Corrie's Maria facing baby heartacheCoronation Street's sexy snipper Maria Connor is set to be at the heart of a heartbreaking new storyline in the soap.
Corrie's Maria facing baby heartache
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Coronation Street's sexy snipper Maria Connor is set to be at the heart of a heartbreaking new storyline in the soap.
Newly-married hairdresser Maria, played by Samia Smith, senses something is amiss with her pregnancy when she realises her baby has stopped moving. After being sent for a scan, it emerges the baby has died in the womb.
A Street source said: "The scripts are absolute tearjerkers.
"Because the pregnancy is so advanced, the midwives at the hospital advise her that it may be best to have her labour induced straight away.
"So she has to go through the terrible ordeal of giving birth to her lifeless baby.
"Samia Smith, who plays Maria, is a terrific actress but she couldn't help being affected by these harrowing scenes."
The storyline is the result of months of research, with scriptwriters looking into the tragic subject of stillbirths, which affect 3,500 babies in the UK a year.
It comes as another blow to Maria, who learns just before the tragedy that her husband Liam (Rob James-Collier) has once again been manipulated by the devious Carla (Alison King).
Although he refuses to give in to temptation, it piles on the stress for the mum-to-be.
The dramatic scenes will air on ITV1 at the end of the month