I think that the opposite idea, that Mulder found it nearly impossible to believe that Scully could have conceived naturally, fits perfectly into this story, which takes off from Three Words and eighth season canon.
Also, if there's one cripple to S8 above all others (in my mind), it's that Mulder and Scully clearly aren't talking. About anything. That means assumptions are going to be flying around worse than ever, and when so much other crap is going on, that's going to make a mess even.
They aren't talking but then talking never was their strong suit, was it?
If Mulder strikes me as anything once he's come back, it's "at a loss", to put it lightly. What now? No one has any answers for him, even Scully, which I think both confuses and angers him, and again he has nowhere to go with these emotions. So, I can buy him clamming up and behaving in a way that he thinks Scully might expect or want him to, and I don't think her being pregnant really has anything to do with that.
Actually, I think her pregnancy has a great deal to do with how confused and alienated he feels. She has changed dramatically in the time he has been gone, and not just physically. I think it has been argued that the Scully of that season is barely recognizable as the same character, and I think the pregnancy and everything it symbolizes is responsible for that. This is not a normal pregnancy. Imagine how out of control it feels to have a separate being taking over your body, changing it, using it. Trust me, it feels pretty invasive, even if entered into willingly. This was an unplanned, supposedly impossible pregnancy, so you can take the loss of control and magnify it one hundred fold. Scully seems infinitely more vulnerable than Mulder has ever seen her. Mulder has no idea what's going on. Is it his? Is it even hers? Is it even human? It's the elephant in the room and no one is talking about it, which only goes towards creating more distance between them and anxiety for both of them.
I think the writers here do a great job of getting into Mulder's head: about the pregnancy, his abduction and its aftermath, and the events of Three Words.
Well, yes and no, Part 2
Also, if there's one cripple to S8 above all others (in my mind), it's that Mulder and Scully clearly aren't talking. About anything. That means assumptions are going to be flying around worse than ever, and when so much other crap is going on, that's going to make a mess even.
They aren't talking but then talking never was their strong suit, was it?
If Mulder strikes me as anything once he's come back, it's "at a loss", to put it lightly. What now? No one has any answers for him, even Scully, which I think both confuses and angers him, and again he has nowhere to go with these emotions. So, I can buy him clamming up and behaving in a way that he thinks Scully might expect or want him to, and I don't think her being pregnant really has anything to do with that.
Actually, I think her pregnancy has a great deal to do with how confused and alienated he feels. She has changed dramatically in the time he has been gone, and not just physically. I think it has been argued that the Scully of that season is barely recognizable as the same character, and I think the pregnancy and everything it symbolizes is responsible for that. This is not a normal pregnancy. Imagine how out of control it feels to have a separate being taking over your body, changing it, using it. Trust me, it feels pretty invasive, even if entered into willingly. This was an unplanned, supposedly impossible pregnancy, so you can take the loss of control and magnify it one hundred fold. Scully seems infinitely more vulnerable than Mulder has ever seen her. Mulder has no idea what's going on. Is it his? Is it even hers? Is it even human? It's the elephant in the room and no one is talking about it, which only goes towards creating more distance between them and anxiety for both of them.
I think the writers here do a great job of getting into Mulder's head: about the pregnancy, his abduction and its aftermath, and the events of Three Words.