History PlayingWith / MisterSeahorse

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** Alice is impregnated by another woman.

* '''Implied''': A month after having a one-night stand with a mysterious man, Bob begins to suffer from mild nausea and occasional mood swings. Not long after, Bob is PutOnABus. We don't [[TheBusCameBack see him again]] until a year later carrying a baby in his arms and a few extra pounds around his midsection.

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* '''Straight''': [[UnluckyEverydude Bob]] is pregnant as a result of questionable experiments, BizarreAlienBiology, FaceFullOfAlienWingWong, HomosexualReproduction, FunctionalMagic, or any combination of the above. Usually results in a ButICantBePregnant!

--> '''Bob:''' ButICantBePregnant ''[{{beat}}]'' "DO I really need to tell you why not?"

** Bob is a UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} man and still has a womb.

* '''Enforced''': A YaoiFangirl writes {{Fanfiction}} for [[ShipperOnDeck her favorite]] [[YaoiGuys yaoi couple]], because BabiesMakeEverythingBetter, and why shouldn't her favorite yaoi couple get to have blissful BabiesEverAfter?

** Bob is a {{Transgender}} man who still has a womb.

** A male seahorse writes a fanfiction about a female seahorse that ends up pregnant.[[note]]Which you can find [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=pregnant+seahorse#/art/Seahorse-Fanfiction-75876070?_sid=748d51b here]][[/note]]

--> '''Bob:''' ButICantBePregnant {{beat}} "DO I really need to tell you why not?"

** Bob is a {{Transgender}} man whom still has a womb.

* '''Discussed''': Bob "ButICantBePregnant" {{beat}} "DO I really need to tell you why not?"

* '''Conversed''': Alice "I don't get this whole MPREG genre, if they want a baby, why can't they adopt it or something?" Carl "Maybe the author likes the idea of malekind learning of the hardships of female reproduction."

** Bob is {{Transgender}} and still has a womb.

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** Bob is transgender; while he identifies as a man, his body is still physically female.

** The alien being who "impregnated" him reproduces by parasitically attaching its eggs to a random host.

* '''Enforced''': A YaoiFangirl writes {{Fanfiction}} for [[ShipperOnDeck her favorite]] [[YaoiGuys yaoi couple]], because [[SarcasmMode everyone knows]] BabiesMakeEverythingBetter, and why shouldn't her favorite yaoi couple get to have blissful BabiesEverAfter?

'''Basic Trope''': [[AWizardDidIt Some way, somehow,]] a man gets pregnant.
* '''Straight''': [[UnluckyEverydude Bob]] is pregnant as a result of questionable experiments, BizarreAlienBiology, FaceFullOfAlienWingWong, HomosexualReproduction, AWizardDidIt, or any combination of the above. Usually results in a ButICantBePregnant!

* '''Deconstructed''': The pregnancy is unexpected, unplanned, and unwanted. [[YouFailBiologyForever The male body is not designed to carry a fetus or give birth]], and the story shows the whys and hows. The pregnancy is dangerous, and the birth is a huge risk of DeathByChildbirth.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's physiology (either naturally or because AWizardDidIt) averts these problems: apparently, Bob has a fully-functional uterus in there somewhere, and his pelvis will somehow accommodate the birth (or he'll just have a C-section.) And of course, Bob eventually accepts his role as a parent...after the initial shock wears off.

** Bob miscarries (BonusPoints if this is the result of DomesticAbuse committed by his BastardBoyfriend Andy)

* '''Inverted''':
** Alice gets pregnant in a universe where men getting the babies is the natural way of things.

** Alice is part of a species where the males get pregnant (like a seahorse for example) yet somehow she ends up getting pregnant.

** The pregnancy was unwanted, but Bob, remembering he was born from an unwanted pregnancy as well, decides to go along with it despite the risks because he was given this much as well.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob switches mood swings faster than you can say MPREG, [[WackyCravings craves foods that would make any other guy gag]], and spends his nights awake trying to get the baby to stop kicking. The entire ordeal ends with the most hilarious ScreamingBirth ever.

* '''Parodied''': A male seahorse writes a fanfiction about a female seahorse that ends up pregnant.[[note]]Which you can find [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=pregnant+seahorse#/art/Seahorse-Fanfiction-75876070?_sid=748d51b here]][[/note]]

* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's physiology (either naturally or because AWizardDidIt) averts these problems: apparently, Bob has a fully-functional uterus in there somewhere, and his pelvis will somehow accommodate the birth (or he'll just have a C-section.) And of course, Bob eventually accepts his role as a...parent after the initial shock wears off.

** Bob is undergoing "sympathetic pregnancy", due to the actually pregnant Alice's pheromones or other physiological cues. He shows symptoms of pregnancy, but is not actually pregnant.

** Bob is suffering from sympathetic pregnancy.

** Bob is undergoing "sympathetic pregnancy", due to the actually pregnant Alice's pheromones or other physiological cues. He shows symptoms of pregnancy, but is not actually pregnant.

** Or, unable to bear children the natural(?) way, they enlist the help of the local MadScientist to genetically engineer a child from their genes, or get the assistance of a doctor and a willing female friend or paid surrogate.

** The minute Bob becomes pregnant, he turns into a stereotypical {{Uke}}/CampGay that looks and acts like he created by the mind of a really bad fanfic writer. After giving birth though, he returns back to his old self and goes on to ask what happened the last nine months.