Olivia Bowen: I Lost Myself After Giving Birth & What Love Island Never Showed

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Olivia's Experience of Vanishing Twin Syndrome

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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 Play}