Summer Bay is set to welcome a tiny new resident when Ziggy reveals she is pregnant this week. But the happy news comes at a cost: her surfing career. Is she ready to give that up?
In Home and Away, Ziggy (Sophie Dillman), still reeling from a positive pregnancy test, tries to hide the truth from boyfriend Dean (Patrick O’Connor).
Ziggy was recently offered a sponsorship after deciding to chase her dreams of pro-surfing and is torn with what to do.
Ziggy was recently offered a sponsorship after deciding to chase her dreams of pro-surfing and is torn with what to do.
(Image: Seven)When Dean tries to discuss her bright future, Ziggy implies she wants to ditch her dream – and before he can say anymore, she blurts out: “I’m pregnant!”
Dean is elated by the news but can tell Ziggy is torn.
“It’s a huge question mark,” Sophie, 30, tells TV WEEK. “A lot of women go through this, feeling like they have to make a choice, particularly those in professional sport.
Dean is elated by the news but can tell Ziggy isn’t sure.
(Image: Seven)They don’t always go hand in hand all the time. She got everything she wanted. Surfing is her dream.”
It’s not just the timing that has caused Ziggy’s dilemma; having children was not necessarily in her future.
Dean, who is already a father to Jai (River Jarvis), listens as she explains that her past with ex-husband Brody (Jackson Heywood) convinced her otherwise.
“When she was with Brody, she wanted a family but he changed her mind as to whether that was going to happen [after cheating on her] Then when she began dating Dean, she decided she didn’t want children.
“She is torn between following a dream she always had to the one she has now.”
What will she decide?
