I see and use the term "extreme pregnancy" or "hyperpregnancy" a bit. These terms are organic, the community across several website created them and they are a part of the culture. So I thought I'd ask: How do you define extreme and hyper pregnancy?
To me, extreme pregnancy pushes the bounds of what can be reasonably expected. These pregnancies are almost always multiples, starting with only the most very swollen and overdue twins and upwards through to octomom, and the suspension of disbelief problems come from dissolving the medical urgency, delicate state, and mandatory hospital stay and bedrest that would typically be encountered in real life. Fetuses approach and exceed the size of singletons, and the woman is surprisingly less compromised and miserable in the fantasy than reality would demand her to be.
As an example, after struggling to become pregnant, a couple uses fertility drugs and woman is now pregnant with quads. Pharmaceutical/medical advancements allow for a more stable, safer pregnancy, and the couple enjoy exploring their newfound sexual kink with her growing body centerpiece well into the 9th month, and so on. Fantasy? Absolutely. No woman could expect an active sex life with four 11-lbs fetuses in her. But we write it because it's fun as hell!
Hyper pregnancy smashes those aforementioned bounds and new rules need to be created for the pregnancy, because the old rules are being enthusiastically discarded. New rules are made, subtly or bluntly, for any or all of the factors surrounding Time of Gestation, Size of Gestation, Fertilization (how she got pregnant,) Fertility (how pregnant could she be,) Fecundity (how pregnant she is,) Discomfort, Mobility, Support, Birth, and Sex.
For example, in a high-fantasy setting, a professional surrogate may specialize in carrying beastfolk, and finds herself with a contract offering for minotaur twins. She can anticipate being pregnant for the usual 9 months, with the average birth weight being much higher than with human fetuses, maybe 50+ lbs each? we don't need to know the specifics; just know on a relative scale she's going to be gargantuan, and given the fantasy setting, magic likely plays a significant part in setting up the suspension of disbelief so that we can enjoy the story. No, minotaurs don't exist, and the human uterus couldn't handle 120 lbs of bull/human hybrid babies. But we write it because it's fun as hell!
So I'd like to ask what extreme and hyper pregnancy mean to you, other terms that you've encountered. I want to hear what makes a story with those elements well-written. Why can we enjoy a notabot story about the pregnant girl who can barely fit into a minivan, even though such an idea is absurd?
I know it just comes down to storytelling, the same way we can enjoy stories about hobbits and predators and furries and jedi and angels and AI and so on. Suspension of disbelief is a challenge for any fiction. What are the challenges with SoD and fetish works?
To me, extreme pregnancy pushes the bounds of what can be reasonably expected. These pregnancies are almost always multiples, starting with only the most very swollen and overdue twins and upwards through to octomom, and the suspension of disbelief problems come from dissolving the medical urgency, delicate state, and mandatory hospital stay and bedrest that would typically be encountered in real life. Fetuses approach and exceed the size of singletons, and the woman is surprisingly less compromised and miserable in the fantasy than reality would demand her to be.
As an example, after struggling to become pregnant, a couple uses fertility drugs and woman is now pregnant with quads. Pharmaceutical/medical advancements allow for a more stable, safer pregnancy, and the couple enjoy exploring their newfound sexual kink with her growing body centerpiece well into the 9th month, and so on. Fantasy? Absolutely. No woman could expect an active sex life with four 11-lbs fetuses in her. But we write it because it's fun as hell!
Hyper pregnancy smashes those aforementioned bounds and new rules need to be created for the pregnancy, because the old rules are being enthusiastically discarded. New rules are made, subtly or bluntly, for any or all of the factors surrounding Time of Gestation, Size of Gestation, Fertilization (how she got pregnant,) Fertility (how pregnant could she be,) Fecundity (how pregnant she is,) Discomfort, Mobility, Support, Birth, and Sex.
For example, in a high-fantasy setting, a professional surrogate may specialize in carrying beastfolk, and finds herself with a contract offering for minotaur twins. She can anticipate being pregnant for the usual 9 months, with the average birth weight being much higher than with human fetuses, maybe 50+ lbs each? we don't need to know the specifics; just know on a relative scale she's going to be gargantuan, and given the fantasy setting, magic likely plays a significant part in setting up the suspension of disbelief so that we can enjoy the story. No, minotaurs don't exist, and the human uterus couldn't handle 120 lbs of bull/human hybrid babies. But we write it because it's fun as hell!
So I'd like to ask what extreme and hyper pregnancy mean to you, other terms that you've encountered. I want to hear what makes a story with those elements well-written. Why can we enjoy a notabot story about the pregnant girl who can barely fit into a minivan, even though such an idea is absurd?
I know it just comes down to storytelling, the same way we can enjoy stories about hobbits and predators and furries and jedi and angels and AI and so on. Suspension of disbelief is a challenge for any fiction. What are the challenges with SoD and fetish works?