Vienna Girardi suffers miscarriage, loses twins
We have some heartbreaking news to report: The Bachelor alum Vienna Girardi has just announced she lost her twins after suffering a miscarriage last week. Vienna penned a lengthy and very emotional Facebook post in which she described the terrifying series of events that led to the loss of her twin girls and Vienna being in ICU for four days.
Here is Vienna’s post in its entirety:
This is the hardest thing I have ever had to write. On Aug 3rd, I went in for an ultra sound bc the Perinatologist notice one of my twins had more fluids than the other which was the first sign of TTTS(Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome) this is when one twin takes more nutrients than the other. They said that it did look like it had improved over the last week though.
Unfortunately, that was not the case and that evening my water broke due to the amniotic sacs rupturing. I spent the next 2 days in the hospital trying everything to save them.
The doctors had warned me that if I did not go into labor and deliver the babies, I was taking the chance of risking my own life and causing an infection in my uterus but they could not survive at only 18 weeks. They also said that there was a very slim chance under 5% that the babies could survive and the fluids in their amniotic sacs replenish themselves so as any mother would do I did everything to save them but their hearts stopped beating on day two which is also when I went into a septic shock with 104 fever.
My little angels went to Heaven on Aug 5th and I was rushed into the OR for emergency surgery and was in the ICU for 4 days.
I don’t know why this happened and I pray the Lord gives me strength to understand why he needed my little girls. After days of laying in bed heart broken and trying to piece what happened back together a doctor asked me if I would consider donating my little girls to science so they can also understand why this happens and be able to save another women who has twins with TTTS. This was the hardest decision I have ever had to make in my life but I knew my little girls were in Heaven already and the pain I feel I would never want any mother to ever feel.
RIP My Sweet Angels ?
Your mommy will never forget you and I loved you both with my entire heart.
I Thank you all for your support and prayers but I would appreciate it if at this time everyone can respect my privacy and allow me to grieve.
Vienna revealed she was pregnant with twins in early June. The father was Vienna’s fiancé, race car driver Todd Allen. At the time of their pregnancy announcement, Vienna and Todd had been engaged for ten months after dating for three years. However, none of Vienna’s updates since the announcement, including her gender reveal party documented for Us Weekly, have included Todd. It’s unclear if they are separated, although Todd does have his Facebook relationship status set to “single.”
We send our condolences to Vienna. As we mentioned in our post about her pregnancy announcement, we have been fans for a long time, and we are deeply saddened by the devastating news.
