How to have a child?

[JustaGamer]

So I just married. I noticed in the first visit to my spouse, upon hitting exit the wife says something like "let chat in my bedroom till morning" and the screen faded out (it doesn't happen in subsequence visit). But then I don't see any new option.

Anyone know how to get a child?

[Zerig]

wait ten months after that

[salatrin]

Originally posted by Zerig:

wait ten months after that

1 full month in labor, Ouch! that poor woman

[Vin362]

Shouldn’t an event play telling you your spouse is pregnant (or you are if female) and the baby be born during another event, then of course comes the fun part playing long enough for him/her to come to age.

[Doctor Shotgun]

So my character died before his children came of age... I wonder how the kids' stats are going to be affected without all the child-rearing stuff.

[Teralitha]

How do you trigger the " lets have a chat in the bedroom?" Ive been married for years and ive never seen any option to start having kids.

[heinous won]

Originally posted by Teralitha:

How do you trigger the " lets have a chat in the bedroom?" Ive been married for years and ive never seen any option to start having kids.

Seen a lot of comments about talking, giving gifts, etc., but the bare bones requirement is to visit your spouse and then leave. If your spouse is capable of reproducing at the time, it should trigger eventually, but sometimes takes a few (dozen) tries. If you're playing the game normally, it is quite easy to overlook, but if you actively visit your spouse, it shouldn't take too long.

The one catch is, the women do have a recovery period after giving birth, and any historical/custom children will prevent the mother from giving birth during that period as well. I am playing Cao Cao in the early 190s and Bian Shi isn't giving it up for him because she's already popping out all his other kiddos.

[Teralitha]

What if you are playing a female officer and you marry a male AI officer?

[yezhanquan]

Same deal: visit the husband and then leave.

[Teralitha]

So.. just visit them again and again til it randomly happens?

[yezhanquan]

That's pretty much it.

[(deleted)]

Originally posted by Teralitha:

So.. just visit them again and again til it randomly happens?

You have to visit and select the talk option, then leave it's random and requires a few tries. If bedroom talk doesn't trigger, gifting helps. If it is your 2nd child, pregnancy is only available a month after the 1st child is born.
You can only have 1 husband, but the wife can have more than 2 children if she marry again- as a widow or seizing gifted item as a ruler to break marriage bonds. Your children will join the husband's force regardless if you are free officer or from an opposing force.

[Nabster]

So pretty similar to real life

[Igams]

Do these mechanics apply to custom characters as well? Either as the player, the spouse, or both?

[ianliew]

I've had custom heroes have kids with custom wives in exactly the same way, so yes, the same mechanics apply, and it doesn't matter if the either character is custom.

[NemesisLeon44]

Can you Ghengis Khan it and marry and ficken everything that moves and have every 1 in 10 children in china be related to you?

Godammit Ghengis Khan.

EDIT : It's awesome to find this out about this game. I keep discovering new possibilities!