Olivia Bowen gives birth as she shares adorable photo and reveals daughter’s unique name

Former Love Island star Olivia Bowen has given birth to her second child and revealed her baby daughter’s adorable name.

Announcing the news on social media, the reality TV star shared a snap of herself cradling the newborn baby as kissed husband Alex Bowen. The happy couple were joined by son Abel Jacob as they posed for the announcement.

Olivia, who had originally been expecting twins, captioned the snap: “I can’t even find the words other than to say our beautiful girl Siena is here, and we are all bursting with love. It wasn’t an easy ride but every second worth it a thousand times over. I love my babies. @ab_bowen

The Bowen’s are a family of four now! ( 
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Olivia was initially expecting twins but earlier this year, the expectant star revealed she had experienced Vanishing Twin Syndrome (VTS), a condition where one embryo is lost in early pregnancy, leaving a single developing foetus.

It is a form of miscarriage occurring in approximately 36 per cent of twin pregnancies, where the affected fetus is absorbed either by the surviving twin or by the mother’s body. Earlier this year, Olivia said she’d felt the ‘most complicated batch of emotions’ she’d ever known during the pregnancy.

“I felt like that darkness was taking over and pulling me down with both paws. I felt it again after giving birth, have felt it intermittently throughout motherhood. It’s not just the hormones, it’s the whole expectation, the change, and the world feeling different to what you have experienced your whole life,” she wrote on Instagram.

“Then fast forward to this year, losing one of our precious babies to Vanishing Twin Syndrome and going through the most complicated batch of emotions I’ve ever felt.”

Olivia kept fans updated on her pregnancy journey
Although Olivia had no VTS symptoms, the Cleveland Clinic indicates that light bleeding, cramps, and pain in the back and pelvis could be warning signs. The condition usually results from DNA abnormalities in one twin that impair its growth. Sadly, these issues are typically present from conception and cannot be changed or managed.

Posting an update to her Instagram followers earlier this month, Olivia disclosed that Sienna’s nursery was nearly complete, but with her due date approaching, it’s brought up mixed emotions.

Olivia, 31, revealed her pregnancy news with a heartwarming video on Instagram featuring her husband and their first child Abel, born in 2022.

The couple first crossed paths on the 2016 series of ITV’s reality show, finishing as runners-up to winners Cara De La Hoyde and Nathan Massey, who tied the knot in 2019 and are proud parents to son Freddie-George and daughter Delilah.

Olivia and Alex exchanged vows in September 2018 and are among the few couples from the show who have stayed together. Olivia has previously opened up about her fears of being “so rubbish as a mum” before Abel’s arrival.

In an Instagram post marking World Breast Feeding Week shortly after Abel’s birth, she confessed: “I never thought I would breast feed. I think where I felt like I was not a maternal person whatsoever before Abel was born, I had serious doubts it would work for me and I also didn’t even feel comfortable with the thought of it.

“I would go as far as to say it freaked me out a bit. You all know I wasn’t sure on having kids and it’s mainly because I felt like I would be so rubbish as a Mum, not a maternal bone in my body pre Abel.”