diff --git a/code/datums/status_effects/buffs.dm b/code/datums/status_effects/buffs.dm
index a143baa294f..aebb1aae1e0 100644
--- a/code/datums/status_effects/buffs.dm
+++ b/code/datums/status_effects/buffs.dm
@@ -450,3 +450,28 @@
 /datum/status_effect/limited_buff/health_buff/maxed_out()
 	. = ..()
 	to_chat(owner, span_warning("You don't feel any healthier."))
+
+/datum/status_effect/nest_sustenance
+	id = "nest_sustenance"
+	duration = -1
+	tick_interval = 0.4 SECONDS
+	alert_type = /atom/movable/screen/alert/status_effect/nest_sustenance
+
+/datum/status_effect/nest_sustenance/tick(delta_time, times_fired)
+	. = ..()
+
+	if(owner.stat == DEAD) //If the victim has died due to complications in the nest
+		qdel(src)
+		return
+
+	owner.adjustBruteLoss(-2 * delta_time, updating_health = FALSE)
+	owner.adjustFireLoss(-2 * delta_time, updating_health = FALSE)
+	owner.adjustOxyLoss(-4 * delta_time, updating_health = FALSE)
+	owner.adjustStaminaLoss(-4 * delta_time, updating_health = FALSE)
+	owner.adjust_bodytemperature(BODYTEMP_NORMAL, 0, BODYTEMP_NORMAL) //Won't save you from the void of space, but it will stop you from freezing or suffocating in low pressure
+
+
+/atom/movable/screen/alert/status_effect/nest_sustenance
+	name = "Nest Vitalization"
+	desc = "The resin seems to pulsate around you. It seems to be sustaining your vital functions. You feel ill..."
+	icon_state = "nest_life"
diff --git a/code/game/objects/structures/beds_chairs/alien_nest.dm b/code/game/objects/structures/beds_chairs/alien_nest.dm
index ca45862b46d..9276b0daaee 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/structures/beds_chairs/alien_nest.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/structures/beds_chairs/alien_nest.dm
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 					span_hear("You hear squelching..."))
 			else
 				M.visible_message(span_warning("[M.name] struggles to break free from the gelatinous resin!"),\
-					span_notice("You struggle to break free from the gelatinous resin... (Stay still for two minutes.)"),\
+					span_notice("You struggle to break free from the gelatinous resin... (Stay still for about a minute and a half.)"),\
 					span_hear("You hear squelching..."))
-				if(!do_after(M, 1200, target = src))
+				if(!do_after(M, 100 SECONDS, target = src))
 					if(M?.buckled)
 						to_chat(M, span_warning("You fail to unbuckle yourself!"))
 					return
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 					span_notice("You break free from the gelatinous resin!"),\
 					span_hear("You hear squelching..."))
 
+
 			unbuckle_mob(M)
 			add_fingerprint(user)
 
@@ -71,12 +72,18 @@
 	M.layer = BELOW_MOB_LAYER
 	add_overlay(nest_overlay)
 
+	if(ishuman(M))
+		var/mob/living/carbon/human/victim = M
+		if(((victim.wear_mask && istype(victim.wear_mask, /obj/item/clothing/mask/facehugger)) || HAS_TRAIT(victim, TRAIT_XENO_HOST)) && victim.stat != DEAD) //If they're a host or have a facehugger currently infecting them. Must be alive.
+			victim.apply_status_effect(/datum/status_effect/nest_sustenance)
+
 /obj/structure/bed/nest/post_unbuckle_mob(mob/living/M)
 	REMOVE_TRAIT(M, TRAIT_HANDS_BLOCKED, type)
 	M.pixel_x = M.base_pixel_x + M.body_position_pixel_x_offset
 	M.pixel_y = M.base_pixel_y + M.body_position_pixel_y_offset
 	M.layer = initial(M.layer)
 	cut_overlay(nest_overlay)
+	M.remove_status_effect(/datum/status_effect/nest_sustenance)
 
 /obj/structure/bed/nest/play_attack_sound(damage_amount, damage_type = BRUTE, damage_flag = 0)
 	switch(damage_type)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/special/alien_embryo.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/special/alien_embryo.dm
index b1a5e8fca25..6e3d01ed39d 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/special/alien_embryo.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/special/alien_embryo.dm
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
 		if(ishuman(owner))
 			var/mob/living/carbon/human/baby_momma = owner
 			slowdown = baby_momma.reagents.has_reagent(/datum/reagent/medicine/spaceacillin) ? 2 : 1 // spaceacillin doubles the time it takes to grow
+			if(owner.has_status_effect(/datum/status_effect/nest_sustenance))
+				slowdown *= 0.80 //egg gestates 20% faster if you're trapped in a nest
+
 		addtimer(CALLBACK(src, PROC_REF(advance_embryo_stage)), growth_time*slowdown)
 
 /obj/item/organ/internal/body_egg/alien_embryo/egg_process()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/special/facehugger.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/special/facehugger.dm
index bfaeb2b32be..fcb8b59c15c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/special/facehugger.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/special/facehugger.dm
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@
 			new /obj/item/organ/internal/body_egg/alien_embryo(target)
 			target.log_message("was impregnated by a facehugger", LOG_GAME)
 			target.log_message("was impregnated by a facehugger", LOG_VICTIM, log_globally = FALSE)
+			if(target.stat != DEAD && istype(target.buckled, /obj/structure/bed/nest)) //Handles toggling the nest sustenance status effect if the user was already buckled to a nest.
+				target.apply_status_effect(/datum/status_effect/nest_sustenance)
 
 	else
 		target.visible_message(span_danger("[src] violates [target]'s face!"), \
diff --git a/icons/hud/screen_alert.dmi b/icons/hud/screen_alert.dmi
index 1dd7b6e252e..bf2b5c2db58 100755
Binary files a/icons/hud/screen_alert.dmi and b/icons/hud/screen_alert.dmi differ