Welcoming their third child was surely emotional as Briony had initially been pregnant with twins but sadly lost one of the babies due to vanishing twin syndrome. Vanishing twin syndrome is a miscarriage that causes a twin pregnancy to become a pregnancy involving one baby. It happens when one of the embryos detected during an ultrasound stops developing.
“It was very bittersweet – that’s exactly how I’d word it,” Briony told OK! last year.
“We were excited and thankful, because we always wanted a baby that was healthy. Then we started thinking, ‘We could have had two… Will the living twin always wonder, “What if?” and ‘Will they feel lonely?’ We found ourselves questioning what could have been, while feeling grateful for what we’ve got.”
Sam said: “At first, you’re thinking, ‘What would it have been like to have twins? Would we have had one of each, a boy and a girl?’
“Like Briony says, it’s definitely bittersweet, but we just feel very grateful that the other baby is absolutely fine.”
