Leanne Battersby is in for a surprise next week as soon as she goes to the doctors’ along with spine pain…and comes away along with a good pregnancy result. Yes, Leanne will certainly locate that she’s expecting a baby – however who’s the father?
Viewers recently watched her have actually a one-night stand along with a mystery Coronation Street routine and, here, Jane Danson reveals as soon as we’ll see the dad’s identity confirmed on screen. And exactly what this latest dramatization means for her current flirtations along with ex-husband Nick…
So, as soon as does Leanne very first begin to realise that she could be pregnant?
She hurts her spine at job and she’s prescribed some painkillers. She feels sick and thinks it could be a reaction to the painkillers. The doctor asks if she could be pregnant and she thinks, ‘ooh hang on’… in order that plants a seed and prior to she takes the painkillers, she decides to do a pregnancy test.
Had it also crossed her thoughts prior to that?
After the one-night stand, she position it all of down as being a bit of a mistake and forgot regarding it. So no, it hadn’t crossed her mind.
How does she feel as she does the pregnancy test?
She doesn’t truly believe it’s a opportunity that she could be pregnant as a result of her history and what’s happened in the past. She likewise thinks that this could be her last possibility – she’s obtaining on a bit and there’s nobody on the horizon at the moment romantically.
What’s her reaction as soon as it turns out to be positive?
I believe it’s safe to say she desires it were under much better circumstances. however a little bit of her is pleased – she’s merely worried regarding the mess it’s going to cause. There’s a great deal of mixed feelings since as soon as it comes out that the father could be, it could create a massive upheaval in the 2 their lives.
Just remind us of Leanne’s backstory – I believed she couldn’t have actually kids?
She fell down the stairways and had a miscarriage then had pelvic inflammatory ailment which damaged among her fallopian tubes, so her opportunities were minimised.
Is she prepared to be a mum at this point, do you think?
Well, she’s currently got Simon despite the fact that he’s not her biological son and she makes the point that she won’t like him or her any type of much less compared to this child. She had a tough upbringing herself and I believe where her parents failed she prefers to attempt to offer spine to Simon and her own child.
What can easily you tell us regarding the father?
Nothing! The pregnancy was the result of a one-night stand which wasn’t revealed on screen and it’ll be a couple of weeks prior to the father’s identity is revealed.
How does she believe he will certainly react to the news?
There’s so considerably going on and her method of dealing along with the father is to say they can easily pretend this never ever happened and they don’t also have actually to talk regarding it. But, of course, that’s never ever going to happen. She’s fairly solid and she thinks she can easily do this on her own, however she’s not truly believed it through.
What’s going on between her and Nick ideal now?
There’s an undercurrent of the flame still flickering for them. There’s a deep connection there – he was her very first like and she did marry him or her twice.
What happens as soon as Steph finds the pregnancy test?
At this point, Leanne spins fairly a couple of lies to various people, so her story changes. She says it was Eva’s however tells Steph to preserve it quiet as she wouldn’t want Aidan finding out. Her story keeps changing and she’s obtaining herself in to a bit of a tangled web.
Do you believe Steph believes Leanne’s story?
Steph is fairly clued up. Leanne’s been an excellent friend to Steph and Steph prefers to reciprocate. She’s being supportive, however she soon smells a rat as soon as she sees Leanne looking a bit green and operating to the loo.
How did you react as soon as you discovered out regarding this story?
I was truly chuffed for Leanne since she’ll grab the possibility to be a much better mum compared to the one she had. I was pleased that something weirdly is going ideal for her despite the fact that it’s under the wrong circumstances.
What assistance would certainly you offer to Leanne regarding her situation?
It’s a solid one. She can’t run away any type of more. I’d say she has actually to be truthful. It’s going to hurt people, however otherwise it’s going to catch up along with her.
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