Baby meme!

[memeliscious]

the "WE'RE HAVING A BABY" meme

Nature is no respecter of persons, my friends. Whether it be childhood friends, newlyweds, or one-night stands, a single decision or accident can change everything, and there will be three people instead of just two.

Congratulations! The characters in these threads and those who reply to them are now expecting babies, no matter what their unique situation may be. Of course, depending on the characters, this might go over like a lead balloon. But wait! Even if the decision to have a baby was made and was consensual, the process is no walk in the park. There is lots to do...and only nine months to do it. Nine potentially drama-filled months.

HOW TO PLAY

• Comment with your character, preferences, etc.
• Not all options here are fluffy and happy. Some are potentially angsty or possibly triggering. Tread lightly. Be sure to mention what you want and what you don't want.
• Reply to others.
• For this, male characters can get pregnant because why not.

PROMPTS

• How'd It Happen: What led up to this event? How are you in this situation?


• Realization: There's a wrench in the works...or maybe it was expected, but you're just realizing you're pregnant.


• Positive Reaction: Yes, after all this time and planning! You're finally ready for a family.


• Negative Reaction: Oh, no. This is terrible. You're in no position to take care of a child!


• Freak Outs: But...how? You're a human, she's an alien, how -


• Deciding What to Do: If this wasn't planned, there needs to be a plan of action now.


• Keep it Secret: You're attempting to keep your pregnancy a secret from your partner. This is only a bandaid for the bigger problem.


• Telling Others: The other people in you two's life have to know at some point.


• Drama: No one wanted you to have a kid and the anger is palpable.


• Morning Sickness and More: Everything hurts and the mornings are hell.


• Learning: If you're in a technologically advanced society, you may get to see an ultrasound. Otherwise, there are folk remedies that can be tried.


• Manipulation: One of you is using the prospect of a child to bend the other to their will and make them stay.


• My Body is a Cage: The person carrying the baby is having a decent amount of discomfort, mentally and physically.


• Showing: It's a secret no longer with an expanding stomach.


• Support: The partner who isn't carrying the child should do their best to be there and help out...


• Overprotective: ...but to a degree. Don't act like the partner carrying the child is made of paper.


• Getting Ready: The house or apartment or castle has to be babyproof.


• Heart to Heart: It's time to talk about the big changes before the happen. Where do the two of you stand?


• It's Happening: THE BABY IS COMING.


• Rough Going: Childbirth is still a dangerous affair and there's no smooth sailing for you. So pace if you're lucky, scream in the bed if you're not.


• Bad End: Not all new beginnings last. Sometimes, they become unhappy endings.


• Coming Home: Finally, parents and baby get to settle down.


• Getting Used to This: Well, maybe settle down. There's still crying in the night, feedings to do, diapers to change...

Comments

Becca Thorn | Dominion | f/m

[indulgeshim]

[what_he_needs]

[The months had flown by, Becca's stomach more pronounced each time the archangel was able to see her. They had done their best to see each other, but the unfortunate aspect to their relationship was that they had to be discreet. Secret, stolen moments that were had with days and weeks in between, sometimes months. It had been difficult, like they had known it would be, but it was time he wouldn't trade for anything easier.

The senator had given birth to a girl while he'd been away training the chosen one. When he'd returned to Vega, and heard the news, Michael had done his best to keep away. Rumors were the one thing they worked so hard to avoid, and he wasn't going to let his eagerness to meet the child, and see his Becca, ruin anything.

The archangel had watched her house from afar, waiting for when it would be just Becca and her daughter occupying it. He entered quietly, unseen, and made his way through the beautifully decorated home. A hand pushed open her bedroom door, his voice a gentle whisper.]

Becca.

Derek Hale | Teen Wolf | Closed to my peeps; you know who you are.

[lupusconfractum]

[One shots for funsies are just as much fun as keeping this as part of the line, my lovelies. Just let me know which you actually want to do.]

