Days of Our Lives

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Here's exactly what the 8/2 Soap Opera Digest says about Belle's pregnancy:


"It's been more than six months since she had sex with both Philip and Shawn but this week Belle discoveres that she's in the family way. "A day in Salem isn't necessarily a calender day." clarifies Executive Producer Ken Corday of the timing. "Days in Salem last for weeks. So, what may have appeared in calender to be seven months is not, in fact, that long. That is the dramatic lincense we take."

Natuarlly, Belle assumes the child is Philip's, considering she doesn't remember sleeping with Shawn while in a hypothermic coma. Which is bad news for "Shelle" fans. "It's not that she standing by Philip as a wife who took her vows or as a dutiful wife who's helping an invalid recover," Corday points out. "Now, she's going to be the mother of his child. And that is more sacred than the two previous responsibilities she's had. Shawn has no choice but to back off."

But all hope is not lost. "I still think it's a Shawn/Belle story; so does Jim (Reilly, head writer/consulting producer)," notes the exec. "but Philip is there for Belle, Belle is there for Philip. Mimi is there for Shawn. Shawn is there for Mimi as a friend. It is a good quadrangle. That is what we want to explore. I think these two couples are young enough to do that."