What episode does Rosemary get pregnant?

The moment Rosemary and Lee have long been waiting for may finally be here. A preview for the May 8 episode of When Calls the Hearthints that Rosemary is pregnant and that the fan-favorite couple may soon become parents. 

Rosemary (Pascale Hutton) and Lee (Kavan Smith) have made no secret of their desire to become parents. But sadly, the couple – who married back in season 3 – have not yet been able to have a child.

Rosemary seemed to have accepted that she was not likely to have become a mother. However, it looks like that may soon change. A preview (via YouTube) for When Calls the Heart Season 9 Episode 10 suggests that the editor of the Valley Voice gets some unexpected – yet very welcome – news. 

Though most of the clip focuses on fallout from Lucas’s involvement with Walden, it ends by teasing “a must-see moment you’ve been waiting for.” Rosemary sits on the exam table in the Dr. Carter’s (Andrea Brooks) office, a stunned look on her face. 

Next, we see Rosemary with her best friend Elizabeth (Erin Krakow). “I don’t have a fever,” she says to Elizabeth, who can’t hide her shock. “I was trying to tell you.” 

The next episode of ‘When Calls the Heart’ is titled ‘Never Say Never’ 

A sneak peek for the upcoming episode of the Hallmark Channel series (via YouTube) sheds some more light on Rosemary’s situation. In that clip, she’s suffering from what she thinks is a stomach bug. 

“I don’t want you possibly catching anything and passing it along to [Lucas] or to Little Jack,” she tells Elizabeth. But if our suspicions are correct, Rosemary’s condition definitely isn’t contagious. 

The episode title, “Never Say Never,” offers another hint that Rosemary is going to learn she’s pregnant. While Rosemary and Lee appeared to have written off the idea of becoming parents, perhaps they’ll learn that miracles do happen and you should never say never. 

Here’s the official episode description from Hallmark Channel: 

Elizabeth and Rosemary don’t agree on the best way to share unsettling news with the town about the coal mines, but that’s put behind them when Rosemary hears even more shocking news. 

Pascale Hutton has said she thinks it would be ‘hilarious’ if Rosemary gets pregnant 

After “Never Say Never,” there are only two episodes left in When Calls the Heart Season 9. That means that if Rosemary is pregnant, fans aren’t likely to see much of her journey to motherhood until season 10 (assuming Hallmark Channel renews the show). 

Hutton and Smith have both talked about their desire for their characters to become parents, either naturally or through adoption. Aside from it being a potentially heartwarming storyline, Hutton thinks it has plenty of comic potential. 

“I think it would be hilarious to see Rosemary pregnant,” she said in a 2021 interview with Entertainment Tonight.

Smith agreed. 

“For Lee and Rosemary, with the two quirky characters that they are to go through [a pregnancy] together?” he said. “It’s just a gold mine of fun to be had.”  

The next episode of When Calls the Heart Season 9 airs Sunday, May 8 at 8 p.m. ET on Hallmark Channel. 

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When Calls the HeartSeason 8 didn’t lack for life-changing moments for many of its characters. From Elizabeth and Lucas’s big kiss in the season finale to Carson’s decision to move to Baltimore, there were plenty of big changes in Hope Valley over the course of the season. 

But one change that some viewers have been hoping for didn’t happen. Fan-favorite characters Lee and Rosemary didn’t start a family. But actors Kavan Smith and Pascale Hutton say they are still hoping kids might be in Lee and Rosemary’s future.  

Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith explain why Rosemary and Lee didn’t have a baby this season 

Lee and Rosemary married in season 3 of the Hallmark Channel series. So far, the couple has remained childless, though not by choice. In past episodes, Rosemary has opened up to her husband about her fears that they may not be able to have children (via Hallmark Channel). 

Both Hutton and Smith have said they have been lobbying the show’s writers to give Lee and Rosemary a child, either by having Rosemary get pregnant or by having the couple adopt. While the pair got a taste of parenthood in season 8 when they took in Lee’s niece Rachel, that was a temporary situation. And Rachel was a teenager, not a baby.

One reason Rosemary and Lee didn’t become parents in season 8 was logistical, the actors explained in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.

“I think if there is any reason, I think it’s logistics. We have one set of twins on the show and it is challenging working with little ones,” Smith said, referring to the twins who play Elizabeth Thornton’s son Jack. Adding another set of little actors to the production would slow things down, he explained.  

Both Smith and Hutton would love to see their characters start a family, and not just because it’s something the couple has been dreaming of for years. Hutton has said a pregnancy for her character has tons of comedic potential. 

“I think it would be hilarious to see Rosemary pregnant,” she said. 

Smith agreed. “For Lee and Rosemary, with the two quirky characters that they are to go through [a pregnancy] together? It’s just a gold mine of fun to be had,” he said. 

Will Lee and Rosemary have a baby in ‘When Calls the Heart’ Season 9? 

So will a baby Coulter be added to the When Calls the Heart cast next season? It’s too early to say. But Smith and Hutton say they are championing the idea. And with the Elizabeth-Lucas-Nathan love triangle finally put to rest, there should be more opportunity for telling other stories in season 9. 

“It’s been a constant conversation. We haven’t dropped the ball… We’re being tenacious and we’re trying to make that happen,” Smith said. “We’ll see where it ends up. We’re doing our best.” 

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