Sims Talk: Question about Pregnancy and University

[strangetomato]

I have a couple of questions. I know that I can use InSIM to make a YA sim pregnant while at university, but how does one go about having the baby? If a sim got knocked up, and then dropped out of uni, would they still be pregnant and have the baby normally once they transitioned? Can you do it at any stage in the pregnancy (or do you have to do it before they "pop")? I heard that you can't move the baby, once born, unless you age them to teen, which is not good for a story, but moving out a pregnant sim would be perfect if it works. I tried to find the answer to this question on my own, but my searching only unearthed the answer, "you can't get pregnant at uni unless you use a hack", which I already knew. I need more detail, and I know that someone reading this must already know the answer. I really appreciate your help!

Why do I ask? Oh, no reason... *wink* Just weighing my options.
 

Comments

[bnlmaroonvwbug.livejournal.com]

What if you had the baby in Uni, aged them to teen and moved them out, then aged them back to a baby again?

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

It would be so much easier if I could just move the pregnant sim out (since that's probably the way I would go with this in a plot too, and they could "finish uni" via distance education (aka the Lot DeBugger). I sort of worry that the aging up and then aging back might do weird things to the sim, but maybe it's perfectly okay to do that. I don't know... anyone?

I tend to be wary of "aging" a sim to an early life stage. Has anyone done that before, with positive results?

[ndainye.livejournal.com]

You should be able to move them out aging may cause a suspension of the pregnancy though so you may need to reset it via Tombstone once back in the main hood. Changing lots generally causes some pregnancy issues, either suspension or premature 'pops'.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I've experienced the premature or delayed pop from changing lots before. If that's the worst of it, I'm not worried.

I suppose that I could always just fake the pregnancy while in uni... and then "resume" it when they drop out with InSIM. Or just reset it like you said. It's an option if they don't stay pregnant when they drop out.

Thanks!

[spaghettisauce.livejournal.com]

If you have InTeen, your sims can get pregnat at Uni, and when they leave college, the baby will come with them.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Thanks for the tip. I don't use InTeen, and I probably won't be adding it, since I believe you can't have InSIM and InTeen at the same time (am I right?). I have to admit to being pretty ignorant about InTeen, and I don't really know much about it besides its teen woohoo and pregnancy functions.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

I say practice it on a sim you don't care about.

I'd go into a completely different hood and run an experiment to see if you can get a YA to look preggo. Really all you need to do is get pics of the sim preggo. Then you could abort the pregnancy, do all the moving and restart the pregnancy once they move out.

Or, if it doesn't work out, have an implied pregnancy. Show the sim sick and then show them moved out and visibly preggo (or move them out and invite them to the college lot, the difference in looks between YA and adult is small, as long as they have the same hair/makeup you should be able to fake it).

I wonder if you can find a preggo mesh, like the preggo teen mesh. That would be ideal. All the makings of pregnancy without the fuss.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Slightly OT but funny:

http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=192160

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

That's a good idea, but the problem is finding a sim I don't care about at all. I may have to go to uni in Veronaville and pick a random dormie. I'm such a sap.

I think you're probably right about faking it out. I can always get the sim pregnant and then abort it with InSIM before they leave uni. The baby's genetics are determined at birth, not conception, anyway, so it's not like that would matter.

The preggo mesh is a good idea, in theory, but I think that the InSIM route might be the better way to go.

[music-simbol.livejournal.com]

I think madame_ugly is right. Try it out on someone first to see. I've had a YA get pregnant no prob, but I ended the pregnancy. Hmm.....I must say thou, I am also somewhat interested in the answer to this question.

And GOD WOMAN!!!!!! Could you be anymore of a tease?!?!?! GEEZ!!!!

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Want to start a preggo pool?

My money's on Jill Smith.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I aim to tease. *waits for groans*

[sea-serpent.livejournal.com]

*Raises hand* I had a sim get pregnant in uni, and I was able to move her out (while pregnant) and make her have the baby as an adult no problem. The only change I noticed was that she suddenly skipped to her third trimester for no real reason, but she and her babies are all fine and glitch-less. Of course, I had inTeen installed when this happened, so I don't know if it'll work the same way without it :/

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well, that sounds promising. Though, like the poster above mentioned, InTeen may have been a factor. I have no problem with skipped trimesters, and such. I can adjust that with InSIM, anyway.

Thank you for weighing in!

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Oh, excellent! Thank you! Getting stuck in the first trimester is a drag, but they do eventually have the child, after they transition? I'll still test it, to be safe, but that really reassures me.

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

Yes I can personally vouch that male YA's who get abducted have a suspended pregnancy during their time at Uni, then pop after you graduate them/drop them out and move them into a lot in the home neighborhood. My Edwin Sharpe had twins thata way, lol. (wink)

I'm SURE it would also work for a female YA. I can test it for you to see if you'd like. I have a YA at Uni right now who needs to drop out and go home to live in shame. (hee hee, snort)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Okay, so it worked for you too? That's nice to know. Thanks for sharing!

