Former Love Island star Olivia Bowen has welcomed her second child with husband Alex.
Announcing the happy news on Instagram, Olivia, 31, shared beautiful photos of herself holding her newborn baby girl, alongside beaming husband Alex and their son Abel. She and Alex are seen planting kisses on Abel, as the new family of four snuggled up in bed.
In the caption, Olivia revealed the lovely name she and Alex have chosen for their daughter as she wrote: “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.”
One picture Olivia shared in the carousel showed Siena Grace’s name embroidered onto a beautiful piece of knitwear, seen in her nursery.
Fans and Olivia and Alex’s famous pals were quick to send their congratulations and well wishes in the comments section. Shaughna Phillips wrote: “Congratulations guys! She’s perfect”, while Vicky Pattison said: “Congratulations guys” and Ella Morgan commented: “Omg congrats guys! So happy for you! Beautiful family.”
Olivia sadly experienced Vanishing Twin Syndrome (VTS) in the early weeks of her pregnancy. This heartbreaking condition occurs when one twin in a multiple pregnancy vanishes, leaving only a single embryo.
This type of miscarriage happens in about 36 per cent of twin pregnancies, where the affected fetus is absorbed either by the surviving twin or the mother’s body. In May, Olivia said that she had experienced the ‘most complicated batch of emotions’ she had ever known during this pregnancy.
In an update to her Instagram followers earlier this month, Olivia revealed that Sienna’s nursery was nearly complete, but as her due date approached, it brought up mixed emotions.
Olivia and Alex, 34 – who got married at Gosfield Hall, Essex, in September 2018 – revealed they were expecting a baby girl in a home video, followed by a clip of their three-year-old son Abel revealing a bear that sported a pink ribbon, uploaded to Olivia’s Instagram account on March 4.
The pair met and finished second on the 2016 series of Love Island and have since starred in TLC’s Olivia And Alex: Happily Ever After. They are one of the rare pairings from the show that have remained together.
The birth of their second child comes weeks after ITV2 and ITVX announced it had greenlit a reality TV series about the family and the couple’s journey into parenthood.
Olivia And Alex: Parenthood will offer “intimate access to the couple’s real-life journey as they grow their young family from 3 to 4, whilst dealing with the emotional aftermath of losing one of their twins during early pregnancy”, a description from ITV said.