Yesterday in Emmerdale, Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) discovered Sarah Sugden’s (Katie Hill) plan to have a baby through IVF.
The youngster made this decision after being told she wouldn’t be able to conceive naturally. Sarah has Fanconi anemia which will shorten her life and as a result of this, she’s acting fast to make her dream of becoming a mother a reality.
Charity’s natural reaction when she learnt of Sarah’s news was to assume she hadn’t thought the idea through at all. Sarah is only 20, and Charity believed she hadn’t considered the fact her baby would eventually grow up without a mother.
The lack of support from her Gran upset Sarah, but she made it clear that she’d continue with the IVF regardless of what Charity thought.
The news of Nate being murdered impacted Charity’s view of Sarah’s IVF in tonight’s episode. With Nate’s death in her mind, Charity said that they’d have to have a similar discussion with Sarah’s child as Tracy telling Frankie that her dad wasn’t ever coming back.
It was certainly a low blow but again, that didn’t sway Sarah.
As Sarah and Noah (Jack Downham) left, Mackenzie (Lawrence Robb) was the one to point out to Charity that Sarah has clearly thought a lot about her decision and after all, she’s a grown adult – she fully intends to try and get pregnant regardless of what everyone else thinks.
Charity later found Sarah outside the café. She told her granddaughter that if this is what she wants to do, she’ll support her.
Sarah was thrilled but the problem? She hasn’t told Charity her other secret yet.
She has cancer.
