Student Question
How does the wife become pregnant in Gone Girl?
Quick answer:
In Gone Girl, Amy becomes pregnant by inseminating herself with Nick's semen, which she obtained from a fertility clinic. Earlier, Nick had deposited samples there, and the clinic later sent a notice to destroy them. Amy intercepted this notice, used the semen to inseminate herself, and conceived Nick's child. This manipulation was part of her plan to ensure Nick remained with her.
Amy inseminated herself with semen from the fertility clinic.
Earlier in Gone Girl, Nick mentions that he went to the fertility clinic and left a sample of his semen. He talks about the early '90s porn, the vinyl-covered armchair, and the television in the room. He went three times before they decided not to have a child because Amy thought she'd have to do all the work while Nick got to be the fun dad.
At the end of the book, Amy reveals that she's pregnant with Nick's child. He doesn't understand how it's possible, until he remembers the will-destroy notice that the clinic sent telling him they were going to get rid of his semen. Amy got it instead. She used it to inseminate herself and conceive Nick's child so that he'd stay with her.
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