Chapter 6- Journeys In Parenting

3 months later…

General Hammond faced his most trusted team in the gate room. "Jack, are you ready to ship out?"

"Yes, sir."

Meanwhile, Sam was in the control room, "Wait!" She ran down to the gate room. She entered the room. He gave her a hug and a kiss "I'll miss you Sam." He knelt down to face her stomach, "And you, be good to your mum while I'm gone."

He kissed her stomach and stood up, "I love you, Sam."

She hugged him "I love you, too. Come back safe."

"I will."

General Hammond turned to SG-1 "SG-1, you have a go."

They all turned to leave when Sam screamed out in pain, clutching her stomach, and collapsed.

"Sam!" He caught her before her head hit the ground, "We need a medical team down here!" A second later, a medical team, lead by Dr. Frasier, put her on a stretcher and wheeled her away. Jack jogged alongside her holding her hand the whole way.

Before they left the room Jack turned to General Hammond "Sir?"

"The mission is postponed."

"Thank-you, sir."

Jack ran off to catch up with the doctors. He gripped Sam's hand once more, hoping she'd wake up soon. His wish came true, as her eyes opened slightly, "Jack?"

"I'm here, baby."

"Jack, what happened?"

"I was hoping you could tell me."

"I had this pain, it was at where… Oh god, Jack, the baby!"

"Sam, calm down, get some rest, Janet's gonna take a look at the baby in a bit." He kissed the top of her head "Remember, no matter what happens, I will always love you."

"Thanks, Jack." He gave her hand a comforting squeeze and Janet came to check on Sam.

"Will she be ok?" Jack asked "Will the baby be ok?"

"I can't tell you unless you let me find out, Jack."

"Oh, sorry." And Sam smiled

He moved his chair on the opposite side, holding her hand once more. All three of them focused their attention on the monitor. Janet put her stethoscope to Sam's stomach, relieved to hear a pulse. Jack saw Janet's smile "The baby's alright?"

"Well, the baby's got a heartbeat, fast, but normal."

They both smiled as they looked at the little baby, sleeping soundly, sucking on it's thumb.

"The baby's perfectly fine, nothing wrong. Sam, what did you eat today?"

"Umm, some eggs, toast, milk, crackers, cereal, Jello, orange juice…"

"Ok, seems fine."

"What did you work on today?"

"Some space-time calculations, that was it."

Jack looked at her "Did you have lunch?"

"Yes."

"It's probably nothing. The baby's fine, Sam's fine from what I can tell, all I can say is stay on base and get plenty of rest."

"And when I come back the day after tomorrow, we'll do the nursery."

Sam smiled "You really want to do the nursery, don't you?"

"Yup, we'll do everything. Paint, bedding, everything."

"Do you guys want to know the sex?"

Sam looked at Jack, "Well, we're doing the nursery, and we're going to get baby clothes… Why not?"

"Sure, seems… Logical…"

Janet looked closer at the monitor, "Well, it appears to be a boy."

"A boy!" Sam and Jack said together, "We're having a boy!"

Sam let a yawn escape. Immediately, Jack gave her a soft kiss on the lips, "You need your rest."

She smiled, kissing him back, "See you, honey."

"Later, baby."

Janet turned to Sam "I never thought I'd live to see you two together."

"Hey, dreams come true."

"Well, you need your rest."

She nodded and fell asleep soundly.

Later that night she woke up, not surprised to see Jack sleeping in a chair by her side. He must have snuck in later. She sat up, "Jack?" He moved slightly, but didn't wake up. "Jack, wake up." She said sweetly. He moved a bit, this was probably the best way to wake up, to the sound of Sam's voice.

"Morning, Sam."

"Morning, baby." Sam said, kissing his cheek. "The baby's kicking."

He scooted over, feeling her stomach. The baby kicked twice, they both felt it.

A tear escaped down Sam's cheek.

"What's wrong, honey?"

"It's just I never thought I'd be getting married and having children, let alone with you."

"Whaddya mean?"

"Before you retired and proposed to me, I never thought we'd ever get together, because of the war with the Goa'uld and the Air Force regulations. Now, I'm getting married to the man I love most, and I'm going to give birth to his child, and no regulation can say otherwise."

He smiled and cupped her cheek, swiping away her tears with his thumb. "Don't cry, you know how much I hate it when you cry."

She smiled, giving the hand on her cheek a squeeze, "Thanks."

They looked into each other's eyes and Jack gave Sam a big kiss. She kissed him back passionately.

Jack got up on her bed sitting next to her. She laid her head on his shoulder and he put his arm around her, pulling her close.

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