Planned Parenthood
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.7% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #74 of 185 Characters mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This is a simple mod that lets the player initiate a pregnancy or adoption event with a spouse by selecting "Have a baby" when going to sleep.
It can be used with the latest version of Free Love to select which spouse to initiate the event with.
NPC spouses must have at least 10 hearts (by default), the farmhouse must be upgraded to have a children's room, and an adoption or birth event cannot be already in progress.
I haven't tested whether it actually works with player spouses; please let me know if it does or does not.
Technical
Requires SMAPI, uses Harmony.
Compatible with Mod Updater for automatic updates.
Implements a Generic Mod Config Menu interface to change config settings in-game.
Code is at https://github.com/aedenthorn/StardewValleyMods.
If you want to complain or ask for help or help me test my mods, you can visit my Discord server.
A list of all my mods for Stardew Valley is available at https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/articles/895.
Planned Parenthood is a small mod that adds a dialogue option to manually initiate a baby event with an NPC or player spouse when going to sleep. It has 2,199 endorsements and 80,211 downloads, last updated in November 2025. For players who want more control over when their character has children.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 2,199 endorsements — clearly a mod people trust.
- Simple and effective: gives you direct control over baby events, no more waiting for RNG.
- Recent update (Nov 2025) means it's likely compatible with current game versions.
⚠️ Cons
- Only does one thing: initiates baby events. If you wanted more family planning options, this won't cover it.
For Stardew Valley players who want to decide when their character has a baby instead of leaving it to chance. Great for roleplayers and completionists who want to control their family timeline. Skip if you're fine with the vanilla baby system or want a more comprehensive family planning mod.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's a dialogue option, make sure you talk to your spouse before going to sleep to trigger it.
- If you're using other mods that alter sleep or pregnancy, test this mod alone first to avoid conflicts.
- Check the mod's page for any updates or patches if you're on the latest game version.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Stardew Valley Mods
- Author
- aedenthorn
- Version
- 0.3.1
- Downloads
- 80,211
- Endorsements
- 2,199
- Category
- Characters
- Created
- 7/12/2022
- Updated
- 11/25/2025
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