Emma sat on the edge of Regina's hospital bed, holding her hand and stroking it with her thumb when finally, her lover's eyes fluttered open.

An adoring smile spread out over Emma's face. "Hey, there." She greeted her wife, who smiled back at her, obviously tired.

"Hmm, what happened?" She asked just before her eyes shot open. "The babies! Are they okay? Where are they? Wh-" She was cut off by Emma's finger on her lips.

"Calm down, they're alright…" She swallowed. "All three of them." She added and she watched Regina's face go through confusion, realization and then shock.

"We had three babies?" She asked for verification and Emma nodded.

"They're over there." She said as she looked over to the side, where three hospital cribs stood against the wall. Regina couldn't see them clearly, but she knew that they contained her babies. "It's a miracle that they're this well. After they were born, they were taken to the NICU because they were so small but in an hour, they grew to average sized babies. It must be the magic. True love and all that jazz…" She explained and a big smile spread over Regina's face.

"What did we have? Boys, girls, both?" She wondered, happily.

Emma grinned. "Three perfect little baby girls." She announced and Regina's face lit up like a Christmas tree. Emma couldn't resist and bent down to kiss Regina's plump lips. "Thank you." She told her wife who grinned.

"I want to see them." She said as she sat up. Emma's hands reached out to help her sit up.

"Sure. You need to walk a little but we'll just go over to that chair and I'll bring the babies to you one by one, alright?" She asked and Regina smiled with the biggest grin imaginable. God, it was good to see her wife this happy. It was so rare. She was happy a lot more than she used to be, that was for sure but she still had difficulties with showing it and also, while she was happy, it was never this much happiness at once.

As she sat up, Regina asked Emma for how long she was out and Emma responded that it was just an hour. She'd needed so much of her powers to vaginally deliver the babies, and magic so the babies would survive, that she needed all the energy from both her body and her magic, therefore she was now so extremely exhausted.

At the end of Emma's explanation, Regina sat down in the chair and Emma went to the crib that was closest to Regina, to pick up their oldest daughter, the one born five minutes before her oldest sister, and to bring her over to Regina, placing her in the woman's arms. "Here is our oldest… She looks so much like you." Emma told Regina, adoration in her voice.

It was true what she said. Their little girl had black hair, because it was still a little wet, that would probably become dark brown once it was fully dry. She had a cute, pretty small nose and her lips were shaped just like Regina's. They were plump and nicely formed.

Regina couldn't keep her eyes off her daughter. She lifted her finger to stroke her cheek. "Hey, sweetie. You're so gorgeous." She whispered and that is when the baby began to stir and move a tiny bit. She opened her eyes, just a little so that they were only slits and looked up at her mommy. The most beautiful, hazel-with-hints-of-green eyes looked up at Regina and the woman almost cried. Even though this baby looked so much like her, she was still undeniably Emma's too. The eyes proved it.

"How about we give her the first name we thought of when we found out we were having a baby?" Emma quietly interrupted Regina's intimate moment with their daughter.

"Sage?" Regina questioned, not looking up at Emma. "I'd like that. Sage. Do you like that name, little one?" She asked her and when the girl grabbed her finger, she took that as a yes.

Emma swallowed. She'd been thinking about what they'd use as a middle name and she bit her lip before she asked. "How about we use Cora as a middle name?" She suggested and a surprised Regina looked up.

"What? Are you serious?" She asked, not at all having expected that suggestion.

Emma nodded. "Yes, I am. She's her grandmother and well, you told me how she reacted when she got her heart back. She loved you, even if she didn't show it, and you loved her… And it's because of my mom that she's dead and… you know, I think she deserves to be honored through our daughter." She explained and Regina could cry of happiness – she didn't, but she could.

"Do you mean that? You don't mind her having the name of a woman who tried to kill you?" She wondered and Emma shook her head.

"No, I don't. She's your mother and she raised you to the best of her ability. She deserves this." She explained and Regina nodded.

