Breeding

## Requirements

**(Natural)**

* 2 Fertile Adult Villagers of the opposite sex
* Both parties wanting to breed or at least married.
* Villagers need to be in a 2x2 range
* Villager can't be related
* Female villager must be ovulating and not already Pregnant.

**(Assisted)**

* 2 Fertile Adult Villagers of the opposite sex
* Villagers need to be in a 2x2 range
* Villagers can't be related
* Female villager can't be ovulating, menstruating or pregnant and halfway through breeding cooldown.
* Right-click on Male villager with Gamete extractor then Right-click on Female villager with Gamete extractor
* With Embryo in off-hand, use syringe to implant embryo into any fertile non-pregnant Female villager
* (Can't be twins)

## Pregnancy

**Conception-1st trimester**

Female villagers can have a spontaneous miscarriage during this time. If they have a Uterine Disease the chance of miscarriage is higher. Age makes this chance become higher as well.

**2nd trimester-3rd trimester**

If they're without midwifery care, then Female villagers are at risk of developing Gestational Diabetes.

**3rd trimester-Labor**

If they're without midwifery care, then Female villagers are at risk of developing Preeclampsia which can be deadly if not treated with High Blood Pressure Pills.

* If a Female villager loses too much health while pregnant, she will miscarry.
* Once she is in the second trimester you can use the Ultrasound Transducer to see how many babies she's having and what the sex of the baby/babies.
* Female Villagers will become slower, hungrier and weaker while pregnant.
* All sicknesses developed during Pregnancy will go away after birth.
* If a Female villager is manually given or autonomously given (If Medicating Pregnant Villagers is legal) supplements or psych meds while pregnant there's a chance that she will miscarry.

## Labor

There are 2 stages to labor: Early and Active

**Early Labor**

* Less frequent contractions
* Won't give birth yet
* Can be sped up if Villager (or Player) is in water, running or sneaking

**Active Labor**

* Frequent contractions
* Can give birth
* Can be sped up if Villager (or Player) is sneaking

**Birth**

* Birth will damage the mother by 7 hearts (14 for twins)
* If a Female villager has Preeclampsia there's a 10% chance of death if she doesn't have a C-section.
	+ C-sections are performed by opening up a villager with a scalpel and removing the "Baby in Womb". This procedure has a 10% chance of infertility if she doesn't have a weakness potion active.
* Postpartum and Lactation will start after birth.
* Babies have a 1% chance of being stillborn at birth.

**Postpartum**

* If they are still fertile after birth, postpartum will start.
* C-section makes postpartum longer
* Some female villagers may experience depression during this time which can be cured with Psych Meds.
* Menstrual cycle continues once postpartum is over.

If they are without midwifery care or a manual shot of oxytocin Female Villagers are at risk of Postpartum Hemorrhage.

**Lactation**

* Villagers will stop lactating once their baby/babies age up.
* Make villagers eat more to compensate with milk production
* Villager can feed anyone's baby as long as their milk supply isn't empty
* A villager will stop actively producing milk when their milk supply is at 10. If a villager's milk supply is at or above 5, they will produce milk slower to preserve energy.
* Players can milk villagers with an empty baby bottle to make it full.
	+ A full baby bottle can be fed to babies (if babybottlesfeedbabies gamerule isn't 0 it will increase age by that number)

## Extra

* You can check a villager's fertility by right-clicking on them with a Fertility Checker.

**Menstrual Cycle**

**Contraception**