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Josh and Gemma Make a Baby
by Sarah Ready
Gemma is infertile. At the young age of 22, she was diagnosed with stage 4 endometriosis. The doctors told her that she would never have children. Her previous marriage ended and her now ex-husband has a family of his own.
Her mother is constantly setting her up on dates, but Gemma is tired of the same old boring romance. She decides that she doesn’t need a man to be happy. She just wants to have a baby, and IVF is her go-to.
Josh is a long time family friend. He’s been Gemma’s brother’s best friend for years. Josh has been to so many family events, he’s practically family. And he and Gemma have already had a fling in the past, so he’s the perfect specimen.
Her mother is constantly setting her up on dates, but Gemma is tired of the same old boring romance. She decides that she doesn’t need a man to be happy. She just wants to have a baby, and IVF is her go-to.
Josh is a long time family friend. He’s been Gemma’s brother’s best friend for years. Josh has been to so many family events, he’s practically family. And he and Gemma have already had a fling in the past, so he’s the perfect specimen.
“I couldn’t care less about him, I just need his sperm.”
This book isn’t your average pregnancy trope; it goes into graphic detail about IVF, infertility, and the process of getting pregnant through IVF. So this definitely won’t be for everyone.
I enjoyed the comical banter between Gemma and Josh and I was actually interested in the scientific method of IVF. I thought it was obvious from the beginning that Josh had feelings for Gemma and had been secretly pining for her for years, and I’m a sucker for pining.
There were some parts that I found strange and me like, ummmm. There’s so much second-hand embarrassment that I was literally dying inside.
The whole time Gemma is going through this IVF process with Josh, she’s dating her boss of seven years. Said boss hasn’t even taken the time to notice her until one morning when she logs into a conference call, unbeknownst to her that it is a video call, while still half asleep in her bed and looking very explicit.
When Gemma starts a new medication, it has some side effects. Long story short, she ends up super horny and doesn’t want to go to her appointment being super horny. So Josh suggests an idea and Gemma starts getting off—on a public bench of all places. Ma’am, please.
Then there’s a moment where they’re at the front desk trying to set up the next appointment and a random couple just starts fighting. So-and-so cheated on so-and-so and now they’ve got STD’s. Somehow Josh gets mixed up in the whole thing and Gemma just screams at them the whole time, “Not a boy-toy, not a boy-toy”. That was more embarrassing than public masturbation, honestly.
Lastly, Gemma is shamed so many times it’s frustrating. She’s shamed for being “fat”, for being infertile, and for the fact that her husband left her. Gemma’s own mother even contributes to this, saying that she’ll never be happy unless she has a man in her life. Okay, boomer.