In the present day, Melanie has changed her last name to Carmichael, a rich local family, to hide her poor Southern roots. She is a successful up-and-coming fashion designer in New York City. After becoming engaged to Andrew, Melanie goes home alone to Alabama to tell her parents.

What happened to Melanie and Jakes baby?

Answer: She had a miscarriage. When shes talking to Jakes mother, Stella Kay, at the bar, its mentioned that Melanie had a miscarriage. Melanie felt ashamed because after losing the baby, she ran out on Jake and their marriage to pursue her own goals in New York.

Was Melanie pregnant Sweet Home Alabama?

Melanie married Jake right out of high school, barefoot, pregnant and going nowhere fast. She had a miscarriage. And then she ran away. For seven years she fled everything she had learned to despise(her hometown, parents and hubby), making a new life for herself (one of glamour, money and prestige).

What happens when lightning strikes sand like in Sweet Home Alabama?

Sweet Home Alabama did get something right — when super hot lightning (at least 1,800 degrees Celsius/3,272 degrees Fahrenheit) hits sandy beaches high in silica or quartz, it fuses the sand into silica glass beneath the ground. That means you can actually dig up petrified lightning if you know where to look.