Vanessa Woodfield (Michelle Hardwick) is the person Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) turns to in Emmerdale soon, as she faces a scary ordeal in the middle of her surrogacy journey.

Shortly after Charity decided to try and become Sarah Sugden’s (Katie Hill) surrogate, she decided not to tell Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb).

Of course, it wasn’t long until he found out, and wasted no time in telling Charity that he thought it was a bad idea.

With really no one else to talk to, Charity chatted to Vanessa about it. Despite them being exes, Charity and Vanessa are really good friends. Vanessa was able to listen to Charity, while thinking of Mack’s feelings too.

Mackenzie then told Charity that he’s decided to support her on the journey, which left her relieved. When he arrived at Butlers though, it became apparent that Mack had just changed his view because he believes the process wouldn’t be successful anyways.

Charity’s jumped over quite a few hurdles so far – but is disaster set to strike already?

In upcoming episodes, the couple go for a walk, but Charity takes a tumble and falls to the ground.

At Jacob’s (Joe-Warren Plant), Charity convinces herself that everything will be fine, and fails to tell Sarah about the fall.

Feeling smothered by Sarah and Jacob, Charity suggests an engagement party, hoping they will focus on something else for a little while.

As the family gets the Woolpack ready for the party, Charity rushes to the toilet. She’s caught by Vanessa, who wonders what’s going on.

Charity reveals that she’s been bleeding – but will she tell Sarah?

Given the dynamic between Mack and Charity at the moment, will spending more time with Vanessa impact their relationship?