Emmerdale fans dub infuriating storyline an embarrassment

The Herald Scotland

9 hours ago

It was claimed that the storyline was poorly fact-checked and that there were a number of inaccuracies.
An annoyed Emmerdale fan took to the ITV show's Reddit page to raise their concerns, telling others: "Of course, we all knew how messed up this storyline was anyway. But the inaccuracy of how female fertility works is absolutely enraging.
"I've got fertility issues, so I know how it works, and it makes zero sense. It's as though it was written with the knowledge of a 14-year-old boy."
Highlighting their issues with the storyline, the user wrote: "Charity had the embryo transfer and a few days later was going on about how she had 'miscarried' it when she had the fall and started bleeding.
"It does not work like that. At the time she would've fell, the embryo wouldn't even have implanted yet, she wouldn't even have been pregnant yet. Given Charity's age and the incredibly low chance of implantation, it is MUCH more likely that it would've been her period, rather than a 'miscarriage'.
"Also, at that very early stage, before the embryo has even implanted, a fall of the kind that Charity had simply would not affect implantation!! It was way too early for that. The embryo is a microscopic bundle of cells; it wouldn't have been impacted at all."
They also took issue with how long it took her to recover from her miscarriage in the show, stating: "It takes the body at least two weeks (but usually even longer) to recover after a miscarriage!
"If we go by the logic that every failed attempt to get pregnant should be referred to as a miscarriage, then I've had dozens of miscarriages over the years, as has every other woman."
They concluded by penning: "It's a joke, they didn't even bother to do the most basic of research.
"I'm hoping it'll turn out that Charity is just not very knowledgeable, and it's confirmed that the baby is Sarah's.
"Logically, Sarah's is the only possibility. But I'm sure they will have it be Ross's and completely ignore basic human biology."
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Fans of the show agreed, with on user writing: "It's frustrating because they claim to take so much care with certain storylines (Belle's abuse and the BRAC gene that faith passed on to Chas) and insist they are trying to accurately portray the issue, but this I've storylines seems made up as they go along.
"Zero fact-checking, zero concern for the issue (and people who have lived the issue) they are representing."
Another added: "Ahhhhh, thank you, I was literally thinking this as well.
"As someone who was previously actively trying to conceive, I had done my research on how it works, and this made no sense to me either."