but now it was now or never. Janet had let her off bed rest to do these classes. They had found a three day class that lasted four hours each. Because of work Jack had only made it to about three hours of the eight hours Sam had already attended. Jack felt extremely guilty for missing the classes. Jacob and Martouf had been with her but they got called back to the base as they were getting ready to go to class. Sam had them drop her off at the center the class was being held. She wanted to finish the class. The class was taking a break when Daniel came walking up. Sam brust into tears her first thought was Jack had been hurt badly or killed. Daniel hugged her tightly.
"It's ok Sam Jack feels guilty as hell that he can't be with you. He asked me to come finish the class with you." Daniel soothed.
"So he is ok? Just stuck in those meetings with dad and Martouf?" Sam sniffed.
"Oh he's fine Sam he just didn't want you to be alone. That's why I'm here for support." He kissed her on top of her head.
Three weeks later
It was now five days before her due date and it was late at night. Sam knocked loudly on Jacob's door.
"Sam what's wrong?" Jacob asked half awake.
"Jack's not home yet. I need to go to the infirmary I'm pretty sure I'm in labor!"