Over the years, "Days of Our Lives" viewers have watched Nicole Walker express her longing to be a mother over and over again. However, that didn't seem to be in the cards for Nicole after she was told she would be unable to carry a child due to injuries sustained from a shooting. Nicole did eventually find out that she was pregnant with EJ DiMera's child regardless and, naturally, she was thrilled (via Soaps.com). Sadly, the pregnancy didn't last and Nicole suffered a miscarriage. 

Fearing for her relationship with EJ, she faked the pregnancy anyway and attempted to adopt the baby of a pregnant teenage mother name Mia McCormick (Taylor Spreitler). At the hospital, Nicole swapped Mia's daughter with Sami Brady's (Alison Sweeney) baby and proceeded to raise the child as her own until the truth was eventually uncovered. Later, Nicole and EJ rekindled their romance and conceived another child. This time, Nicole hid the pregnancy from EJ and had Daniel Jonas pretend to be the baby's father. 

During her 8th month of pregnancy, Nicole fell down a flight of stairs and went into early labor. Her son was stillborn and she named him Daniel Rafael after both Daniel and Rafe Hernandez, per Soap Central. She then concocted a plan to blame Jennifer Horton (Melissa Reeves) for the ordeal. Nicole was devastated by the loss of another child and believed that she would never be a mother.