Coronation Street star Kym Marsh has revealed that Michelle Connor will call time on her relationship with Robert Preston next week.
Michelle decides there's no future for her and Robert (Tristan Gemmill), as they'll never agree on whether to extend their family or not.
Upcoming episodes see Michelle realise that she could be pregnant, but it later transpires that it was a false alarm.
The truth comes to light when a football is accidentally kicked into Michelle's stomach as she chats to Carla (Alison King) outside the factory.
Michelle is naturally devastated as she fears losing another baby, but when she gets checked over, she discovers that she was never pregnant.
Speaking about the upcoming scenes, Kym explained: "When Michelle does think she might be pregnant, she doesn't really know how she feels about it. She feels edgy about telling Robert and she isn't thrilled about it, because she's got those little niggles in her head even prior to the events that happen next.
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"When the ball is kicked into her stomach, she panics immediately. At the hospital, she is really anxious and very frightened that she is going to lose another baby. When she finds out that there is no baby at all, she breaks down and Carla mistakes Michelle for being upset because she is not pregnant.
"Michelle is actually relieved that she is not pregnant, because she has been dubious anyway. Then, the terror of maybe losing another baby makes her realise that she just can't live with that even being a possibility."
Corrie fans know that Robert is desperate for a child of his own. Well aware of how strongly he feels, Michelle suggests it's time to end their romance as they both want different things.
Kym continued: "Had Michelle been pregnant and everything had been okay, she would have gone through with her pregnancy, but she would have been so terrified about losing another child. It would have been constantly on her mind so that’s why, in her head, the fact that she is not pregnant has given her a 'get out of jail free' card.
"She now knows she doesn't ever want to go back to that place. She has made up her mind and she has the choice to say no.
"Michelle has wanted to be with Robert and they have been through a lot together. We have seen the pair of them fight about not having children and Michelle coming round to the idea, because she does really love Robert.
"She wants him to be happy and she wants to be with him, but when she makes the decision that she doesn't want to have kids, in her head, she is thinking that this is the end of the road for them.
"Michelle thinks, why should she have what she wants when he can't have what he wants? They are at such different places in their lives that she doesn't want Robert to resent her.
"It's either he backs down or they break up, and she would rather they break up than take away his opportunity of having children of his own."
Michelle's decision sparks fireworks on the Street, as Robert suspects Carla of meddling and threatens her.
Kym said: "Robert is confused as to why Michelle is being so matter of fact about the end of their relationship, but she has to be because she has made the decision.
"Ryan sees Michelle and Carla in the pub having a heart-to-heart, and he doesn’t mean to stir trouble, but he tells Robert. Straight away Robert believes that Carla is at the crux of all of this and that it must be her masterplan. He starts to believe that Carla is the reason why Michelle has decided what she has decided."
Kym added that Michelle should perhaps look at other options before totally closing the door on her relationship.
She explained: "I would tell her not to be so quick to leave her relationship under those circumstances. There are other options, like they could have adopted a child or they could have done a surrogacy. She is scared of losing a child, she is not scared of having one, so there could have been more ways forward if they wanted to try and compromise."
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