Roxy has premature baby

[Perdita]

EASTENDERS newlyweds Roxy and Sean Slater face heartbreak as their baby is born two months premature.
In agonising scenes, the tot’s life is left hanging by a thread.

Roxy and Sean had a quickie wedding this summer after Roxy, played by Rita Simons, fell pregnant.

The pair have made their unsteady marriage work by preparing for the arrival of their first child.

But a desperately-ill Roxy is rushed to hospital this November after going into early labour.

An Albert Square source said: “It’s a terrible time for Roxy and Sean. While the baby wasn’t planned, it has really brought them together.

“The baby has given Sean something to live for and he’s even kicked the drugs.”

The unplanned pregnancy came after Roxy slept with both Sean and sister Ronnie’s then bad-boy partner Jack Branning, played by Scott Maslen.

The marriage of Roxy and hubby Sean, played by Rob Kazinsky, faced fierce opposition from her family — especially sister Ronnie.

Our source added: “They got married after Sean pledged his love for the unborn baby.

“They’ve turned their lives around preparing to become parents.

“As far as Roxy’s concerned, her pregnancy has finally brought her beloved dad Larry back into her life and given her the stability that she has always dreamed of having.”

When all the Mitchells and Slaters gather at Roxy’s bedside, it looks like the tiny tot just might not make it . . .

But then again, Mitchells are fighters.

An EastEnders spokesperson said: “We can’t comment on future storylines.”

[di marco]

i had a feeling the baby would be born early, although i thought it would have been around xmas

[Bad Wolf]

maybe the big reveal witll be xmas? maybe baby needs something only a biological parent can give?

[di marco]

maybe the big reveal witll be xmas? maybe baby needs something only a biological parent can give?

yeh probably. i was thinking to start with it would probably need blood or something but i dunno. tbh after its all been revealed, i reckon the baby wll die

[sindydoll]

i knew something would have to happen to this baby but didnt know what

[myra129]

maybe the big reveal witll be xmas? maybe baby needs something only a biological parent can give?

Didnt this happen with someone else's baby also? Think it was Lauras maybe...

[Siobhan]

maybe the big reveal witll be xmas? maybe baby needs something only a biological parent can give?

Didnt this happen with someone else's baby also? Think it was Lauras maybe...

Yeah, that is how she found out it was Ian's and not Gary's.

[lizann]

Poor Roxy and Sean

[senorita]

Why can't a couple be happy for once, why couldn't Sean have kicked the drugs for good etc all because he wanted to to prepare for being a dad etc?
Why does soemthing have to happen to every soap baby born?

Poor Sean and Roxy. Think it could be another who's the daddy thing again? - boring seen it before once or twice.

[Chloe O'brien]

With the baby being ill, they will require a bone marrow or blood from a biological parent. This is were we will find out that the father is Jack and not Sean.