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Godleyjeans
5 years agoNewcomer
On the topic of Pregnancy, excluding miscarriages, what elements would you want EA/Staff to add to make the few days of a sim expecting, special/more realistic/fun/interesting?
Even the idea of something irregular taking place, like a special moodlet for multiple babies in one pregnancy or a cute "baby kicking" moodlet that lasts a few hours wherein that space of time, you can invite other sims to feel it, or even suffer mild pain requiring the sim to sit down and rest.
Maybe a short-lived HANGRY trait where your sim becomes enranged and starving, demanding food from other sims and constantly eating to the point they want to be sick or sleep it all off.
Expecting Parent forums for single/new parents.
Pregnancy vlogs for the media career.
Pregnancy classes for players with the yoga pack.
A one-off scan where you can see the baby before its born.
Maybe an emergency baby reveal for male sims abducted by aliens where you go to the hospital with minor sickness/swelling and the doctor sim does the check, gasps and whisks you off for a scan before they/a nurse arrive with the news where your sim can get a negative/positive/special moodlet explaining how they feel--"Bill has just been told that lump he thought was last nights Taco casserole is actually a bouncing baby girl! He has been offered a coupon fo a free round of pregnancy yoga and a bulk pack of diapers from Sostco! Congratulations!"
If your sim is single, they can seek help from friends/family/ the government.
They can turn the bed into a literal nest which their partner has to deal either change back to the regular bed or accept defeat and crawl under the bed or take the couch until further notice.
Pets can become protective of pregnant sims/have a special bonding event where they spend so much time with the pregnant sim that they bond with the unborn child.
Sibling sims can interact more with the baby sim/expecting parent.
Sims having an alien-related pregnancy can receive support via their mailbox, delivered by a small drone carrying money or items to help with the bundle of joy.
Child support payments can be collected via the government/phone/laptop.
If a sim has an affair and their side piece becomes pregnant, their spouse can react badly and get a "Am I not enough?" moodlet should they not have children.
Sims who hate children can receive a whim to leave their parent in the event of unwanted pregnancy, obviously, they can't be the one whose pregnant but you know.
If the sim IS the pregnant one, they can have a dialogue box appear with "I can't do this! Once 'Child' is born, I'm out of here" and decide to leave the child with their partner and hightail it.
Childish/Jealous sims can feel negative about their child getting all the attention (I've known real people who get like this, it's not pretty) and complain about feeling ignored, which can either get them noticed or scolded.
Finally, in the event of a triplet pregnancy, your sim can get bigger than usual and even question their size, of course, this can happen if your sim is insecure too.
Just a few ideas I'd like to add to the table.
Even the idea of something irregular taking place, like a special moodlet for multiple babies in one pregnancy or a cute "baby kicking" moodlet that lasts a few hours wherein that space of time, you can invite other sims to feel it, or even suffer mild pain requiring the sim to sit down and rest.
Maybe a short-lived HANGRY trait where your sim becomes enranged and starving, demanding food from other sims and constantly eating to the point they want to be sick or sleep it all off.
Expecting Parent forums for single/new parents.
Pregnancy vlogs for the media career.
Pregnancy classes for players with the yoga pack.
A one-off scan where you can see the baby before its born.
Maybe an emergency baby reveal for male sims abducted by aliens where you go to the hospital with minor sickness/swelling and the doctor sim does the check, gasps and whisks you off for a scan before they/a nurse arrive with the news where your sim can get a negative/positive/special moodlet explaining how they feel--"Bill has just been told that lump he thought was last nights Taco casserole is actually a bouncing baby girl! He has been offered a coupon fo a free round of pregnancy yoga and a bulk pack of diapers from Sostco! Congratulations!"
If your sim is single, they can seek help from friends/family/ the government.
They can turn the bed into a literal nest which their partner has to deal either change back to the regular bed or accept defeat and crawl under the bed or take the couch until further notice.
Pets can become protective of pregnant sims/have a special bonding event where they spend so much time with the pregnant sim that they bond with the unborn child.
Sibling sims can interact more with the baby sim/expecting parent.
Sims having an alien-related pregnancy can receive support via their mailbox, delivered by a small drone carrying money or items to help with the bundle of joy.
Child support payments can be collected via the government/phone/laptop.
If a sim has an affair and their side piece becomes pregnant, their spouse can react badly and get a "Am I not enough?" moodlet should they not have children.
Sims who hate children can receive a whim to leave their parent in the event of unwanted pregnancy, obviously, they can't be the one whose pregnant but you know.
If the sim IS the pregnant one, they can have a dialogue box appear with "I can't do this! Once 'Child' is born, I'm out of here" and decide to leave the child with their partner and hightail it.
Childish/Jealous sims can feel negative about their child getting all the attention (I've known real people who get like this, it's not pretty) and complain about feeling ignored, which can either get them noticed or scolded.
Finally, in the event of a triplet pregnancy, your sim can get bigger than usual and even question their size, of course, this can happen if your sim is insecure too.
Just a few ideas I'd like to add to the table.
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