Becky McDonald has the shock of her life this New Year’s Eve when she discovers that she is pregnant.

Becky avoids telling Steve, who is desperate for a baby. She confides in best friend Hayley Cropper: “I never want to give birth. My genes are rotten and God help any child who inherited them.”

Becky won’t be growing a bump alone though, Molly Dobbs will fall pregnant around the same time. However she won’t know who the baby daddy is.