[sheriffing]

[ The people of Storybrooke mean well, but Emma can't help thinking that their apartment is looking especially pink right now.

The shower was a little more attention than Emma Swan knew what to do with, but it was nice. A lot of friends, a lot of presents, plenty of pink, and more food than she's ever seen in Granny's at one time. It's taken the better half of a day to get everything organized, which is what she's working on while Derek tries to assemble the crib. It's a big deal, considering that it's the place where their kid is going to sleep, but they have time.

Besides, Marco and Pinocchio crafted them a beautiful cradle. In the worst case scenario, they use that for a while. Their infant daughter isn't going to know the difference. ]

I hope you like pink.

[In this case he will, because the onesie Emma holds up has Daddy's Little Princess written across the front of it, complete with a tiara. She shouldn't encourage him, and it'll be different after their baby is born if he goes overboard with trying to spoil her, but for right now, it's cute.

And with all the growling he's been doing from his pile of wood and bolts, he sounds like he needs the encouragement.]

One shot funsies because haha no full time parents.

[undomesticated]

[Their one time together had turned into more than just one time together. Somehow Derek had convinced her that her suppressants weren't necessary and she'd been happy to agree, making sure she had supplies over at his place for those times she had to lock herself up with him. And things had been good. They'd seen each other outside of her heats, finding stupid things to laugh over and trying to just find a little moment of happiness to enjoy in a town that seemed bent on tearing the mere idea of happy to shreds.

She hadn't figured out what had happened until she woke up the day after her heat was supposed to hit her, wondering why it was late. That niggling worry had bugged her all day until she'd caved and gone and gotten a pregnancy test, taking it when she got home that night and staring in shock at the results. Jesus H Christ.

It shouldn't be as much of a shock as it was, really. They'd been through five of her heats and never bothered with precautions and that wasn't counting the sex they had outside of those sessions. In retrospect, she should actually be surprised it had taken that long. But she just stood there, staring at the stick and feeling like the entire ground had been ripped out from underneath her. She was pregnant. Like, actually pregnant.

And she had no idea how Derek was going to take this. They'd never talked about it. God, maybe he'd just assumed she 'took care of things' on her end and he'd think she'd done it on purpose. Birth control was always tricky for shapeshifters because of their metabolism, so it wasn't anything that could be safely relied on. Did he know that? Did he care? God, would he yell at her? She really didn't want him to yell at her.

He'd already left two texts today wondering where she was, probably expecting her to come by since she was supposed to be going into heat. Only that wouldn't be happening for a while now. Jesus. Should she tell him? Of course she should tell him. She couldn't just not tell him. She was just so unsure of his reaction and it was making her nervous.

Nervous enough to keep ignoring his texts and just locking herself up at home. She needed to think. She just needed a little time, that's all. Just a little time...]

[de_void]

[stiles maybe hadn’t thought things through completely when he’d desperately finagled derek into agreeing to help him with deaton’s little bundle of joy.

but no, seriously, where did deaton get the kid from anyway? stiles had actually been scanning the missing persons reports for anything because the whole situation was seriously sketch and stiles’ faith in deaton pretty much revolved around his apparent desire to keep scott breathing and not much further. luckily nothing had popped up so far, because that was a conversation stiles really didn’t want to have with his dad. the last baby conversation had been bad enough, really.

he’d known, with every fiber of his being, that if he was expected to look after the child (after emily) by himself, he would have lost her in the first three days. it was just a matter of fact, he wouldn’t have done it purposefully, but it still would have happened regardless.

so he’d been understandably anxious to get derek to pledge his assistance, and in retrospect, some of the things he’s agreed to probably weren’t for the best. velour couches were hilarious, but bunking down on them for more than one night in a row was pretty awful and led to weird textured imprints on his face that were slowly beginning to develop into a rash.

and don’t even get stiles started on agreeing to let derek bring the baby to school during lunch. greenburg was making fun of him, he had reached an all time low.

also, derek had totally been lying about the whole grocery day, the fridge was basically always empty and stiles was actually getting tired of looking at curly fries, as hard as that was to believe. so today when he comes home (... derek’s loft, whatever) from school and throws his bag on the floor next to the door, he throws himself onto the couch with no small amount of dramaticism, tips his head back to look at derek and scratches idly at the small velour rash on his neck.]

