{"id":30714,"date":"2023-03-03T20:57:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T19:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1794782"},"modified":"2023-03-04T21:55:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T20:55:13","slug":"eastenders-whitney-cradles-her-baby-after-heartbreaking-birth-scenes","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/eastenders-whitney-cradles-her-baby-after-heartbreaking-birth-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders\u2019 Whitney cradles her baby after heartbreaking birth scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Whitney and Zack&#8217;s heartache continued. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Laura Denby\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 03 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) gave birth to her baby girl in tonight\u2019s heartbreaking episode of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/&quot;\">EastEnders<\/a> (3rd March), after undergoing a termination to activate early labour.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney and Zack were devastated that they had to say goodbye to their baby <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-diagnosis-whitney-dean-baby-newsupdate\/&quot;\">after a terminal diagnosis<\/a> of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-edwards-syndrome-explained\/&quot;\">Edwards\u2019 syndrome<\/a>, and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-whitney-baby-loss-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Whit was left in severe pain<\/a> after beginning the process to <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-whitney-heartbreaking-termination-newsupdate\/&quot;\">end her pregnanc<\/a>y.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, the pair headed to the hospital where Whit began to have contractions, and a kind nurse assured them that this was still her birth and they could do whatever was needed, including playing music. But as her labour went on for a while, Whitney was struggling.<\/p>\n<p>Zack gently suggested that perhaps their little Peach didn\u2019t want to leave her mummy just yet; but it wasn\u2019t long before the midwife returned and explained that the baby was now on the way.<\/p> <p>As she was asked whether there was anything to wrap the baby in, Whit faltered, having been unsure what was allowed. But Zack revealed a Peach-themed outfit in honour of their fond nickname for their daughter and handed it over.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney then gave birth with Zack by her side, and although he reassured her that it was all over, she replied that no, it wasn\u2019t. Whitney begged to see her baby, and the midwife wrapped her up and handed her to the young woman.<\/p>\n<p>Staring down at their precious girl and knowing they would have to part soon, Whitney and Zack were captivated by her as Whit insisted that her name had to be Peach, just as it had always been.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/eastenders-whitney-zack-17b6718.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/eastenders-whitney-zack-17b6718.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/eastenders-whitney-zack-17b6718.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1794850\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/eastenders-whitney-zack-17b6718.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> James Farrar as Zack Hudson and Shona McGarty as Whitney Dean in EastEnders.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Then, in moving scenes, Whitney thanked Peach for making her a mummy as Zack looked on, leaving us all in tears.<\/p>\n<p>Next week, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-spoilers-whitney-dean-termination-aftermath-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Whitney will face fresh heartache<\/a> as she and Zack are delivered another devastating bombshell.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can read more about Edwards\u2019 syndrome on the <\/em><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/edwards-syndrome\/&quot;\"><em>NHS website<\/em><\/a><em>, or visit <\/em><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.soft.org.uk\/&quot;\"><em>SOFT UK<\/em><\/a><em> and <\/em><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.arc-uk.org\/&quot;\"><em>Antenatal Results and Choices<\/em><\/a><em> for help and support.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a 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