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A typical plot in a DomCom, when a woman realizes that menopause is right around the corner and that she doesn't have much time left to have children if she hasn't already, or that she won't be able to have more. Given the LawOfInverseFertility, the harder she tries to become pregnant the less likely she will be to actually ''get'' pregnant, but the moment she decides that she doesn't want a baby she will suddenly become pregnant.

* In a ''very'' not funny example, Harley Quinn and the Joker jokingly reference this is ''BatmanBeyond: Return of the Joker'' in a flashback, only to then laugh at the concept of "the joy of childbirth". The result is an attack against Batman that involves [[spoiler:a MindRape against Tim Drake that turns him into a mini-Joker and leaves him mentally scarred for life]].

* Liz on ''[[{{ptitleolsdue4jfzga}} 30 Rock]]'' in "The Baby Show". TinaFey later made a whole movie about it called ''Baby Mama''.

* ''{{House}}'' had a sideplot involving Cuddy trying to get pregnant via sperm donors and fertility treatments. The [[DrJerk title character]] handles this with his usual variance of sensitivity, ranging from agreeing to inject her in the backside with a hormone treatment to actually using her infertility as a vulnerable point to lash out at her. [[spoiler: In the end, she adopts.]]

->''"Cut the crap, Hamlet! My biological clock is ticking, and I want babies now!"''

* Dr. Brennan in ''{{Bones}}'' had no interest in parenthood during the first few seasons, until towards the end of Season Four, when she decided she wanted to be a mother, and asked Booth to volunteer as a sperm donor. This plotline was interrupted by Booth's brain tumor, and made academic by the end of Season Six, when Booth and Bones conceived a child [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean the old-fashioned way]].

* An entire story arc of ''RosarioToVampire'' focuses on [[AnIcePerson Mizore's]] problems because of this. Specifically, her race can only reproduce through her mid-twenties, and was nearly forced into an arranged marriage to preserve her race. {{Break the cutie}} ensues. But [[IGotBetter she gets better]].

* Actually happens to a ''man'' in the backstory of ''PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'', in which AdventurerArchaeologist Andrew Hartford decides his clock is ticking, and so ''he builds himself a teenage son'' [[spoiler:(Mack, who, incidentally, becomes the team's Red Ranger)]]. Being a children's' show, why he doesn't use his ungodly amounts of money to get a gold-digger wife is never explored.

* In ''TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', Trillian gets the urge for a kid some time between the fourth and fifth books, and so uses sperm donated that Arthur had previously donated to a lab in exchange for money.
** And then decides to dump the kid on Arthur when she's tired of looking after it.
*** Well, sorta. She left her at a day-care center and when she came back to pick her up she was an adult because of the TimeyWimeyBall.

* [[{{Friends}} Monica]] was made of this trope, and to a lesser extent Phoebe and Rachel.
** However Monica was babycrazy practically from the start, and especially from the first season finale. Phoebe didn't seem to have these feelings until she served as a surrogate for her brother. Rachel...not so much. Her feelings on the subject seemed to be limited to "be married and have a baby before I turn thirty-five" (which she did get, in a roundabout way).

* ''{{House}}'' had a sideplot involving Cuddy trying to get pregnant via sperm donors and fertility treatments. The [[DrJerk title character]] handles this with his usual variance of sensitivity, ranging from agreeing to inject her in the backside with a hormone treatment to actually using her infertility as a vulnerable point to lash out at her.
** [[spoiler: In the end, she adopts.]]

* Miss Fine from TheNanny.

An OlderThanDirt variant is the woman who wishes for a child and proceeds to have a WonderChild. See also MandatoryMotherhood.

A typical plot in a DomCom, when a woman realizes that menopause is right around the corner and that she doesn't have much time left to become a mother if she isn't already, or that she likely won't be able to have any more children. Given the LawOfInverseFertility, the harder she tries to become pregnant the less likely she will be to actually ''get'' pregnant, but the moment she decides that she doesn't want a baby she will suddenly become pregnant.

* An entire story arc of ''RosarioToVampire'' focuses on [[AnIcePerson Mizore's]] problems because of this. Specifically, her race can only reproduce through her mid-twenties, and was nearly forced into an arranged marriage to preserve her race. {{Break the cutie}} ensues. But [[IGotBetter she gets better]].

* An entire story arc of ''RosarioToVampire'' focuses on [[AnIcePerson Mizore's]] status as a biological {{Christmas cake}}. Specifically, she can only reproduce through her mid-twenties, and was nearly forced into an arranged marriage to preserve her race. {{Break the cutie}} ensues.

--> Ophelia, TheCompleteWorksOfWilliamShakespeareAbridged

-->''"Cut the crap, Hamlet! My biological clock is ticking, and I want babies now!"''
-> Ophelia, TheCompleteWorksOfWilliamShakespeareAbridged

Common plots involve a woman looking into sperm donation or adoption, or if she is approaching OldMaid status, attempting to get married. As in RealLife, the latter is not a good idea and almost always ends disastrously.

Common plots involve a woman looking into sperm donation or adoption, or if she is approaching ChristmasCake status, attempting to get married. As in RealLife, the latter is not a good idea and almost always ends disastrously.

An OlderThanDirt variant is the woman who wishes for a child and proceeds to have a WonderChild.

* Actually happens to a ''man'' in the backstory of ''PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'', in which an AdventurerArchaeologist decides his clock is ticking, and so ''he builds himself a teenage son''. Being a children's' show, why he doesn't use his ungodly amounts of money to get a gold-digger wife is never explored.