Next week on Home and Away in the UK, Levi and Mac get a major update on their pregnancy journey, while Mali faces a tough decision to save his business.
Mackenzie (Emily Weir) and Levi’s (Tristan Gorey) IVF journey reaches a crucial stage next week, but will they get the news they’re hoping for?
Earlier this year, after visiting Dean (Patrick O’Connor), Ziggy (Sophie Dillman) and their young daughter Izzy in Queensland, Mackenzie was struck by the idea of her and Levi starting a family of her own.

The couple threw themselves into trying for a baby naturally, but after weeks of effort, Mac and Levi were disheartened when a positive result never came.
Keen to understand what was standing in their way, the pair both underwent fertility testing.
The results confirmed there were no underlying medical issues with either of them, which offered some reassurance but also left Mac and Levi questioning why their attempts hadn’t been successful.

Looking for answers, Mac turned to her mother Tanya, only to learn something she hadn’t known before–Tanya had also faced fertility challenges, with Mac herself being conceived through IVF.
The revelation gave Mac a new perspective, realising that history seemed to be repeating itself.
With natural conception proving more difficult than they’d anticipated, the couple accepted that IVF was the logical next step and started the process.
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<p>The first weeks weren’t easy. Mac struggled with the side effect of the treatment, but the effort paid off when seven follicles matured, giving them seven chances for eggs.</p>
<p>After the trigger injection, she pushed through several days of cramps, while Levi’s constant fussing quickly wore thin.</p>
<p>Next week, it’s finally time for the egg retrieval. Mac is anxious, but Levi is reassuring, reminding her that the procedure has gone to plan so far.</p>
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<p>They receive encouraging news shortly afterwards–seven eggs have been collected.</p>
<p>Although they face a wait to see how many fertilise, both allow themselves to be quietly hopeful… just one mature embryo would be enough!</p>
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Will they have the strength to try again?
Elsewhere in Summer Bay, Mali (Kyle Shilling) returns to find his business in chaos.
In one of many questionable business decisions of recent times, Mali left the board shop in the hands of new assistant Lacey (Sophea Pennington), as he headed to his hometown of Mantaray Point to help out with sister Lowanna’s childcare.
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<p>Mali had not long employed Lacey (Sophea Pennington), which soon came back to bite him when it was revealed that she didn’t even know how to surf.</p>
<p>Lacey initially tried to blag it by having boyfriend Theo (Matt Evans) take the students through the lessons, and when Mali eventually found out he agreed to keep the arrangement.</p>
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<p>In the first couple of weeks of Mali’s absence, Lacey quickly realised that the shop was already running at a loss.</p>
<p>Abigail (Hailey Pinto) offered to help oversee things until Mali returned, the pair hoping they could weather the storm.</p>
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<p>Abby admits that she made the decision to let Theo go and stresses that they now need to dive into the board shop books to see where things stand.</p>
<p>Still unaware of the full situation, Mali remains confident that they can work it out.</p>
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<p>Abby tells Mali there’s only one thing he can do—Lacey has to go.</p>
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<p>When Lacey arrives at the board shop, Mali thanks her for looking after things while he was away.</p>
<p>Lacey shrugs it off, still feeling guilty, and insists there’s no need for praise–she’s just glad they can rely on each other.</p>
<p>Mali, however, can’t shake Abby’s suggestion that Lacey should be let go.</p>
<p>Seeing the tension, Lacey turns to Abby, stressing how important the job is to her, unaware that she has just been trying to convince Mali to fire her.</p>
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<p>Abby talks again Mali, aware that he hasn’t acted yet, and Mali finds himself stuck, trying to find a way to keep Lacey without compromising the shop.</p>
<p>In the end, he calls Lacey over and lays out a plan—if she can learn to surf so that she can run lessons as well as managing the shop, her position will be secure.</p>
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