I firmly dislike the pregnancy mechanic.
I could understand a repeatable impregnation mechanic with random NPCs as a "philanthropic" action to help families who can't have children, but being a deadbeat parent to our love interests kids while we're living in a giant castle is simply not cool.
In game children content could also be extremely strighforward to the writing point of view. Quite a few games uses children in a very lazy way with great results—few hug scenes, a couple of dialogue lines and the kids mostly in the background playing with each other and goofing around while the characters interacts, offering heartwarming and comic value.