"Sage Cora… I like that." She told her little girl and kissed her forehead. "I love you." She whispered so quietly, not even Emma could hear it. When she pulled back from Sage, she looked up at her wife. "I think it's time for me to meet the middle one, don't you think?" She asked and Emma chuckled.

"Yeah," She replied and then picked Sage out of Regina's arms. "Come here, baby girl." She spoke and kissed her cheek before she put her down in her crib again.

It's then that she picked up their second born daughter and carried her over to Regina. Regina grinned at the sight of this baby as well. The little girl was bald, except for the tiny, blonde hairs in her neck. Her nose was a bit bigger than that of her older sister and but her lips were a bit smaller than Sage's, though they still had the form of Regina's. Her eyes were already open, looking up at her mother and they were light brown. "Jane. Let's name her Jane." Regina muttered and Emma smiled.

"Are we going for names with four letters and ending in an e?" She questioned with a grin.

Regina chuckled. "What? You don't like my idea?" She wondered and Emma shrugged, kissing Regina's head.

"You are great at naming our children and I love the idea. Sage and Jane are pretty awesome names." She told her wife as she stroked Jane's hair.

"I just thought you looked like a Jane when I first met you. Like… G.I. Jane… I don't really know why." Regina admitted and Emma laughed quietly, trying not to startle the babies.

"Seriously? You are too cute." Emma said as she stroked Regina's cheek affectionately.

"I'm not cute." Regina protested weakly.

Emma rolled her eyes. "Sure, you're not." She said with a chuckle and a light shake of her head.

"Well, anyway, I guess, giving her Snow as a middle name is only appropriate." Regina decided and Emma frowned.

"Uhm, you can barely stand my mother…" Emma told her, a bit puzzled.

Regina huffed. "We've gotten better. I even hugged her last week." She defended herself. "Besides, we had that – kind of forced - twelve hour talk where we cleared out an awful lot, remember that? We're on quite good terms now. She was the first child I ever took care of, after all." She explained and Emma shrugged.

"Look, it's fine by me. I don't mind, I just figured that you did it just because I was okay with giving our daughter the middle name Cora." Emma told her.

"No, I really like the sound of Jane Snow." She said and Emma smiled. Regina once again bent down and kissed her daughter's brow. "I love you as well, don't worry." She murmured with a small smile gracing her lips. "Now, where is our youngest?" She announced after she pulled back.

Emma grinned and stood up, picking her daughter up and kissing her brow as well before she placed her in the crib. "Here she is… the one the doctor missed on the ultrasound. She was hidden behind Sage and Jane." Emma said as she picked their youngest up. "I took a picture of how tiny she actually was at birth." Emma said.

Regina smiled and then she immediately saw it: this girl was the perfect blend of both of them. While their other children looked mainly like one parent, this one had features of both of them equally.

The girl's hair was light brown; lighter than Regina's but darker than Emma's, her lips were just like Emma's and her eyes were dark brown with hazel streaks. Her skin was slightly darker than that of her sisters, who had an almost snow white skin.

"Hey there, tiny." Regina cooed as she let the baby grab her finger. "You're so precious…" She whispered, in awe of her daughter and also thinking about the fact that she just plopped out three girls – three!

"All she needs now is a name." Emma told Regina who smiled.

"Hmm, four letters, ending in E. There's Rose, Kate, Hope, Prue…" Regina started but was halted by Emma.

"Kate. Kate sounds good, doesn't it? Jane, Sage and Kate…" Emma tried them out and Regina smiled and nodded.

"Kate… I like it." Regina said. "What about Ruth as a middle name, after your father's mother? She made it possible for you to even be conceived, so without her, Sage, Jane and Kate wouldn't even be here." She told Emma who grinned.

"That sounds perfect…" She told Regina. Emma couldn't believe it. She and Regina finally had conceived of babies of their own. Of course, Henry was their son and they couldn't love him more if they tried but now that he was 16, he wasn't a baby anymore and also, he wasn't made out of their love, even though he played a big part in them even having a love for each other. If it wasn't for him, she and Regina would have never even met.

