Stephanie Ray is an old friend of Rhona Goskirk, who performed a two ultrasound scans on Rhona in February 2011. Rhona introduced Stephanie to her partner Paddy Kirk and her baby's dad Marlon Dingle, who were both accompanying her to the first scan. During the scan Stephanie and Rhona reminisced about their school days, including when Rhona accidentally blew up the science lab. Stephanie told Rhona, Marlon and Paddy that she could see no obvious hear defects with the baby, who had downs syndrome. Stephanie asked Rhona if she wanted to know the sex of her unborn baby, Rhona and Paddy were open to the idea, but Marlon wasn't so much so they decided to keep it as a surprise. Rhona asked Stephanie if she was in a relationship. A fortnight later Rhona invited Stephanie for a drink and setting h