Edmund and Maria-Fertility Issues Saga Quiz

Answer: Dr. Khademi

Edmund and Maria reunited in early to mid-1995 and wanted to conceive a child. They sought the assistance of Dr. Khademi, who specialized in fertility treatments. Dr. Khademi would make several appearances throughout 1995 as Edmund and Maria attempted to conceive a child.

Answer: Del Henry

When Maria was in college while residing in San Antonio, she was in a romantic relationship with Del Henry. This led to her becoming pregnant. Maria ended up having a self-induced miscarriage and, as a result, her fallopian tubes scarred. Due to this, she had severe challenges in bearing children.

Answer: Best Contemporary Story

"Soap Opera Digest" was pleased with Edmund and Maria's storyline about Maria's fertility issues that they awarded it as 1995's Best Contemporary Story. They liked how realistic the story was and that the writers took their time in exploring the tale. They also appreciated how "AMC"'s writers handled it with sensitivity as fertility issues are always an emotional topic.

Answer: Erica Kane

Edmund and Maria were initially happy that Dimitri and Erica moved into Wildwind. However, it was during their attempts to get pregnant that Erica started to annoy Maria due to Maria feeling Erica got all the attention after her accident when Maria felt she also warranted sympathy for her pregnancy issues.

She then got on Edmund's nerves as well and continued to cause friction for Maria once her drug addiction spiraled out of control.

Answer: Edmund Grey

Edmund wanted to raise awareness about the fertility issues that he and Maria were facing. He felt the best way to do this would be to publish an article in Tempo about his and Maria's attempts to conceive a child. To protect their privacy, Edmund did not reveal his name as the writer of the article.

Answer: Erica Kane

While Edmund and Maria were at home one day, they turned on the TV to see Erica on the TV show, "The Cutting Edge". She picked up the latest edition of Tempo magazine and mentioned that Edmund wrote the anonymous article about him and Maria encountering obstacles to conceive a child. Both of them went to "The Cutting Edge" set and lambasted Erica for informing the world about their painful experience. Even Myrtle, one of Erica's dear friends, did not like what Erica did.

Answer: Anita Santos

Edmund and Maria had such a hard time getting pregnant due to her fertility issues that they had almost given up hope. It was at this time that Anita befriended a teenage runaway named Kelsey Jefferson. Despite Kelsey being Joe's granddaughter, Maria still felt comfortable asking her if they could adopt her baby.

Answer: In vitro

Edmund and Maria consulted with Dr. Khademi about how to go about conceiving a child. They went through all the options that were available to them and first opted to try out the in vitro method. Despite their lack of successfully conceiving this way, they still kept at it with trying to conceive a child.

Answer: Kelsey Jefferson

Edmund and Maria tried hard to conceive a child through fertility treatments without success so they wondered if adoption would be their best route. They asked Kelsey, who was a teenager, if they could adopt her baby. Kelsey agreed to it and Edmund and Maria were overjoyed as they feared Maria could never get pregnant through fertility treatments.

Answer: Jean Passanante

The storyline of Edmund and Maria dealing with Maria's fertility issues commenced in the early period of 1995 when Megan McTavish was head writer for "All My Children". When McTavish was fired, Lorraine Broderick was brought on and she continued the storyline. Both McTavish and Broderick were supervised by Agnes Nixon, who was the show's Executive Head Writer at that time.

In that role, Nixon played a heavy role in steering storytelling. Jean Passanante did not join the "All My Children" writing team until 1999.