((Tw: pregnancy and childbirth mentions ))
My NM is cis fem and doesn’t play around with the notion of wanting to experience everything in her mortal body including conceiving carrying and having a baby (and being doted on/ waited on hand and foot by M+M ) the traditional way so fingers crossed for that potential option too (but if it’s too much I get it 🥹)
You will get to decide if your MC actually carries the baby or has alternative methods. As someone who has been pregnant irl and who has been around a lot of pregnancies, it would almost be easier for me to code if it was a lantern birth because pregnancy is such a wild experience that varies from person to person. Plus, I want to get rid of the notion of a child not being someone's child, just because they didn't 'give birth' to them. It's a dumb as shit concept. All children are children to the parents that love and raise them. Also, before anyone asks, you do not have to have a child either. Because deciding not to have children is also a valid life choice.
Personal: I have two step daughters who I consider my own children. I also have had two c section babies. I have literally been told before that I don't know what it's like to have children because I was only a step mother (this was before my bio children) and have been told that I was 'robbed' the beauty of childbirth because I didn't have my kids naturally. People are fucking wild in this world and have some stupid ass opinions when it comes to kids. I will absolutely be making variations available in this game to combat and normalize that it doesn't matter how a baby came into this world. It matters far more that people love and support them through life.
End rant.