Sam dragged herself to the infirmary only a couple of hours later.

"Sam! General O'Neill told me you might be coming in. What can I do for you?"

"Oh, just trying to double-check that everything's okay."

Janet looked at her with a concerned eye. "What's up?"

"Well, I've gained some weight and I passed out this morning. And…well, that's…that's not normal. At least for my pregnancies. I mean, I get relatively mild morning sickness compared to some of the women I've talked to, and I NEVER put this much weight this early on."

Janet gave Sam a sympathetic smile. "Okay. I have an exam room ready for you."

Janet let Sam go in and get ready for the examination before she walked in. "Isn't General O'Neill coming?" Janet asked, before hesitantly beginning.

"I'm sure he'll be here when he can. It's just…he's really busy." Sam said, a sad but understanding smile on her face.

"You miss him, don't you."

She nodded. "I mean, it's stupid. I see him everyday, but…I still miss him. It's like…It's like I can't get enough of him."

"Enough of who?" Jack asked, walking in with a knock.

"Oh…just this man I work with." Sam said, nonchalantly.

"Really…and just which man would this be?"

"The hottest man on the base." She said, with a smile.

"Really?"

"Yeah…he's got a funny name."

"What name is that?"

"Teal'c."

Jack grimaced. "Oh…I SO didn't need THAT picture."

Janet chuckled. "You're just in time for the sonogram, General."

"Sweet."

"Well, from your first examination, we've determined that you are about ten weeks pregnant. That's far enough along to hear a heartbeat. So…"

She turned on the machine, and a faint whooshing sound was emitted by the small radio-like device. Janet's eyebrows were knitted together in concentration. Both parents' faces looked similar. "Is that…?" Sam asked, listening intently to the sound of her baby's heartbeat.

"Two heartbeats?" Jack asked, finishing his wife's sentence.

Janet nodded with a deep breath. "That's…that's certainly what it sounds like."

"Well, it would explain the extra weight." Sam said, logically.

"And the drastic change in the severity of your average, run-of-the-mill side effects. Morning sickness, mood swings, even attachment, and a number of other expected symptoms of pregnancy have a tendency to worsen with a multiple pregnancy."

"Attachment?" Jack asked, confused.

"She's saying that I never want you to leave my sight…unless you're hovering."

"Ah." He said, finally comprehending the doctor's comment. "So…in order to still have a happy marriage, I'm going to have to take sympathetic maternity leave? I think I can do that." Jack said, looking the doctor in the eye, seemingly dead serious.

Sam hit him in the arm playfully as she chuckled.

Janet shook her head. "No, General…you don't have to take sympathetic maternity leave. But…I would suggest that you find a co-commander of the base. At least until Sam returns from her own maternity leave. These next six months are going to be filled with twists and turns that you've never expected before." Janet stood. "Due to Sam's age and the fact that you are expecting twins, this is going to be classified as a high-risk pregnancy, and, with your permission, General, I would like to bring in some extra help."

Jack nodded. "Anything."

"Well, while this won't affect the actual due date, this will mean that chances are, you will deliver early."

Sam nodded.

"Now, you're due on April 14th. I'd like you to carry up until the 38th week, but…you could deliver anywhere after the 30th week which places you at February 3rd."

"February?" Sam asked, concerned. "Isn't that a little early?"

"I won't lie to you…it is. So, I'd like you to take special care of yourself and avoid delivering that early, but if you do go into labor, we'll be able to take care of that."

"Wow…twins." Was all Jack could say in response.

Sam chuckled. "Yeah…twins. You know what this means?"

He looked up at her, no longer in a daze. "Yes, my love?"

"We're going to have to move."

Jack thought about the size of the house, and…although he desperately wanted to find a way that they would be able to keep the house…Sam was right. And maybe even the cabin. He thought almost bitterly.

"Yeah…and if that's going to be too small, the cabin…well, the cabin's gotta go."

Sam shook her head. "I don't think so."

"You don't?" He asked, surprised.

"Well, think about it. When we're there, we're hardly inside. And, when we are, right now, we're all in bedrooms. How fun would it be for the kids to all sleep in the living room. The twins can share the guest room until they're two or three, and then, we can invite Daniel and Teal'c to come, and all of the kids can be in the living room, Daniel and Teal'c in the guest room and us in the master."

Jack smiled as he realized that it just might work. "Yeah…yeah…" Suddenly, his face fell. "House-hunting."

"Yes?" Sam asked, almost asking what had made him so depressed all of a sudden.

"Do we have to go house-hunting with your dad? Or is he going to do it by himself?"

Sam closed her eyes as if she didn't really want to think about it.

"What are you talking about?" Janet asked, surprised.

"My dad retired from the Tok'ra."

"You're kidding!" Janet exclaimed.

"Nope." Jack confirmed. "He's dating the woman across the street."

"He's dating?"

"Oh yeah…" Sam said, shaking her head. "We met her last night. Well…actually, we met her a long time ago, since she'll watch Grace and JJ for us every once in a while, but…we had a night of adult company at her house. Just Dad, Maria, Jack and me."

"Sounds like fun." Janet said, sincerely.

"Oh…it was. I just…" Sam swallowed down the tears that begged to be shed at the sudden reminder of her friend's death.

"We found out that it's a small world." Jack said, quietly, ending all discussion.

"Oh."

"Well, on to the actual image portion of the sonogram." Janet said, effectively changing the topic. "You guys ready?"

Both took a deep breath. "Yeah." They said, nodding.