If it worked for a male, I'm sure it would work for a female, once they are made pregnant. I find it funny that they let the alien pregnancies slip by the uni rules. It's kind of like how they forget about the aliens with other features, like the heatstroke from Seasons (which looks really dumb on aliens).

[amaryssobellus.livejournal.com]

Because of all the "NO DON'T DO IT, IT WILL CAUSE VERY BAD THINGS" that I've heard about doing that I would suggest to just act like the sim is pregnant, take her out of uni and then actually get her pregnant. Just so it's safer for your game, in case you're that 1% or whatever that the game implodes on from doing this. :)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Well, that brings my worry back. Have there been reports of "very bad things" happening? I really don't want to see the game implode. That wouldn't be good.

Maybe I will go the faking route afterall. It wouldn't be hard to do. I could use InSIM to make the sim pregnant for photos, and then choose not to save it.

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

Yep, it works!

Here's my test sim, Corrine. Isn't she cute?



I used the Insim to make her pregnant by her boyfriend, and then just for shits and giggles, also used it to force the first belly pop (since I'm not sure it would do it naturally.)



"Um, Daddy? I'm in a little bit of trouble here and I need to come home..."




Here she is as she transitioned. You can see she still has the baby bump!



Here she is leaving the dorm, still sporting that bump!

In the Sim Bin back in Strangetown, she was dressed in Maxis maternity clothes. I dropped her into her father's house and here she is as I first re-entered the lot, wearing Maxis maternity clothes and looking nine months along, lol.



But one Sim hour later, she popped back into the 2nd trimester, and from here I assume she will have a normal pregnancy.





Hope this helps!!

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Thanks for testing this out! It seems to work just fine. The thing where she switched to an advanced stage of pregnancy on her home lot was something I've noticed before when moving a pregnant sim in general, so that doesn't worry me.

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

Oh sweet! I saw your post just before I left (I took my sister to her job interview, so I spent almost three hours inside the car waiting for her :P) and now that I'm back I find a pregnancy pool going on here! :D

I've never tried to get a YA pregnant. I was even afraid of messing up my game when I sent Cosmo to college, and I needed to control him for a "scene" at his house. So, instead of using the original Cosmo, I made a clone :P.

But back to the pool thing... I'm placing my bet on either Frances getting abducted or Tank (with the girl from the party or by aliens... it makes no sense but it'd be hilarious!). It could be Jill too, but with who?

I love to speculate! :P

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Wow. Your sister must appreciate that, or I would hope so, anyway. That was very nice of you!

Yeah, a pregnancy pool started up. :P We all love to speculate, don't we? It's fun to see what people think and suspect, but they might be surprised by what I'm actually planning. We'll have to wait and see.

Those are some good ideas, but I won't say anything to give it away. It would be pretty crazy if it was Tank and the aliens, though. He would not be impressed by that at all.

I've made clones like that before, in situations where I could easily have used InSIM. For uni students, it's easy enough to invite them over to a lot in the main 'hood (or summon them), and then make them selectable with InSIM. I don't think that this has any negative effects, as long as it's not close to finals time (time passes for the uni student while they are controlled, so the semester keeps rolling onward). InSIM helps me to cut back on clone creation.

[80sfiend.livejournal.com]

I had a pregnant university student (see icon), I just moved her out to her own house and let her have the baby. I have Inteen though so I'm not sure how that affects everything but it went fine. And by the time she was finished university her son was a teen and she graduated and he just went with her in the car. :D

So I think you'll be fine. :P

Also...PLEASE let it be Jill and Ripp!! *please* :D :D *crosses fingers* That would make my whole year.

...yes I have no life. Do not mock me. :P

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

People have been saying that it works with InTeen, but I also get the impression that this can work anyway, as long as they don't give birth. I may still decide to fake it, just to be safe. InSIM makes faking it easy.

Jill and Ripp? I won't say anything... but you're really hoping for that, aren't you? Do you really think that it would be good for them if that happened? I can't see Ripp being too impressed.

[muslemura.livejournal.com]

*gasp*

Oooooo....

*curiosity almost getting the better of me*

I have nothing useful to add (I've never tried getting a student pregnant), just that I'm really, really, really looking forward to see what this question might signify ;)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Only time will tell what my plans are for this... and I'm not even 100% sure if my current plans will go ahead, but there is a very good chance that someone will get pregnant while attending LFT. A very good chance.

[xel-squirgle-ox.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's it. This is officially the worst tease EVER!
Like the others, I can see many people being the likely candidate for a college pregnancy. I'm not placing any bets though!

I too love planning "oopsies". They're so fun and they add so much drama! :P

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Now, see... I didn't even think this was even really that much of a tease. *snicker* It's all still very much an idea I'm juggling around, and nothing definite. That's probably why there are a number of likely candidates. And this might happen at any point in the story. It's not necessarily going to happen right away, if it does happen (how very cryptic).

The game just begs me to have illegitimate love children popping up all over the place. I LOVE it. I have to keep that under control in Strangetown, since going overboard with pregnancies wouldn't make any sense. I have to use restraint. Or try to...