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Author: Synchronicity

Oct 14th 2013 at 7:21:07 PM

^That's MisterSeahorse.

Description really needs a rewrite. How about:

When a character's pregnancy is complicated by supernatural means - be it BizarreAlienBiology, FunctionalMagic, or even through a MadScientist. There are three ways this could work:
** '''Supernatural conception''': The pregnancy is unnatural from the very beginning, such as Jesus's conception in ''TheBible''. {{Half Human Hybrid}}s and [[MisterSeahorse babies conceived through Mpreg]] are examples of this. This is normally a good time to exclaim "ButICantBePregnant," where there is understandable reason to be [[SurprisePregnancy surprised]] about the pregnancy.
** '''Supernatural pregnancy''': The baby is ''conceived'' normally, but during pregnancy something mystical happens to the mother and/or the fetus. Unfortunate women subjected to [[GuineaPigFamily experimentation]] either through a MadScientist or a BackAlleyDoctor can end up with this.
** '''Both'''. The baby is conceived and carried to term through supernatural means.

This trope is a good way to give rise to empowered children; depending on the pregnancy and the supernatural means involved a mother could also birth a FetusTerrible. However, there's also a large possibility that the phlebotinum involved could [[DeathByChildbirth kill]] the mother, as well. Note, however, that test tube babies and other methods not involving natural conception are ''not'' examples of this, although some tropes could overlap - such as DesignerBabies, which usually involve more "science" and less "magic."