I’m trying to reference solely what we know about the Dark Ritual and all that surrounds it based on what we learn from DAO because, at the time, that is also all the information Morrigan has.
I imagine that Flemeth likely holds resentment towards Morrigan and every other child she’s had, which we can infer based on the abuse Morrigan was put through. I doubt Flemeth ever wanted to be pregnant; she didn’t want children, she only wanted (needed) them as a vessel. Flemeth likely didn’t explain anything about the reproductive process beyond what Morrigan absolutely needed to know, as well as the details of the ritual. Morrigan probably learned more about how her mother seduced and bedded men in order to use them for her own purposes, which is pretty much spelled out for us in this dialogue between Morrigan and Leliana:
Leliana: They say your mother is Flemeth, a witch of the Korcari Wilds.
Morrigan: They also say that washing your feet in winter makes you catch cold in the head, but we all know that is not true. But sometimes they are right and they are right in this.
Leliana: You know the stories about—
Morrigan: Of course. You think my mother would let me go without telling me all the stories of her youth?
Leliana: My mother told me stories too. She was the one who kindled my love of the old tales and legends.
Morrigan: Hmph. my mother's stories curdled my blood and haunted my dreams. No little girl wants to hear about the Wilder men her mother took to her bed, using them till they were spent, then killing them. No little girl wants to be told that this is also expected of her, once she comes of age.
Leliana: I... uh... I see.
Morrigan: No, you don't. You really don't.
That is the context in which sex and pregnancy was explained by Flemeth to Morrigan. How to use and abuse people, while also actively being used and abused, and to be expected to perpetuate that cycle. All the while Flemeth likely resents the fact that she had to have Morrigan at all. As far as Morrigan is aware, Flemeth only had her for the sole purpose of taking over her body; not out of any desire for children or maternal instinct, but to one day be physically taken over - which just seems like something Morrigan will have to get used to. First, she has to perform the Dark Ritual with somebody she doesn’t like for reasons she was essentially manipulated into, then be host to the offspring conceived during said ritual for 9 months, then finally have her body taken from her by Flemeth. She repeatedly has to be the host of some unwanted external being.
In Flemeth’s case, she at least benefited from playing host to Maker knows how many men and consequently however many babies. That’s not the case for Morrigan. Sure, she can harness the Old God’s magic or whatever, but that’s more of a side effect that stems from Flemeth’s overarching, ancient master plan. At this point, Morrigan has no idea that she’d ever think of this baby as anything beyond a parasitic thing that she’s growing out of obligation to her mother. There’s more to be said about Morrigan’s evolution as she raises Kieran, but I don’t want to completely hijack this post. For relevance’s sake, all I’ll say is that Morrigan very likely did not know about all the ways she would change emotionally and mentally, or even the extent of the physical transformations she may experience, both during the pregnancy and after.
This post has given me sooooo many more things to think about, too. In terms of the Dark Ritual, Flemeth’s relationships with her children, and so on….
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