 In the storyline, when Max Branning (Jake Wood) and his daughter Abi (Lorna Fitzgerald) are injured in an accident, Ronnie visits Max in the hospital where she gave birth to James, sees the midwife who delivered the child and it triggers the start of the baby swap reveal storyline.In April 2013, Womack said of her departure, "I think it was definitely the right time to give the character a break.The danger is that if you get one character who is subject to so much trauma, angst and depression, it becomes difficult to play it realistically."