Otter's Rock

*nods* Because of Personal/Family/Friend Issues, this was something that came to mind for me as well. (In my Wishbaby Headcanon, neither of those are Things, because if I get to make up my wishbabies I get to ignore Stuff. But.)

In particular, it occurred to me that stranger adoption is not going to really be a thing in this world. On the other hand, I could imagine family adoption being a lot more prevalent. If someone is infertile, then her partner could make a baby with, say, her sister, much more easily than in our universe... or her parents could even make another baby that could be hers... (Do age-related birth defects happen in this universe? What about age-related infertility?)

Of course, this spirals into interesting territory as well. Do privacy taboos spring up over the nameplates for just this reason? Or over the first viewing of the basket?

It also occurs to me that miscarriage might well be less devastating in a lot of ways in Wishbaby Universe, because in the case of miscarriage, you'd be able to try again immediately, so it might not even be a big deal. If you get an empty basket you just try the wishing thing again five minutes later. Hey, free basket! Infertility would be more devastating in some ways, I think, and less devastating in others; after a day or two of constant wishing you'd probably figure out that nothing was going to happen, which would be a little different from the monthly roller coaster that it is in this universe. But I think it would be harder to see babies constantly appearing out of the sky and know that you couldn't do it.

(Or can you only wish once a month? In which case I guess it would be harder. Still, I'd take multiple miscarriages in Wishbaby Universe to one miscarriage in this one. Assuming you get an empty basket, as you postulate, and not a basket with an unviable one-pound fetus, or something.)