Sims 4 provides players with an opportunity to bring Sims back to life as well as pass their genetics by having a baby. Like real life, you can make more Sims by engaging in Woohoo in the Sims 4, where Woohoo is a euphemized term in the game for the act of lovemaking. However, if you plan to have a baby in Sims 4, we’ve got you covered in this guide.
Who Can Make a Baby in Sims 4
Getting pregnant is not as simple as engaging in WooHoo, and we have to consider all the odds in it. Every Sim can’t get pregnant in the game, as there are certain sets of conditions that are required.
Primarily, pregnancy can be experienced by the young adult and adult female Sims who have participated in the ‘Try for Baby’ with a young adult or elderly male. But teens and children can’t make babies in the Sims 4 unless you’re willing to take the extra step and risk modding your game. So without further ado, let’s jump into how you can make a baby in the Sims 4 base game.
How Can Sims Make Babies
Producing a Sim offspring is quite a straightforward process by engaging in a romantic relationship with your partner. Though, it would be best if you found a place before engaging in WooHoo. In the game, you must have two Sims of the opposite gender to have a baby.
Follow the steps below to expand your family tree:
Create a Romantic Relationship Between Two Sims
A romantic relationship needs at least 40% to 50% relationship bar progress for the Sims to commit WooHoo. If their relationship status is higher than that, then the probability of conceiving will increase too.
Instruct Your Sim To Try for Baby
To conceive a baby, you need to click where the Sim can usually do WooHoo. Further, select ‘Try for the Baby with’ and choose the name of another Sim with whom you are trying to have a baby. They can also try for a baby in different places, and some of them are:
- Hot tub (Perfect Patio Stuff)
- Sauna (Spa Day)
- Closet (Get Together)
- WooHoo Bush (Get Together or Jungle Adventure)
- Coffin (Vampires)
- Double bed
- Rocketship
- Outdoor observatory
- Tent (Outdoor Retreat)
- Lighthouse in Brindleton Bay (Cats and Dogs)
- Leaf pile (Seasons)
- Sleeping pod (Get Famous)
- Money vault (Get Famous)
- Waterfall (Island Living)
- Shower (Discover University)
- Dumpster (Eco Lifestyle)
- Hot spring (Snowy Escape)
- Ice cave (Snowy Escape)
Take a Pregnancy Test
After the carnal activity between your Sims is complete, you can check if the female Sim got pregnant. Click on the Toilet and select ‘Take Pregnancy Test,’ which will cost you 15 Simoleons.
- If your Sim is pregnant, you will receive an “Eating for two” notification, and your Sim will share the news with your partner.
- If your Sim is not pregnant, they will go into a sad moodlet.
No need to worry if you do not have enough Simoleons to take a test. After a few in-game hours, the game will automatically give you the “Eating for Two” notification.
How to Influence the Gender of the Baby in Sims 4
While there is no certain way to determine the sex and number of babies your Sim will have, there are things you can do to increase your odds of getting the desired gender for your baby.
In Sims 4, sex can be influenced by eating certain kinds of foods and listening to specific genres of music. Here’s how you can influence baby Sim’s gender:
- Sims can increase their chances of having a baby boy by eating carrots. You can find wild carrots in multiple places in the game, especially around Oasis Springs. Additionally, you can buy carrots from produce stores or get them randomly when buying vegetable seeds. Planting carrots in your garden is also very handy as you can get them whenever you want. Although, keep in mind that the harvesting period of carrots is in spring and autumn.
- Sims can increase their chances of having a baby girl by eating strawberries. Wild strawberries grow in many parts of the game world, especially the Willow Creek community. Alternatively, you can buy strawberries from the produce stand or get some randomly when buying fruit seed packs. Growing strawberries in your garden are very convenient rather than buying them from a produce stand. However, the harvesting period of strawberries comes in the spring season.
- Music can also influence the gender of a baby. For a baby boy, listen to Alternate music, and if you plan on having a baby girl, listen to Pop music. If you have installed Fitness Stuff, you can listen to music with earphones. As earbuds are portable, Sims can perform all household chores while listening to music.
The probability of influencing the gender of a baby increases when you eat the right food and listen to the right music. And combining both throughout the journey of your Sim’s pregnancy is much more powerful.
Giving Birth to a Baby in Sims 4
On the third day of pregnancy, your Sim will go into the ‘Pregnancy: in Labour’ moodlet. Players have to wait three in-game hours before giving birth to a baby. But you can intervene anytime to make it sooner. Once your Sims goes into labor, there are a couple of ways to give birth to a baby:
- Giving birth at home: The pregnant Sims will give birth to the baby at home. Once the baby is born, a new interface will open on your screen. Now you have to choose your baby Sim’s first and last name.
- Giving birth at the hospital: To give birth at the hospital, you need to have the Work expansion pack installed. When Sim is in labor, open self-interaction, select ‘Have Baby at Hospital’ and choose your partner Sim to travel. The pregnant Sim can choose ‘Check In’ at the front desk once they reach the hospital. Now, the pregnant Sim heads to the room with the operating table, where the doctor delivers the baby. In addition, when you give birth at a hospital, you will receive a unique Birth Certificate from the hospital. You can find it in the birth parent’s inventory and can be placed as a wall decoration.
How to Have Multiple Babies in Sims 4: Twins and Triplets
Aside from influencing the gender of the baby, sometimes, Sims can also give birth to twins or triplets. Pregnancy usually gives birth to a single child. Twins and triplets can happen naturally, but using Fertile Rewards can increase the chances of happening twins or triplets.
Players can get Fertile Rewards for the price of 3000 satisfaction points. Another way to increase the odds of getting twins and triplets is to use your Wellness skills. Although, in this process, the partner Sim needs to use the Wellness skills on your Pregnant Sim. Alternatively, the pregnant Sim can visit the massage parlor. The Spa Day Game Pack allows sims to receive a fertility massage to increase the rate of twins and triplets.
If you feel these methods are too complex and time-consuming, you can use a cheat to enhance the fertility rate and increase the chances of having twins or triplets.
- Sims.give_satisfaction_points X
How To Adopt Baby in the Sims 4
Suppose you don’t like the idea of getting pregnant and still wish to be a parent. There’s nothing to worry about as Sims 4 enables players to adopt as many babies as they want.
But this is a viable option only when your Sim is elderly or a young adult. If you fulfill the given requirement, then follow these instructions to adopt a baby:
- Select “Household”> “Hire a Services”> “Adopt a Child” option on your phone.
- A new window will open for potential adoptees, and you can choose a baby, toddler, or child Sim you want to adopt. Moreover, you can’t adopt more than one child.
- In Sims 4, the adoption cost is 1000 Simoleons, and parent Sims will leave soon to bring their newly adopted Sim to their home. Once you adopt the baby, a notification will pop up regarding giving the name to the child. In case of adoption, the child’s first name remains the same as before by default, and the last name will be of adoptive parents. However, you can change the name of your adopted child.
Finally, when your Sims adopt ‘Ready-Made Kid,’ they undergo the ‘+3 Happy for 24 hours’ moodlet. Who wouldn’t be happy welcoming a new member of the family? Let us know which method you will use to get a baby in Sims 4.
