Dr. Bernadette Maryann Rostenkowski-Wolowitz,(née Rostenkowski), is a supporting character of The Big Bang Theory and a former waitress at the Cheesecake Factory and has earned her Ph.D. in microbiology who has a lucrative job at the pharmaceutical company ZanGen. She began dating Howard Wolowitz in "The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary" and eventually married him in "The Countdown Reflection", Season 5 finale. She had her own apartment in Pasadena which Howard eventually moved into finally leaving Debbie Wolowitz's house. In Season 7, they start thinking about raising a family after Debbie has to convalesce. After his mother died in "The Comic Book Store Regeneration", Howard and Bernadette moved back into Howard's home. They since have renovated the house and began preparing for parenthood in "The Valentino Submergence". They have become parents to a little girl, Halley, as of the episode, "The Birthday Synchronicity". They were expecting another baby as of the Season 11 premiere "The Proposal Proposal". The baby was revealed to be a boy as of "The Explosion Implosion". He was born in "The Neonatal Nomenclature" and was named Neil Michael Wolowitz.