My sim didn't get the option of maternity leave in her third trimester. She is the style influencer. The father didn't get the option either, he works as a secret agent. Anyone has the same issue? The baby is here and they don't have much vacation days left :(https://i.ibb.co/4fY7Yjn/29-12-2018-9-32-50.png

It's a known bugPlease post here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-No-family-leave-option/m-p/7182429#M76791

I opened a thread about it a while ago with the same problem. Apparently a lot of people can't do it.

@DoloresGrey I have the problem with no maternity leave in my current game and have for 4 generations of play across like ... 9 different career paths. Since it started, no one has had the option for maternity leave. I assumed it was caused by a sim from the gallery that I put in the game around the same time, because she caused a few other issues as well. I've just rolled with it, seeing as my sims always have more vacation days then I use anyway and it's easy enough to just add a day-off holiday to the calendar if I really need to, but it is good to know that starting a new game fixed it for you. Be nice to have it working again in any future saves I start.

@Stormkeep it's a great idea with the holidays! anyways the new save was just for testing. I am definitely not going to give up my save since I am at gen 6 currently and I would love to achieve 10 for once :)

Yeah I am having this issue as well! Only had two pregnancies in my save so far - both of those pregnancies won't allow family leave. I just use my vacation days to cover it for now - as i hardly use vacation days

My sim can't take a maternity leave

crinrict
Hero+
6 years ago
It's a known bug

Please post here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-No-family-leave-option/m-p/7182429#M76791
zisp
6 years ago
I opened a thread about it a while ago with the same problem. Apparently a lot of people can't do it.
JaggidEdje
6 years ago
@DoloresGrey I have the problem with no maternity leave in my current game and have for 4 generations of play across like ... 9 different career paths. Since it started, no one has had the option for maternity leave. I assumed it was caused by a sim from the gallery that I put in the game around the same time, because she caused a few other issues as well.

I've just rolled with it, seeing as my sims always have more vacation days then I use anyway and it's easy enough to just add a day-off holiday to the calendar if I really need to, but it is good to know that starting a new game fixed it for you. Be nice to have it working again in any future saves I start.
DoloresGrey
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
@Stormkeep it's a great idea with the holidays! anyways the new save was just for testing. I am definitely not going to give up my save since I am at gen 6 currently and I would love to achieve 10 for once :)
FlyingPotato659
6 years ago
Yeah I am having this issue as well! Only had two pregnancies in my save so far - both of those pregnancies won't allow family leave. I just use my vacation days to cover it for now - as i hardly use vacation days
Hejix
6 years ago
You should bring your employer to court. :) Secret agents deserve a break. And so do stylists. It would be best if fashion changed a little less often!
suzylou101
6 years ago
I have had the same issue! So hard with my unexpected triplets! The holiday thing is a good fix though.
simvasion
Hero
6 years ago
I had this happen to my sims, so I tried to discover the cause of the bug and made a mod to fix it for myself. If anyone else is interested in testing it, you can get it at: Family Leave Fix.
JaggidEdje
6 years ago
@Galactrix Nice! Just saw your post about a fix.
Fascinating that the game is checking if you are an actor before letting you take the leave... o.O
JaggidEdje
6 years ago
@Mariefoxprice83 It started happening for me with the patch in early November, before installing GF. That was the preparatory patch for GF, so seems to be when they broke it (at least for me).