Please tell me you finally went to the grocery store today. I feel like I’m going to catch scurvy or something here.

Tatiana Valentina | OC | M/F

[wonder_lust]

[ babies!! anything aside from manipulation works well for me! ]

Bruce Banner | MCU

[greenisnteasy]

[ohpleasetony]

She had come straight home after the doctor's appointment, cancelling her meetings for the afternoon and opting for taking a few hours to herself in order to try to process the news that she had gotten. She had suspected of course, but wondering and actually knowing were two different things. What were the actual chances of it happening? She was sure that she was far more likely to accidentally be struck by one of Thor's lightening bolts than actually accidentally get pregnant. But apparently the universe didn't quite think that her life was unpredictable enough.

She had sunk down in the first chair she'd seen once she'd reached the top floor, her chest tight with worry. There were things she needed to do. Precautions she needed to take. Plans that needed to be made. But the first thing that had to be checked off the list was breaking the news to Tony and Bruce. As well as she knew them and as much as she loved them, she wasn't sure how either of them would react to this kind of bombshell. She liked to think that at this point in her life and career she was prepared for anything, but this was enough to prove that she wasn't.

She could feel the beginnings of a tension headache at the base of her neck and immediately wondered if she could still take her usual allotment of aspirin for it. She wondered about the ungodly amount of caffeine that she'd willingly downed just that morning. Oh, God. She couldn't do this. Living in a tower that hosted a group of superheroes was no place for a pregnant woman, let alone a baby. Tony would shut down and shut her out. Disappear for days, and Bruce...

She didn't have time to finish that thought before the elevator door opened and Bruce himself appeared in front of her.

Rutee Katrea || Tales of Destiny || M/F

[galddigging]

{ooc: Canonly a mom, but also willing to be the friend of the mom/dad!}

Arthur | Inception

[dontthinkabout]

Arthur | Inception

[isnt_the_same]

Jovan Dapcevic | MCU/X-Men OC | OTA

[vetar]

Yuui | Shiritsu Horitsuba Gakuran (Clamp) | ota

[the_saner_one]

Barbara Gordon | The Batman | OTA

[barb_notbabs]

[flirtatious_fern]

Ivy had ignored the signs for quite some time. The ill feelings she had gotten coupled with her changes in mood she had simply chalked up to being illness or perhaps just a change in attitude with the change of weather. She could feel it getting colder after all. Even with her change in attitude she had her hands in the entirety of Gotham city's plant life.

It was when she started to show some weight gain that she grew concerned. Despite her good looks she wasn't vain about them, but she knew that weight gain hadn't been something that happened to her much since her transformation. So she had bought herself a pregnancy test. Dressing herself to remain hidden from view, she didn't want some weird stories coming back on Barb.

This would lead up to the scene Barb would find when she came home. A half-naked Ivy sitting on the floor of the bathroom in shock. That positive test strip still in her hand.

Lydia Martin ¥ Teen Wolf ¥ OTA

[hear_me_scream]

Party Poison | Danger Days | OTA

[gloryisbullshit]

Ryan Goldsmith | Tiger & Bunny

[banpresto]

( m/f only. )

Midna | Twilight Princess | OTA

[envoyoftwilight]

Up for a late redhead?

[barb_notbabs]

Sheila | Evil Dead Series | OTA

[gavesugar]

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fem!ori | the hobbit

[sceoh]

yavanna | tolkien

[giveroffruits]

Idris (the TARDIS) | Doctor Who

[madwoman]