Podbit · We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson
When Olivia spoke about vanishing twin syndrome on Loose Women, thousands of women messaged her saying they had never felt so seen. One woman, aged 65, came up to her after the show and revealed she had experienced it 40 years ago and never even known it had a name until that moment.
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Olivia had never heard of vanishing twin syndrome before it happened to her. The second pregnancy began with the joy of discovering twins — she and Alex started planning for two children, looking at cars and rooms — before a scan at nine weeks revealed one baby had no heartbeat. Unlike a miscarriage, there was no physical loss event. The baby simply stayed, present on every scan, until approximately 19 weeks, then vanished into her body. Paul adds the statistics: the syndrome affects 15–35% of twin pregnancies and half of all pregnancies involving three or more embryos. Speaking about it publicly on Loose Women generated thousands of messages from women who had experienced the same thing — including a 65-year-old woman who had carried this unnamed loss for four decades. Olivia describes the lost twin as her sunset baby and Sienna as her sunrise. [1] — Olivia Bowen "Olivia discovered she was carrying twins at her second pregnancy scan. By nine weeks, one baby had no heartbeat — but unlike a miscarriage,…" 1:32:23
Olivia discovered she was carrying twins at her second pregnancy scan. By nine weeks, one baby had no heartbeat — but unlike a miscarriage, there was no bleeding, no pain. The baby simply stayed inside until 19 weeks and then vanished. She calls it her sunset baby. Sienna is her sunrise.
Olivia experienced vanishing twin syndrome during her second pregnancy, a condition affecting 15–35% of all twin pregnancies.
In Olivia's case, the vanishing twin had no heartbeat from around nine weeks but remained in the womb until around 19 weeks before disappearing into her body.
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