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.

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.

After the trigger injection, she pushed through several days of cramps, while Levi’s constant fussing quickly wore thin.

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.

They receive encouraging news shortly afterwards–seven eggs have been collected.

Although they face a wait to see how many fertilise, both allow themselves to be quietly hopeful… just one mature embryo would be enough!

Later in the week, Mac finally gets the call they’ve been waiting for. But it’s not good news.

None of the embryos have matured, leaving them back at square one.

Mac and Levi are devastated, and as they walk through the front door after returning home, Mac breaks down in Levi’s arms.

Will they have the strength to try again?

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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.

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.

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.