"You're late." Carolyn slightly frowned as Daniel and Vala entered the infirmary, 20 minutes later than they were supposed to arrive.

"Sorry. I had my first wave of morning sickness and it was awful." She grimaced, Daniel rubbed her back in sympathy. In his other had he had a Ziploc bag full of saltine crackers and bottle of ginger ale for his wife. Vala reached for the ginger ale and Daniel handed it to her with a smile.

"It's fine, I understand." Carolyn smiled. "Vala, I'm going to need you to get on the exam table and lie back for me please."

Vala finished taking a large gulp of ginger ale and hopped happily on the exam table, as told. She lay back and snuggled in towards the pillow and reached for Daniel's hand who smiled and took her hand in both his.

Carolyn lifted Vala's shirt and gently placed her hands on Vala's lower abdomen, checking for any abnormalities.

"So have you two discussed a doctor?" Carolyn asked, carefully feeling around Vala's stomach.

Vala and Daniel looked at each other then back at Carolyn.

"What?" she asked.

"Nothing…Its just…Well we kind of thought you would be Vala and the baby's doctor." Daniel said. Vala nodded at his words.

"Me?" Carolyn asked. " I'm not an obstetrician. Wouldn't you want someone more…experienced with that field? I mean I have delivered babies in emergency situations but Ive never been through the whole 9 month process, since back when I was a resident."

" We trust you. I wouldn't trust anyone else with the life and care for Vala and the baby." Daniel said.

"Are you sure?" Carolyn asked.

"Yes we are sure. If someone is going to be looking down there and pulling a person out of there I want it to be you." Vala said.

Carolyn laughed and nodded. " Just as long as you two are comfortable."

"Yes." Daniel and Vala said together.

"Well, I'm very touched and honored you two will allow me to be involved with you both on this journey."

"And quite the journey it's going to be." Vala threw in. "Poor Daniel is going to have 2 Valas."

"Im in trouble." Daniel grinned.

"But she'll be a sweetheart." Vala beamed.

"She?" Daniel raised a brow at his wife's prediction.

"Yes she. It's a girl." Vala said matter of fact.

"And how would you know?" Daniel stroked her forehead.

"A mother knows these things. Your mothers a smart one, Camilla." Vala looked at her tummy.

"Camilla? Oh brother." Daniel shook his head and laughed.

"Yep!" Vala said proudly.

Carolyn laughed and turned the ultrasound machine on.

"What are you going to do?" Vala asked. "Daniel explained it to me and according to him were going to see the baby but its not the fully grown one and it cant smile back or pose or anything,yet. In fact I feel a little sorry for her,3 adults looking at her on a screen invading her privacy."

"That's correct. Im going to use a transducer probe a.k.a magic wand and it allows us to see how the baby is growing and what it looks like and then we will see of we can get a heartbeat."

"Oh goodie!" Vala clapped and then took back Daniels hands in hers.

Carolyn took the little bottle of gel. "This is going to be cold." She warned.

"Oh hello! That is cold." Vala said when Carolyn put it on her stomach.

"Told you."

Daniel leaned close into Vala and watched as Carolyn pressed the magic wand against Vala's lower abdomen and looked at the screen, slowly moving the stick.

"Now lets see." Carolyn said, searching around. She stopped all of a sudden and smiled. " There we go. Found her."

Vala and Daniel smiled, their eyes glued to the screen.

"She's beautiful. She looks like a nugget…or cashew…or bean..or popcorn!

"Shes getting hungry." Daniel said.

"Or like nemo." Vala continued in her own little world. "But shes a cute one."

Daniel kissed Vala's forehead.

"Here's the head..arms…feet." Carolyn pointed out on the screen. Daniel and Vala had huge smiles as they took in the first image of their baby. The life they created out of love.

"And now." Carolyn pressed a couple buttons and the silence in the room was replaced by a soft rhythmic thumping.

Daniel's eyes got wide. "Is that…."

"Her heartbeat? Yea" Carolyn smiled.

Vala's eyes filled with tears and the trickled down the sides of her face. Nothing could explain the feeling Daniel and Vala were experirincing as they heard the beautiful sound of their baby's strong heartbeat. Daniel kissed Vala on the lips and smiled. He wiped the tears from his wife's beautiful eyes. They closed their eyes and just listened to the miraculous sound.

"Would you guys like a copy of the image?" Carolyn asked a few minutes later.

"Yes!" Daniel and Vala exclaimed.

"Can I get 20?" Vala sat up a little, excitement etched in her face.

" I don't see why not. Ill print one out and make paper copies of it." Carolyn smiled and lifted the wand from Vala's belly.

"Thank you." Daniel said.

" Yes, thank you Carolyn. That was amazing." Vala said.

"Pleasures all mine. Now lets see if we can get a due date, shall we?" Carolyn wiped Vala's stomach and pulled her shirt down. She washed her hands and got her laptop.

"Vala, do you remember when your last p-"

"She was conceived 8 weeks ago yesterday." Vala answered, her voice proud. Daniel's face went red. "I was switching birth control, remember? so I stopped the old one for a month and it was midnight on new years so we had had a little bit to drink and guy wasn't so careful and we forgot to put on the," she leaned away from Daniel towards Carolyn and whispered. "the love sock."

"Got ya." Carolyn laughed.

"Vala!" Daniel's face got even redder. "She doesn't need to know every detail. Sheesh."

"Sorry." Vala giggled.

Carolyn tried to stop laughing as she typed in the information. "Okay..sooooooo." she bit her lip and looked at the computer. " If I'm correct you are due on October 7th"

"A Halloween baby." Vala smiled.

"Close to it." Carolyn smiled.

"This is going to be so much fun." Vala smiled, already plotting. " She's got quite the life ahead of her. She's only a fetus and shes already made quiet the entrance on new years if ya know what I mean."

Daniel chuckled and laughed. "So much trouble."

Daniel watched in amusement as Vala handed out the copies of the ultrasound pictures to everyone.

"Look Sam! She's got fighter hands and look at that face! She's going to be a heartbreaker!" Vala said happily to Sam.

"Cam! Look at my baby!" Vala chased after him when she saw him walk pass the room. Cam smiled and congratulated her as he put his copy of the ultrasound in his chest pocket .

Everything was perfect.