Very good point there. I think I must be rusty on the close-reading thing.

I think in this universe Mulder and Scully had a baby together, but were never together, together. She asked Mulder to be the sperm donor, maybe it worked and then he got abducted, and the rest of the season eight time line unfolds. So the agreement all along was they were going to have this baby, but it was hers to raise. Her choice to be a single parent. Mulder, after all, still had his quest.

I missed this one out. Thanks. Now it makes more sense.