ITVDee-Bailey is set to go into early labour – with serious complications[/caption]
ITVShe initially planned for her baby to donate bone marrow to half-sibling Frankie[/caption]
ITVThe young lawyer finds her life at risk in serious complications[/caption]
However, serious complications during the birth put Dee-Dee’s life at risk.
She goes into labour but is sent home from hospital, despite being in extreme pain.
Dee-Dee returns to hospital after her waters break – but delays see her rushed in for an emergency delivery.
She suffers a huge haemorrhage and needs to undergo life changing surgery.
While recovering in hospital, a devastated Dee-Dee reflects on her experience.
She wonders whether the treatment received and mistakes made were avoidable – and if they were linked to her ethnicity.
In the coming weeks, Dee-Dee enlists fellow lawyer Alya Nazir (Sair Khan) as she considers making an official complaint of gross negligence against the hospital.
Discussing the storyline, actress Channique said: “We’ve worked with some brilliant organisations and charities who were really great at advising on this story.
“I got to speak to a woman who had a real lived experience of this, and her story is not dissimilar to what happens to Dee Dee.
“It was emotional to hear her story and just finding the truth in that as well.
Dee-Dee finds out the truth from Lauran
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“Many of the conversations have been really hard but really helpful to hear what some women went through.
“The story we’re trying to tell is one of truth. I don’t think there is any malice in any of Dee-Dee’’s treatment.
“But it is a case of her being on an overstretched and understaffed Ward. She’s not being fully heard because of assumptions that are potentially being made.
“I also think she maybe is a little bit in denial, because I don’t think she’s probably quite ready to have the baby.
“It just ends up in a bit of an amalgamation of her pain being dismissed, and suddenly finding herself in a severe situation and she is really scared.
“Basically, everything is, all systems go in terms of getting the baby out as quickly and safely as possible.
“But it’s really frightening how quickly that develops, and how, if someone had intervened a bit sooner and picked up on those symptoms a bit sooner.
“It might have meant that such drastic measures wouldn’t have needed to be taken.”
Darkest soap storylines
Over the years the likes of EastEnders, Emmerdale and Coronation Street have all tried to try outdo each other with their outlandish plots in a bid to keep us tuning in each week. But here are some of the darkest that had fans in shock…
EastEnders: Tony grooming Whitney (2008-2009) – Tony King first appeared in Albert Square in 2008 as the boyfriend of Bianca, played by Patsy Palmer. But it was quickly revealed he was a paedophile who had been grooming vulnerable Whitney, Bianca’s adopted stepdaughter from a previous relationship, since she was 12. The shocking storyline attracted more than 200 complaints within a week of it beginning. Whitney waited until her 16th birthday to reveal the truth to a horrified Bianca, who called the police.
Emmerdale: Holly’s drug addiction and shock death (2010-2016) – In 2010, Holly Barton (played by Sophie Powles) became Emmerdale’s first teenage drug addict. The shocking storyline saw her taking cocaine on a night out before developing a deadly heroin habit. Parents John and Moira desperately tried to help get their daughter clean but when Holly returned in 2016, following a four-year absence, she quickly relapsed. Fans were left stunned and heartbroken when distraught Moira found Holly dead in her bed from a heroin overdose.
Hollyoaks: Luke’s rape (2000) – Actor Gary Lucy was just 17 when he took on this groundbreaking storyline, which saw his character Luke Morgan become soap’s first male rape victim. Luke had endured a long-running bullying campaign by football rival Mark Gibbs – who raped him after Luke stood up to him. Luke was left suicidal following the brutal attack, before opening up to his brother Adam. Gibbs was sentenced to eight years in prison. Gary won the Best Actor gong at the British Soap Awards in 2000 for his performance.
Coronation Street: Evil Richard Hillman (2001-2003) – Just a mere mention of ‘Richard Hillman’ is enough to send a shiver down the spines of soap fans. He is often ranked one of the most evil soap villains and it’s not hard to see why. The smooth-talking financial adviser bashed his ex-wife Patricia over the head with a shovel. In a bid to keep his mother-in-law Audrey quiet, he set fire to her house. And when Maxine caught him trying to murder Emily Bishop, he took a crowbar to her head. He made his exit from the cobbles in 2003 when he drove Gail Platt, played by Helen Worth, and her family into the canal. They survived, but he didn’t.
Coronation Street have been working closely with three organisations on this storyline.
This includes Birthrights, a charity set up to protect human rights during pregnancy and childbirth.
Motivational Mum’s Club who empower mothers and birthing people to make informed choices and be able to advocate for themselves, as well as FivexMore, the UK’s Leading women’s health organisation focused on Black maternal health.
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