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 Ettina  |
I'm doing a C1 wolfling run, and one of my norns was pregnant (I think with her first egg) and had a dangerously low life force. I was watching her carefully, wondering if she'd die in pregnancy. (For some reason, it really bothers me when that happens. I'd rather a norn be stillborn than never laid at all.) Anyway, on one of my checks, she was laying. She popped out her egg, and then promptly died! I thought it was a bit of a neat coincidence, those two happening at exactly the same time. By the way, I don't care if anyone steals my ideas for their own work, as long as you don't try to stop me from making my own stuff. Many ideas I mention are things I don't have the time or skill to actually do. |
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 Lollipop Lord C-Rex  |
That happened to one of my Elderly Norns once. I was hoping with all my heart she'd make it, as she had barely any children beforehand. Luckily she managed to lay it but sadly never lived to see the birth.  |
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 Spykkie |
It might not be a coincidence if she was in poor health. :/ I seem to remember egg laying took out a chunk of health (In C1 at least, I remember monitoring a weak female norn that I didn't know was pregnant, and her stats went down further when she laid her egg). Twitt Stuff Insta Arts |
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Ettina |
"I seem to remember egg laying took out a chunk of health" That would certainly explain it. She was somewhere around 6% when she started to lay. By the way, I don't care if anyone steals my ideas for their own work, as long as you don't try to stop me from making my own stuff. Many ideas I mention are things I don't have the time or skill to actually do. |
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Ettina |
OK, had a peek at the egg-laying stimulus in C1. It generates Pain, Tiredness, Sleepiness and Hexokinase. I checked out the C1 Chemical List and found that hexokinase turns glucose into urea. Glucose is closely linked biochemically with glycogen, the chemical that C1 bases it's 'life force' number off of. Glucose is converted to glycogen and vice versa. So, when my poor starving girl laid her egg, the hexokinase from laying reduced her glucose level. This reduced her glycogen (probably in an attempt to restore her glucose level) and she died. By the way, I don't care if anyone steals my ideas for their own work, as long as you don't try to stop me from making my own stuff. Many ideas I mention are things I don't have the time or skill to actually do. |
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Senior Wrangler Nutter |
In C1, there are a couple of utilities that can release an egg if a norn dies before laying. LummoxJR's pregnancy toolkit includes a c-section cob, and Brad's Wolfling Monitor program has a c-section option (along with the ability to pause and unpause existing eggs). I used the c-section cob recently because one of my norns died - of old age - 4 minutes into a pregnancy. The nornling hatched fine. |
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 Wee Scrivener Trell |
I wish I'd been able to do that with me dear little Lucy. She died while pregnant, and she was really close to laying too. But I'd never heard of cobs, so the baby died with her. Trell "Holy crap in a casket!" |
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 Jessica |
I'm always nervous when my elder Norns get pregnant, particularly in C1! The production of gonadatrophin creates a chemical reaction with glucose. Without much food, this equates to a pregnant Norn converting long-term energy (glycogen) into glucose to sustain the pregnancy. It's not an easy process! I've seen my females go from a 77% life force down to around 55% in some circumstances. I always recommend feeding pregnant Norns for that reason! Good to know she made it long enough to lay her egg, Ettina. I'm the same way about eggs that are never laid. Feels like the little one never gets a chance, even if he/she was destined to die at birth. |
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