I JUST loaded this game and finding it alot of fun. A little frustrating as it seems to take my villagers ages to do anything LOL.

But I have a Master Healer and when I tried to heal a sick villager I got the message about 'embracing' and same gender. I was Not trying for a baby but trying to have my healer heal.

What am I doing wrong?

There are two reasons for that. The first is that the villager isn't actually sick and is, instead, weakened. The details screen must say they are sick before healing will work. The other is that sometimes the villagers get a bit frisky when they shouldn't. They pretty much have minds of their own. If the villager won't stop embracing the patient, just perform the healing with a different villager. Even unskilled villagers can heal other villagers.

Thanks - I got it to work with a different villager!

So much to learn - glad for this forum.