Can I PLEASE just have 13 minutes? 13 measly minutes to myself to listen to The Archers?

[PseudoBadger]

Come and enjoy awkward dinner parties galore!

Kirsty deserves some luck. And a decent dress. Helen always did treat her like second best.

My hunch is that its twins ...... Dont they skip a generation ?

it wouldn't be skipping a generation though?

The twins on the Archer side won't be relevant - non-identical twins run on the female line.

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Am just up to date from last night so haven't heard tonight.

Not necessarily, FB - I read something about that earlier today (potential-twin-spotting ARchers fans are rife )

& talking of twins - hello, Olivia! How are your darlings? (& how are you?)

oh, I think what I saw meant that the male line can pass it on (so Pip could have fraternal twins)

Ruth could still have identicals though?

Maybe Ruth and David will just quietly get on with it, perhaps with Jill moving into the cottage to supply endless pies and tea - this will counterpoint the enormous fuss which will be made just ahead of them by Leonie, James with their PFB and two competing uber-grannies.

Toldmywrath my aunt calls the omnibus 'the archers film'

Willie, I love your aunt. In fact I may be her!

Wheels cannot fall off k&t because he is a million times better with her around. So, this being fact it'll turn out great as K will finally sort out exactly what she wants for a wedding. Also, the Brenda wobble is realistic I think. Can't be that unusual to wonder if there's something there, but Tom won't go for Brenda if she begged him (on account of the fact that I won't let that happen)

Yes, termination is a huge hidden topic but I cannot see Ruth going through with it (even though circumstances have as much to do with that type of decision as character I'm sure). I like the idea of the getting on with it family against leonie dramathon. Also Helen has always acted superior to almost every female..but she has a giant fall coming or I will actually stop listening. Now that appears to be all sorted to my satisfaction!

Sorry I really meant that the SWs won't go through with the termination storyline as Ruth is a proper grown up woman the likes of which would never even consider that (grr) Could be a false positive?

Rhinestone- your DH is going to have to explain himself as I just cannot understand this whole 'not real people' thing he insists on!

Told my DP it was ok as Ruth was pregnant and didn't have cancer after all. I got a rather condescending look back!

7 weeks... I'll be a blooming long pregnancy to wait through then LOL

Yup Jill will move back into restore domestic bliss and herself back to her less irritating version. PIP will have her nose put out of joint.... and...
Jills house will be used by the ambridge property fairy to house T+K surely?

Perhaps they'll have D&R go through all the angst of discussing what to do but then before they've decided R will miscarry due to the lamb thing - he will be gutted but she will be on balance relieved.

Or, new theory: not only is she pregnant but her cancer has also returned, leading to agonising decisions about terminations / treatment etc.

I think we can be reasonably sure the cancer isn't back for two reasons.

1. Pregnancy and cancer is a really harrowing storyline and considering Ruth is so many years post treatment it would scare the pants off the listening female audience. i don't think they'd go for that. I could be wrong though. Siobhan was the last terminal illness I can remember - and that was pretty jolly harrowing........

2. Ruth said she had a checkup only a couple of months ago and was ok then.

I like Errol's theory, though I am fairly sure that from today's episode the thought of termination has not remotely crossed her mind and never will. So I'd go for the other way round - they get all excited but then she miscarries - surely it would be more realistic if she did miscarry? At her age it must be fairly common and she hasn't been taking any special care of herself. But then I suppose that storyline doesn't really go anywhere does it (other than David going straight to the vasecotomy cinic and not passing go)?

if this isn't going to go down the termination route, which would be very interesting, it would be quite nice to have an 'older' mother story that doesn't feel like a 'tick tock tick tock' public health warning

i know there are risks that people need to be aware of, but they were sort of 'covered' iyswim by vicky's experience (yes i know this sounds facetious - i don't mean it to), and there are many who are fine

Oohhhh I'm usually an omnibus listener but I couldn't wait until Sunday to find out if Rooth is upduffed.
How exciting (I am very easily pleased).
I don't think she'll terminate, based on yesterday's episode. I rather hope she just has a nice, healthy little baybee.

"there are many who are fine" Blimey Willie think how exhausted a normal aged mum feels and then add being in possible early menopause (or going through menopause when the baby is just 5 or 6). Though I suppose it's better than going through the teenage years when one is menopausal.

"Blimey Willie think how exhausted a normal aged mum feels and then add being in possible early menopause (or going through menopause when the baby is just 5 or 6)"

Er- there are quite a lot of us not "normal aged mums" around, you know! Or did you think we are too old to understand the Internet- or too exhausted to reach the keyboard......?

ppeatfruit - sorry, not trying to make out it's easy at all, 'fine' was a generalised term to mean relatively few complications, not that it's a breeze.

i'm actually just echoing mrsdevere's comment further up "I hope she is pregnant and she gets to have the baby without it being some awful 'see! Old women shouldn't have babies' storyline."

I'm trying to be sympathetic martorana i wasn't a young mum either but I'd find it bleedin' hard to have a L.O. in my mid 40s let's be realistic here. Our DS was going through difficult early teens when I was menopausal and I nearly topped him .

Same here ppeatfruit - going through it at present, and not easy with two teenagers in the house - I cannot imagine what my two would say if I announced I was pregnant out of the blue, and cannot imagine the mouthy Josh and Ben will be too impressed either . I had at some stage thought that Alan and Usha would be the next on the Ambridge Fairy's new parents list, I am not too sure how old Usha is, but she hasn't really been involved in a long term story line for a while. Ditto Hayley - where is she? And whilst we are at it, what happened to the storyline involving Rich, Pat and Tony's secret grandchild??

I think that if ruth's baby is healthy... there could be a few issues with Vickie and its not fair.... and perhaps a big bust up between mike who thinks Ruth is rubbing it in to Vickie

It could also go with pip having a mega meltdown/being pregnant herself. now that would be fun.

ruth said she was about 7 weeks last night.