Coronation Street‘s Ed Bailey will confront his daughter Dee-Dee Bailey over her decision to give her baby away to her brother James.
In recent scenes, James returned to the Cobbles where he suggested to Dee-Dee (who was questioning whether she wanted to keep her child) that he and his boyfriend Danny could adopt the baby.
In next week’s episodes Dee-Dee will give birth to a baby girl following a traumatic labour, which will result in Dee-Dee having a hysterectomy.
In scenes that will air on Wednesday (April 2), the Bailey family are finally allowed to see Dee-Dee following her dramatic labour and Dee-Dee appears upset when James says he would like to call the baby Laila.
With the boys gone, Ed is shocked when Dee-Dee tells him she’s had to have an emergency hysterectomy and won’t ever be able to have any more children.
𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 & 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: C𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬.𝙞𝒏𝙛𝒐
Ed implores his daughter to think carefully about whether she is able to give up her baby. When James finds out, he knows this could change everything for him.
As Dee-Dee finally makes her decision about Laila’s future, James gets a text that could change everything.
Speaking recently about the storyline which will see Dee-Dee question whether her poor treatment in the hospital is linked to her ethnicity, Dee-Dee actor Channique Sterling-Brown told Digital Spy: “I think the story we’re trying to tell is one of truth.
𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 & 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: C𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬.𝙞𝒏𝙛𝒐
“There is no malice in any of Dee-Dee’s treatment, but it is the case of an overstretched and understaffed ward that she ends up on. She’s not being fully heard, potentially because of assumptions that are being made.
“Dee-Dee is also maybe in a little bit of denial, because I don’t think she’s probably ready to have the baby quite yet. Her pain is quite dismissed and she suddenly finds herself in quite a severe situation.”