Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - IV

[Kim]

My biggest problem with the scenes was that the nurse seemed to be saying that the miscarriage was just one of those things and not due to her age. Isn't the risk of miscarriage like 50% after 40 so it must be almost inevitable at 50 with your own eggs.

I think the biggest thing for Erica is that she hasn't just lost a baby, she knows deep down that she's just lost her only chance of ever having a child. She referred to it as her last/only chance when she told Nick and was deciding whether to keep it or not. Whether you're particularly maternal or not, those thoughts must occur to you if you're childless by a certain age.

[maidmarian]

No doubt she was aware of the risks but that wouldn't preclude an intense emotional attachment from forming. Given my experience it makes perfect sense to me that a woman can suddenly go from not wanting a baby to intensely loving a baby she discovers she's carrying. It's a hormonal thing and hormones don't care about logic.

I think.that people take it for granted that they
could do all kinds of things( even if they didnt want to)

Then circumstsnces change or they just get older
and they cant. Then realise that it mattered
much more than they had realised.

It does apply to women and having babies
but also to a lot of other things.

[maidmarian]

No doubt she was aware of the risks but that wouldn't preclude an intense emotional attachment from forming. Given my experience it makes perfect sense to me that a woman can suddenly go from not wanting a baby to intensely loving a baby she discovers she's carrying. It's a hormonal thing and hormones don't care about logic.

I think.that people take it for granted that they
could do all kinds of things( even if they didnt want to)

Then circumstsnces change or they just get older
and they cant. Then realise that it mattered
much more than they had realised.

It does apply to women and having babies
but also to a lot of other things.
Ive known teenagers be very surprised
by their maternal feelings when they
are pregnsnt.
When you are Ericas age -its another door
closing!!

[Perdita]

No doubt she was aware of the risks but that wouldn't preclude an intense emotional attachment from forming. Given my experience it makes perfect sense to me that a woman can suddenly go from not wanting a baby to intensely loving a baby she discovers she's carrying. It's a hormonal thing and hormones don't care about logic.

I must admit I did not give the hormones any consideration ... you are right, they can of course make you change your mind and I get the door closing for good thoughts too...

[swmc66]

it would be nice if Nick could be a Dad at some point and have his own biological child. I know he has Simon but he does not really spend time with him now.

[sarah c]

Simon's bond with Nick is all but forgotten now?

not that its relevant but how old is Nick?

[Perdita]

Simon's bond with Nick is all but forgotten now?

not that its relevant but how old is Nick?

Nick was born in 1980

[Kim]

it would be nice if Nick could be a Dad at some point and have his own biological child. I know he has Simon but he does not really spend time with him now.

True, I agree.

Nick must have strong paternal feelings as he wanted Lily to turn out to be his (although maybe it was in part influenced by what Natasha did.) I'm an only child but in that situation I think I'd want the result that was best for my sibling and for the family as a whole. Imagine the war zone she'd have grown up in if she'd turned out to be his.

[lizann]

did leanne abort nick's baby?

[Perdita]

Yes, she did