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<blockquote data-quote="Laura Avery-Sumner" data-source="post: 441319" data-attributes="member: 62222"><p>No one who really knows has said so out so loud so this is just my speculation:&nbsp; Timing is everything and since CMC was a little younger than the other ladies, she was still in the phase of life where pregnancy could get in the way of work. I think the writers were fine the first time around (and actually kind of celebrated Daniel more than other soap kids would get).&nbsp; By the time she was pregnant with Meg, I think the combination of having to write in another story of pregnancy and the fact that they still didn&#039;t know what to do with her character, got her on the chopping block. It&#039;s a shame because Laura WAS different from the other ladies and that difference got her in the position of Greg&#039;s only confidante. That made for great tv but it still ran as an undercurrent to everything else that was happening. They let Laura simmer during big plots and then use her as the catalyst for the resolution because she&#039;s constantly put between the rock of Greg and the hard place of the cul de sac.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Laura Avery-Sumner, post: 441319, member: 62222"] No one who really knows has said so out so loud so this is just my speculation: Timing is everything and since CMC was a little younger than the other ladies, she was still in the phase of life where pregnancy could get in the way of work. I think the writers were fine the first time around (and actually kind of celebrated Daniel more than other soap kids would get). By the time she was pregnant with Meg, I think the combination of having to write in another story of pregnancy and the fact that they still didn't know what to do with her character, got her on the chopping block. It's a shame because Laura WAS different from the other ladies and that difference got her in the position of Greg's only confidante. That made for great tv but it still ran as an undercurrent to everything else that was happening. They let Laura simmer during big plots and then use her as the catalyst for the resolution because she's constantly put between the rock of Greg and the hard place of the cul de sac. [/QUOTE]

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