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Bonus points are awarded if this is the result of them having sex exactly once. Double Bonus [[My Girl Is Not a Slut|if it was the girl's first time, too]], or [[Fridge Logic|if the reaction to her pregnancy later on is "Well thanks for leaving me with a child to raise by myself."]]
It's generally considered ''very'' romantic, even in historical settings where a single mother can be expected to have a hard time of it (especially during wartime; even if he didn't die in the war
The intersection of [[Her Heart Will Go On]] with [[Babies Ever After]]. May involve a [[Birth-Death Juxtaposition]], or result in [[Dead Guy, Junior]]. This trope seems to be a recurring theme in horror films, sort of an extension of the puritanical belief that [[Death by Sex|sex equals death]]. When the aforementioned "Someone" starts questioning the "Him", see [[Tell Me About My Father]].
Usually an [[Ending Trope]], so there will inevitably be spoilers in the examples section. Sometimes a [[Beginning Tropes|Beginning Trope]], to introduce [[Turn Out Like His Father]]
If the trope is ever gender flipped, the baby will be found somewhere around the female's corpse.
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* In the [[Backstory]] to [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s ''[[John Carter of Mars|Gods of Mars]]'', Deijah Thoris was consoled for losing John Carter with his son, Cathoris. It was when Cathoris vanished as well that she did something foolish.
* ''[[Cold Mountain]]'': {{spoiler|between Inman and Ada}}. Apparently this is [[Truth in Television|based off of the real conception of the author's great-great aunt, but still.]]
** This book contains multiple examples of this trope. Again, its use is somewhat
* Similar to the midpoint of ''The Thorn Birds'', where Meggie becomes pregnant by {{spoiler|Father Ralph just before he leaves her and returns to the Church}} and specifically says that this baby will be a part of him that she can keep. The child becomes one of the two major protagonists of the second half of the novel, and is a prime example of the "[[Turn Out Like His Father]]" trope.
* After Claire leaves Jamie in the 1700s, their daughter Brianna fills this role at the end of the second book in the ''[[Outlander (novel)|Outlander]]'' series.
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