BBC EastEnders fans 'rumble' real father of Lauren's baby - and it's 'not Peter'

EastEnders' Lauren Branning discovered she was large connected the BBC soap connected Tuesday nighttime aft feeling unwell recently, and fans deliberation Peter Beale isn't the father

Viewers tuning into EastEnders connected Tuesday believed they had rumbled a paternity twist, amid Lauren Branning's pregnancy.

Lauren uncovered she was large aft taking a trial successful the latest occurrence of the BBC soap. After weeks of feeling unwell, months connected from a fearfulness crush that near her injured, Lauren learned the truth.

Amid interest for her wellness she visited a doc wherever she was told that she needed to trim her symptom medicine for her crush injuries, and that she wasn't capable to person different prescription. Lauren was successful turmoil, claiming to inactive beryllium successful symptom and aboriginal she told sister-in-law Anna Knight she was having regular headaches.

When she revealed she'd besides been sick that greeting Anna questioned if she mightiness beryllium pregnant. Lauren wasn't definite but soon realised it was a possibility, yet taking a trial and seeing it was positive.

But earlier the quality was revealed, thing astir Lauren's absorption to Anna's question and what she said to Anna sparked suspicion. Lauren and Peter precocious reunited astir the clip she was earnestly wounded successful the crush.

Lauren had told Anna she couldn't beryllium large due to the fact that Peter "hadn't been adjacent her" since everything had happened. She past pulled a look earlier fleeing, aboriginal shown taking the test.

Lauren had besides said her menstrual rhythm had been each implicit the place, but she didn't specify however agelong for. Now, viewers are wondering if Lauren has been large for longer than she realised.

They deliberation Peter is not the begetter of Lauren's baby, and it volition really beryllium idiosyncratic else. While immoderate fans questioned if Junior Knight mightiness beryllium the father, astir viewers believed it was Zack Hudson aft the brace slept unneurotic earlier this year.

While it perchance isn't the lawsuit fixed Lauren and Zack slept unneurotic astatine the extremity of April, truthful astir 7 months ago, fans can't assistance but fishy determination is much to the babe storyline. One spectator posted connected X: "Peter ain’t been adjacent me??? Sorry don’t archer maine Lauren is having Zack’s baby... didn’t they slumber with each different MONTHS ago."

Another spectator said: "The question is however Lauren archer Zack she's large and however volition Zack react." A 3rd instrumentality commented: "Blimey didn't Lauren usage extortion with Zack?" arsenic a 4th said: "Zack’s storyline volition beryllium having Lauren’s baby."

Spoilers for adjacent week uncover Lauren is struggling, arsenic she makes a confession to relative Penny Branning. But volition Lauren archer Peter astir the baby?

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