Just had a Sim give birth to three boys in a row

[Amethyst Stormbringer]

Also, her sister in a different house has one boy and the gender of the child she has on the way is yet to be determined. Is this all just the luck of the draw, or is it possible that my game only knows how to push out boys? Or do I have to do TS2 like "tricks" to get girls like having them eat watermelon or something (still don't know if that one was a myth or not).

I'm aware I could Google this but I thought it'd be more interesting to discuss it here. :)

[Xautos]

it's possible to have triplets, however the chances are very rare of such a thing, especially if your female sim didn't have the fertile reward trait. the trait increases the chance of twins and triplets. a fertility massage can also help increase the chances but the effects of the massage don't last very long, so you have a limited window to get your sim to woowho and check if she is pregnant by the toilet.

There are ways to influence the gender of the babies in question, by eating certain things, watching certain stations on TV and listening to certain types of music while pregnant. you may have inadvertently chosen the gender of the babies from doing such things.

[Elstar]

The gender(s) is first decided at conception. It can be altered by different means(See @Xautos post) like mods or cheats. You can find out the gender(s) with MCC or and interaction you get from the Sims 4 Medical Career. After birth the gender can be altered by using cheats and CAS.

The chances of getting three boys in a row without external influence is about 0.5*0.5*0.5 = 0.125, 12,5 %

[Piperbird]

In all my years of playing TS4, across all saves, I have ONLY ever had boys. I have also never once managed to have twins, even after adding things like the fertility reward to both parents and ley lines to the house traits.

[Amethyst Stormbringer]

elstar a écrit :

The gender(s) is first decided at conception. It can be altered by different means(See @Xautos post) like mods or cheats. You can find out the gender(s) with MCC or and interaction you get from the Sims 4 Medical Career. After birth the gender can be altered by using cheats and CAS.

The chances of getting three boys in a row without external influence is about 0.5*0.5*0.5 = 0.125, 12,5 %

Thanks for the information. And I'm guessing you're using 0.5 as the base number to multiply because the chance of getting a boy or a girl is 50/50 (or supposed to be)? I don't know why I feel weird about just multiplying 0.5 each time to get the probability, but I can't think of a better way so I can't disagree with you.

[Amethyst Stormbringer]

Piperbird a écrit :

In all my years of playing TS4, across all saves, I have ONLY ever had boys. I have also never once managed to have twins, even after adding things like the fertility reward to both parents and ley lines to the house traits.

That is really suspicious to me. Can I ask who your Sims were typically having kids with? Both my Sim women are originals who married Townie men, so at first, I thought that might be the culprit.

I know that in TS2 one or both of the Caliente sisters had a tendency to have twins.

[Piperbird]

Amethyst Stormbringer a écrit :

Piperbird a écrit :

In all my years of playing TS4, across all saves, I have ONLY ever had boys. I have also never once managed to have twins, even after adding things like the fertility reward to both parents and ley lines to the house traits.

That is really suspicious to me. Can I ask who your Sims were typically having kids with? Both my Sim women are originals who married Townie men, so at first, I thought that might be the culprit.

I know that in TS2 one or both of the Caliente sisters had a tendency to have twins.

Usually they are CAS created females dating townie men. My most recent was the grandson of my first Sim (CAS female+ townie man = son, son grew up to marry a townie female, had another son) and he married a mermaid female I created in CAS. I really wanted them to have twins, and I was hoping for one mermaid one regular human with the twins, but again I just had another son. I gave them both the fertile trait and turned on the ley line for their house, but nope, just another single boy. I even bought two bassinets, thinking maybe the reason I only ever have singles is because there's only one bassinet for them, but that didn't help either.

[Amethyst Stormbringer]

Xautos a écrit :

it's possible to have triplets, however the chances are very rare of such a thing, especially if your female sim didn't have the fertile reward trait. the trait increases the chance of twins and triplets. a fertility massage can also help increase the chances but the effects of the massage don't last very long, so you have a limited window to get your sim to woowho and check if she is pregnant by the toilet.

There are ways to influence the gender of the babies in question, by eating certain things, watching certain stations on TV and listening to certain types of music while pregnant. you may have inadvertently chosen the gender of the babies from doing such things.

I gave in and Googled it and they said that having the Sim eat strawberries and listening to Pop music will ensure a girl, but if elstar is right that would only work if you did it right before getting the Sim pregnant. Now, I'm curious, though.

[Amethyst Stormbringer]

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That is really suspicious to me. Can I ask who your Sims were typically having kids with? Both my Sim women are originals who married Townie men, so at first, I thought that might be the culprit.

I know that in TS2 one or both of the Caliente sisters had a tendency to have twins.

Usually they are CAS created females dating townie men. My most recent was the grandson of my first Sim (CAS female+ townie man = son, son grew up to marry a townie female, had another son) and he married a mermaid female I created in CAS. I really wanted them to have twins, and I was hoping for one mermaid one regular human with the twins, but again I just had another son. I gave them both the fertile trait and turned on the ley line for their house, but nope, just another single boy. I even bought two bassinets, thinking maybe the reason I only ever have singles is because there's only one bassinet for them, but that didn't help either.

You definitely have my sympathies. I haven't really worked that hard *not* to have boys yet, but if it keeps happening I'll definitely keep you updated. As mentioned earlier, there are theories about things you can eat and activities that you can have the mother participate in to affect the gender, like the strawberries and Pop music thing to get girls. But at the same time some users who said they weren't trying mostly got girls, so it really could be just a probability thing (this was info I got from the Maxis forums dating back to 2016 when the game was first released).

I know, too, there are mods that can help, but I'm extremely hesitant to mod my game at all right now due to the fact that mods can cause glitches over time (even though they can sometimes help with the glitches that Maxis doesn't fix).

[Elstar]

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d listening to Pop music will ensure a girl, but if elstar is right that would only work if you did it right before getting the Sim pregnant. Now, I'm curious, though.

No, what I said was that at conception the gender is determined but it can later be changed, if you have MCC you can check what the gender of the child is. This does not exclude a script made by Maxis counting the number of fruits you eat and changing the gender.

Please go ahead and make a scientific study to check it :). Try eat fruits while your sim is pregnant and see if the gender changes using MCC, the interation from the Medical Career or just let them have the kid.

[Amethyst Stormbringer]

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d listening to Pop music will ensure a girl, but if elstar is right that would only work if you did it right before getting the Sim pregnant. Now, I'm curious, though.

No, what I said was that at conception the gender is determined but it can later be changed, if you have MCC you can check what the gender of the child is. This does not exclude a script made by Maxis counting the number of fruits you eat and changing the gender.

Please go ahead and make a scientific study to check it :). Try eat fruits while your sim is pregnant and see if the gender changes using MCC, the interation from the Medical Career or just let them have the kid.

Okay, thank you for clearing that up! Do you only have access to that interaction if you have the "Get to Work" expansion pack?

[Amethyst Stormbringer]

By the way the other sister (active family that I'm currently not playing) just had a baby girl, so it turns out that my game isn't "stuck" on boys afterall. :)

[Elstar]

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Okay, thank you for clearing that up! Do you only have access to that interaction if you have the "Get to Work" expansion pack?

Yes you need to get to level 6 in the Medical career from "Get to Work" to unlock the interaction and then have the sim use it on a pregnant sim to determine the baby gender.

[Amethyst Stormbringer]

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Okay, thank you for clearing that up! Do you only have access to that interaction if you have the "Get to Work" expansion pack?

Yes you need to get to level 6 in the Medical career from "Get to Work" to unlock the interaction and then have the sim use it on a pregnant sim to determine the baby gender.

Thanks so much for the info! :D