Love Island star misplaced child resulting from ‘vanishing twin syndrome’ not even docs knew about
Warning: This text accommodates dialogue of child loss which some readers might discover distressing.
Olivia Bowen is without doubt one of the largest success tales from Love Island after marrying the person that she met on the present.
Contemplating the assorted items of drama we have seen on this season of the relationship present, which has seen two of the boys go away the present over completely different allegations, whereas one other girl left simply days earlier than the ultimate, it is laborious to consider that folks used to really uncover long-term companions after assembly on the ITV2 present.
Nevertheless, that proved to be the case for Olivia and Alex, who completed as runners-up on the 2016 sequence earlier than saying their engagement a yr later.
Sadly, their love story hasn’t been utterly easy crusing, as when Olivia was round 9 weeks pregnant with twins, she misplaced one among her infants within the womb. Round 10 weeks later, her daughter Sienna was thriving and persevering with to develop inside her stomach, however the different child had successfully disappeared.
It was solely afterward that Olivia found that she had gone by means of one thing often called ‘vanishing twin syndrome’, which happens when one embryo in a a number of being pregnant stops creating and is both absorbed by the mom’s physique or by the surviving twin.
The 32-year-old not too long ago opened up about her loss on the ‘We Want To Discuss’ podcast with Paul C Bronson.
She stated: “So vanishing twin syndrome is one thing i would by no means heard of earlier than and lots of people hadn’t. I feel that was probably the most stunning factor about it. After it occurred I began to look into it and it is a actually widespread factor. What occurs is you’ve got a twin being pregnant and one of many infants for no matter purpose does not survive you do not lose it. It is not like a miscarriage the place generally you bleed and you’ve got ache. It fairly actually vanishes so in my case we misplaced the child round 9 weeks however Sienna was completely fantastic.”
Olivia gave delivery to Sienna in 2025, having had her first little one again in 2022, however even along with her daughter rising healthily inside her, Olivia nonetheless needed to cope with the heartbreak of dropping her different little one, one thing which was a really unusual feeling for her as she continued to see the child in later scans.
She added: “Sienna was thriving however the different child had no heartbeat however it was nonetheless in there till I used to be 19 weeks after which it disappeared into my physique. It is probably the most bizarre factor to get your head round since you’re so completely happy you have bought that little child thriving in there rising completely and then you definately see the child that is handed continues to be in there each scan you’ve got. The one factor that made all of the distinction is speaking about it publicly.
“The quantity of ladies I related to and discovered from it felt like being wrapped up by those that had had the identical expertise i really feel extremely fortunate that folks belief me with their tales.”
For those who want assist and recommendation following a being pregnant loss, you possibly can contact the Tommy’s crew at midwife@tommys.org. It’s also possible to name them totally free on 0800 014 7800, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
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