@mimibelle6 wrote:
half of the time the child is born but they are a bunch of stretched out lines
Snipped for what i need. Do you have CC ? the stretched out lines you mention makes me think you might have some 3rd party CC that's might be part of the issues. And or if you have downloaded items from the exchange some CC may have attached it's self to the download
see this about CC http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/HOW-TO-Find-and-remove-bad-custom-content-CC/td-p/2759940
edit to add
or i can try if your willing to share the save at the least i can try to save the family for you
go to your Electronic Arts Thesims3-saves folder open that copy that save of the game your having issues with game folder to the desktop then right click it to zip it then do the same for the backup of that save then upload it to mediafire or googledrive send me a private message with the links once i download them I'll let you know so you can delete the uploads also let me know the name of the family and the town your in and if there are other sims in the game you want saved too (up to 8 sims including your own)