Coronation Street star Sam Aston shares 'bittersweet' pregnancy news with wife after tragic losses
13.11.2023 - 08:23
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Coronation Street star Sam Aston has revealed he and his wife are expecting their third child together. The actor and his yoga teacher wife have described the news as 'bittersweet' as they revealed they were expecting twins before they lost one of the babies to 'Vanishing Twin Syndrome.'
The couple, who share three-year-old son Sonny and 18-month-old daughter Daisy, have revealed their baby news to OK! Magazine with Briony saying: "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."
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The news comes after Briony and Sam endured two tragic miscarriages within four months of each other. And while being pregnant is wonderful news for the pair, However, the pair still share a sense of loss.
Briony explained that their sad loss of one of their babies was the result of 'Vanishing Twin Syndrome', a condition in which one of the babies stops growing and the mother’s body then absorbs the embryo and tissue. The midwife discovered Briony had been expecting non-identical twins - developing in two separate amniotic sacs with their own placentas- after locating the lost twin’s remaining amniotic sac during the scan.
“If we hadn’t had the early scan, I wouldn’t even have known,” she adds. “But it does explain why I was so sick and tired this time around compared to my