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1	'''Basic Trope''': A pregnancy that begins and ends very quickly.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice sleeps with Bob, and three months later, she gives birth.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Alice's baby is born one week after she sleeps with Bob.
5	** Alice is pregnant for a total of two minutes.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Alice's pregnancy lasts five to seven months.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Alice is not human, and her species (whatever it may be) has a fast pregnancy.
9	** Alice's baby is born prematurely.
10	** Alice is carrying multiple babies simultaneously, [[TruthInTelevision a situation that often lends itself to pregnancies that are over in less than nine months.]]
11	* '''Inverted''': Alice is [[LongestPregnancyEver pregnant for more than a year.]]
12	* '''Subverted''':
13	** Alice's pregnancy takes the usual nine months in the series.
14	** Alice simply [[LatePregnancyRealization didn't notice her pregnancy until her third trimester]], due to [[BrawnHilda her portliness]].
15	* '''Double Subverted''': Nine months of "storyline time", that is. The episodes were filmed according to filming time, or made use of a flash forward.
16	* '''Parodied''': Alice is visibly and heavily pregnant as soon as she's done having sex with Bob, and gives birth the morning after.
17	* '''Zig Zagged''': Some pregnancies go rapidly, others slowly, and others at a realistic speed.
18	* '''Averted''':
19	** Alice's pregnancy lasts for a normal amount of time.
20	** Alice does not become pregnant in-series.
21	* '''Enforced''':
22	** "We need to portray a pregnancy without taking forever to film it."
23	** "The actress that plays Alice is pregnant, and [[HideYourPregnancy we can't hide it]] at this point; let's make it part of the storyline."
24	* '''Lampshaded''':
25	** "Didn't you just take a pregnancy test yesterday?"
26	** [[Series/WandaVision "The baby is approximately nine months early!"]]
27	* '''Invoked''': Alice, frustrated with the uncomfortable aspects of pregnancy, seeks the help of a witch, who gives her a potion that will speed up her pregnancy.
28	* '''Exploited''': [[YourDaysAreNumbered Emperor Evulz]], needing a suitable heir before he dies, specifically impregnates Alice so he can influence his child.
29	* '''Defied''': Alice has second thoughts about taking the potion, fearing that it could hurt the baby (or her), and decides just to suck it up and deal with her discomfort.
30	* '''Discussed''': "It seems like just yesterday, Alice was just starting to show."
31	* '''Conversed''': "That was just yesterday!"
32	* '''Implied''':
33	** None of the characters ages appreciably during Alice's pregnancy.
34	** When other mothers ask how Alice handled her pregnancy, she actually seems confused before saying, "I regularly forget I was ever pregnant."
35	* '''Deconstructed''': It destroys the audience's WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief; most people know that a pregnancy does not normally go that quickly. (If it does, chances are it's due to an abortion or miscarriage.)
36	* '''Reconstructed''': The timeline makes it clear that it's a realistic amount of time.
37	* '''Played for Laughs''': GilliganCut
38	* '''Played for Drama''':
39	** The baby's early arrival causes problems and/or it doesn't survive.
40	** The baby in question is a FetusTerrible that [[SelfMadeOrphan kills its own mother]] mere instants after being born.
41	%%* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': ???
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43	[[ExpressDelivery You had the baby already? Didn't you just tell me about two weeks ago?]]

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