Everything you better know about having children.
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Who can get pregnant in The Sims 4?
There are, however, a couple of exceptions.
Gender customisation
The Sims 4 introduced the franchise’s first Custom Gender configs.
Either parent-to-be can initiate ‘Try for Baby’.
Using the ‘Try for Baby’ interaction while this moodlet is active will guarantee a pregnancy.
Gender, for example, can be influenced by eating certain foods and listening to particular genres of music.
Fertility boosts are most effective if they are used shortly before the ‘Try for Baby’ interaction.
However, these odds are still much better than the 1% base chance of having triplets randomly.
Applying the ‘Breeding Ground’ lot trait increases the odds of multiple pet births even further.
All stages of pregnancy feature subtle but important changes in the pregnant Sim’s physical needs.
These changes begin immediately after conception, and are another useful early sign of pregnancy.
Each trimester of pregnancy is accompanied by a new +1 Happy moodlet that allows you to track its progress.
The ‘Eating For Two’ moodlet covers the first trimester of pregnancy.
The ‘Pregnant: 2nd Trimester’ moodlet also lasts 24 hours.
A Sim in the second trimester of pregnancy might randomly experience Morning Sickness (a +3 Uncomfortable moodlet).
The ‘Pregnant: 3rd Trimester’ moodlet lasts a minimum of 24 hours.
The expiration of this moodlet triggers the ‘Pregnant: In Labour’ moodlet, which grants Uncomfortable +40.
There are a couple of options available once a pregnant Sim has gone into labour.
Once at the hospital, the Sim in labour can choose to ‘Check In’ at the front desk.
Adoption costs 1,000, and the adoptive parent will leave the lot immediately to collect their new child.
Which brings us to the all-important question: are there hybrid babies in The Sims 4?
Unfortunately, the answer to that is rather simple: no.
Instead, it is all up to chance.
This goes for other Occult Sims, as well.
As ever, keep your game before attempting any of these!
The following cheat allows you to skip straight to labour once your Sim is confirmed pregnant (i.e.
has the ‘Eating for Two’ moodlet).
With the pregnant Sim as the active character, kick off the cheat console and enter: Sims.Add_Buff Buff_Pregnancy_Inlabor.
(Note the American spelling of ‘labor’ if it’s tripping you up.)
This will immediately trigger the ‘Pregnancy: In Labour’ moodlet, allowing your Sim to have the baby.
There’s certainly no easy way to do it, even with cheats.