"She really is a perfect blend of us both, isn't she?" Regina asked and Emma smiled.

"She really is… but it's also great that Sage looks so much like you." Emma said.

"And Jane like you. It's kind of crazy, huh? The Savior and the Evil Queen having children together…" Regina said and Emma silenced her with a kiss.

"We're so much more than that. We're not the same people that we were all those years ago. You're not the Evil Queen anymore, Regina. You're nothing but my wife, now. My highly flammable, snobby, protective and very, very hot wife." Emma told Regina with a cheeky grin and Regina rolled her eyes.

"Come on, go get Kate in her crib and then help me take a shower, I feel disgusting and sticky." Regina told Emma.

"Are you sure you don't want to rest a little first?" Emma tried but Regina was having none of it.

"No, I want to take a shower now. I know that your parents and Henry are going to be standing in here tonight and I don't want them seeing me like this." She resisted and Emma sighed.

"Fine, but I'm helping you." She told Regina.

"I gave birth, I'm not an invalid: I can take a shower by myself." Regina said and Emma had to suppress a sigh. This woman was so tiresome sometimes. She knew she'd have to try another tactic.

"Well, maybe you can but are you really saying you don't want my hands all over you?" Emma asked and Regina glared at her.

"In case you hadn't noticed, I'm holding a newborn, Emma. That comment is highly inappropriate." Regina shot back and Emma sighed.

"I'm pretty sure she can't understand what we're saying yet…" Emma said, a little irritated. "Look, it's either me or a nurse, because every time you get up, I was told to call a nurse so you can choose now: it's me or some stranger." Emma told Regina who almost pouted at that, she knew she'd lost this little battle.

"Fine." She said and Emma had to suppress the urge to grin triumphantically.

"You know that I'm actually being really nice, right? Normally, you have to wait eight hours and you have to pee before you can shower, that's what the nurse told me." Emma explained and Regina rolled her eyes.

"Well, that I find a stupid policy." She said.

"And because I do too, I'll go place Kate back into her crib and then I can help you shower." Emma said and Regina gave her daughter a kiss, telling her she loved her before she let Emma take Kate to her crib.

The shower had been like a gift from God to Regina. Emma had cleaned her up with unscented soap and washed her oily hair and yes, Regina was tired as hell now, looking quite pale but she was content to look and smell nice now. She'd felt like a homeless person before

She was really glad that Emma didn't seem bothered by the fact that she had stretch marks now, or the fact that her stomach looked like a big blub of fat. She was gentle, sweet and careful. She had kissed her softly and made her feel loved. It wasn't anything sexual – neither one of them felt really sexy or horny at all – but it was intimate and loving and it reassured Regina a little. She had been scared that Emma would hate how she looked after the pregnancy, but apparently, she still loved her.

Emma was now combing her hair and when she was finished, she kissed Regina's forehead. "All done." She said and Regina smiled up at her wife, tiredly. "Come on, get some rest, babe." Emma said and Regina nodded.

"Join me? You know I don't sleep well without you." Regina told her and Emma smiled as she got in besides Regina after she'd kicked off her shoes. "You could use a shower as well…" She muttered and Emma gave her a slight push against her shoulder, which made Regina chuckle.

"Bitch." Emma muttered and Regina just smiled as she closed her eyes. "You're lucky I love you." Emma added.

Regina grabbed Emma's hand lightly and sighed. "I love you too." She told her.

Regina was awakened by Emma's voice. "Regina, baby, wake up…" She heard and groaned.

"Five more minutes." Regina murmured and Emma smiled.

"You have to wake up soon, baby. It's been two and a half hours since they were born and they have to start eating, the nurse told me." Emma told Regina who sat up slowly. "She also said that some parents of triplets breastfeed two of the babies and bottle feed the third one, and then rotating every feed." She explained as she placed Jane in Regina's arms, before she picked up a crying Kate as well.

