Faye Windass

[sarah c]

well we dont know yet-in the proganme yet how they
deal with it-but the spoilers give it away that she will
keep the baby. I think abortion would cause too
much religious etc controversy.

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but at 7 months gone abortion wouldnt even have been an issue?

[maidmarian]

but at 7 months gone abortion wouldnt even have been an issue?

The limit is 24 weeks (obviously preferable
long before that) there can be extensions
in VERY exceptional circumstances - serious
risk to Mothers mental or physical health
or baby serious disability) .Very emotive
subject!
Nothing is official yet in story.Faye has taken
test but not medically confirmed! And no scans
etc to check on babys progress.
The story has been planned for some time
so if abortion was intended as option
would probably have made dates fit better
unless they went for "exceptional" reasons-
which would just too much with a young
actress??

[maidmarian]

but at 7 months gone abortion wouldnt even have been an issue?

The limit is 24 weeks (obviously preferable
long before that) there can be extensions
in VERY exceptional circumstances - serious
risk to Mothers mental or physical health
or baby serious disability) .Very emotive
subject!
Nothing is official yet in story.Faye has taken
test but not medically confirmed! And no scans
etc to check on babys progress.
The story has been planned for some time
so if abortion was intended as option
would probably have made dates fit better
unless they went for "exceptional" reasons-
which would be just too much with a young
actress??

[Dazzle]

We (viewers) should have been told more. Went unnoticed for me, that she came home crying from some party few months ago. I remember she had been drinking and Gary got into trouble as well-but nothing else..??

Yes, that was the same incident I think. Faye was upset but wouldn't tell anyone what was wrong.

It was done that way so the viewers wouldn't notice any more than her family did. I wouldn't have noticed myself except that the pregnancy storyline had already been announced so I connected the dots.

Not all pregnancies are the same.

During the latter stages of my pregnancy I could feel every detail of my daughter stirring from the inside. I could feel her position and could identify her little hands and feet moving around. I could even feel her have hiccups from swallowing fluid. I thought every woman experience this level of detail, so imagine my surprise when my daughter (who's very recently given birth herself) felt a lot less than I did. She couldn't make out any detail, just generalised moving around.

Given these differences it's not surprising that some women sense even less - feelings that could be put down to gas etc if she doesn't know she's pregnant.

[Dazzle]

I was thinking that the boy involved might have told Faye he used a condom and that she trusted him without checking for herself. She'd been drinking remember and it might have been dark. So it may not have occurred to her she's pregnant as she felt totally safe.

However, I expect the real explanation will be that she's in deep, deep denial about the whole thing.

[swmc66]

Having done workshops with young people about sexual health there are a number of myths that go around it is surprising. One was that its highly unlikely you get pregnant the first time.

[Dazzle]

Having done workshops with young people about sexual health there are a number of myths that go around it is surprising. One was that its highly unlikely you get pregnant the first time.

I'm surprised those types of myths are still so prevalent with such easy access to information now.

[sarah c]

Having done workshops with young people about sexual health there are a number of myths that go around it is surprising. One was that its highly unlikely you get pregnant the first time.

and dont forget you cant get pregnant of course if you do it standing up!!

[parkerman]

and dont forget you cant get pregnant of course if you do it standing up!!

What!? You mean that's not true?

[sarah c]

What!? You mean that's not true?

and definately never sit on a warm bus seat!!! I do know you can catch pregnancy from that!!