Pregnancy — Tag Meaning
Tags a pregnancy arc within the story: the discovery, the announcement, the nine months of escalating anticipation, and often the birth. Fanfic pregnancy fic ranges from glowing domestic fantasy to honest renditions of fear and bodily upheaval, usually pointed toward a growing family.
What to Expect From "Pregnancy" Fics
The expectant timeline as narrative structure — reveals, preparations, complications optional — culminating in or gesturing toward arrival.
How to find Pregnancy fics on AO3
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Browse "Pregnancy" works on AO3Popular Fics Tagged "Pregnancy"
Real examples from AO3's most-kudosed works:
One Night
by fuzzy
I'm Having His Baby
by KatofKanals
A Spark to an Inferno, a Snowball to an Avalanche
by cjr2
Star Wars Drabbles/Ficlets (IV, V, VI, I, II, III, VII, RO +)
by EyesUpMarksman
I Thee Wed
by sandstormhero
Repair
by coraxes
Related Tags
Unplanned Pregnancy
The canonical tag for a pregnancy nobody scheduled: two lines on a test and a life rearranged. The drama lives in the deciding — telling the other parent, choosing the future, watching a relationship accelerate or fracture under the news.
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Mpreg
Short for male pregnancy: a speculative premise in which a male character can become pregnant, enabled by magic, biology variants like Omegaverse, or science fiction. A long-established genre with its own conventions, it is used for everything from body-focused drama to straightforwardly domestic family-building stories.
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Parenthood
The umbrella tag for being a parent as subject matter: the exhaustion, terror, and transcendence of raising a person. Fanfic uses it to project beloved characters into the role — testing how a soldier, a genius, or a former villain handles bedtime negotiations and school plays.
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Kid Fic
The canonical tag for fic featuring characters raising or caring for children — their own, adopted, acquired by plot contrivance, or de-aged teammates. A genre with decades of history, kid fic transplants beloved characters into parenthood and watches what it reveals about them.
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