"Sounds good to me." Regina muttered, sleepily as she unbuttoned her shirt and let it fall down so her breasts were exposed. As she helped Jane find her nipple, Emma brought over Kate who had a little more difficulty tracking down her food but eventually, with the help of Mama Emma, found it.

That is when Emma started making Sage's bottle. Luckily, the hospital had some formula but she knew that tonight, she'd go out to buy the best brand she could find so they didn't have to use this anymore. Not that it wasn't good, but Emma just wanted her and Regina to decide what their babies ate.

Sage was still whimpering and crying while Emma made the bottle and it was frustrating because she hadn't done it before and she had no idea whether or not she was doing it right. "I need help." She muttered and went back to Regina's bed where she rung for a nurse by pressing the red button.

"Why did you call a nurse?" Regina questioned, confused as she tried to keep the babies from falling asleep while eating.

"Because I've never done this before and I'm probably screwing it up." Emma said and that was when the nurse entered.

"Miss Mills, you called me…" The woman said and Emma jumped in.

"I called, actually. I'm trying to make Sage's bottle but I don't think I'm doing it right." She explained and the nurse smiled.

"Sage. Such a lovely name. Now, why don't you go pick up your daughter and then follow me. I'll show you." The nurse said.

Emma was glad that they had a nurse who was so nice and didn't make her feel stupid when she asked questions with obvious answers. She was also interested in how the babies and Regina were doing, and complimented them on the name choices.

After the bottle was done, Emma sat down in the chair and began to feed a now very fussy and very hungry Sage who immediately began to suck like her life depended on it. Emma smiled down adoringly at her daughter and then looked up at her wife, who had a loving gaze directed towards Jane before she looked at Kate with an equal amount of love as the babies ate. Jane stopped first, after fifteen minutes and didn't want any more when Regina tried, with one arm, to get her back to her nipple. "Well, I guess you're done then… Let's just wait for your sister over there and then we can try to get you to burp." She said, her voice was soft and sweet but not really cooing, like a lot of parents do with their children. She was sure Snow would make up for that later, though.

It took a few more minutes before Kate was finished as well and Regina looked down at her two girls, deciding to lay Kate on her back, between her legs, so she had two hands free to burp Jane. Emma smiled at how much of a natural Regina was… or maybe it wasn't that she was a natural, maybe it was because she had to raise Henry on her own for all those years. The thought made Emma a little sad. It must have been hard and lonesome. Sharing these precious moments was just perfect for Emma and not being able to do that, with anyone seemed hard.

It didn't take long for Jane to burp and Regina laid the baby next to her sister before she took Kate and did the same thing, it took a little longer but finally, she burped.

Sage was also done with her bottle and Emma struggled to get the girl in the right position, because she was just so scared to break her. She was so tiny and vulnerable. "She won't break, baby. You can move her…" Regina told her as she buttoned her shirt back up. Emma smiled at Regina and then finally managed to move the girl.

She bounced her up a down a little, making sure that she had placed a cloth on her shoulder like she'd seen Regina do and then her daughter let out a tiny sound and a little bit of milk. Gross, Emma decided. She moved her daughter back down into her arms and removed the cloth and placed it on the table after folding it close. "Let's go say hi to your sisters; you haven't been next to them in a little while." She told her daughter, her voice a little more coo-y than her wife's.

She laid her down between Regina's legs too, moving the to be more in between Regina's ankles so they actually fit all next to each other. Emma smiled and sat down next to Regina and held her hand as they watched their daughters. They didn't really interact with one another but hey, they were touching again. When the girls started to fall asleep, Emma and now also Regina placed the girls back in their cribs and then decided to sleep some more. They were exhausted and in about an hour, Henry, Snow and Charming would be visiting and that would cost them a lot of energy as well. With one last kiss, the women fell asleep again.

Author Notes: Hello, guys! This is my first Swan Queen story and I hope I did well. If you have any tips or comments, please tell me in a respectful manner. Thank you for reading!