Mum who lost twin baby like Cristiano Ronaldo states 'buying for one instead of two is hard'

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A mum who lost one of her twin babies like Cristiano Ronaldo has told of the pain of her daughter's tragic death. Rhiannon Donnelly, 33, whose little girl was stillborn, said: “It’s something you never expect to go through." While she cherishes each moment with her son Gruffydd, who is five months old, Rhiannon is always aware that there is a space next to her baby boy that should be taken up by his twin sister Mabli, The Mirror writes.Rhiannon states that the precious things which should fill her with joy, such as shopping for clothes for her son and spotting a set of twins in matching outfits, instead make her stomach sink.

She is one of those who have suffered the devastating loss of a twin, an agonising pain shared by Manchester United footballer Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodríguez. “Buying for one instead of two is hard,” says children services worker Rhiannon, who is 33 and lives in Cardiff with her husband Nathan, 32. “And when I see girls’ clothes in the shops it is very difficult.“It’s also upsetting when I see other twins in their matching outfits.

The first time it happened was on social media, because my algorithms were all twin stuff, so I had to come off it for a long time as that was all I would see.“When I felt ready to go back on it, I put in that I didn’t want to see twins anymore.

It was a stab in the heart.“If I’m out and the grief hits, I’ll give my son a big cuddle, which is comforting, and I feel grateful that he is here and he is OK.”The couple had been unsuccessfully trying for a baby for five years, and they turned to IVF, with the second round working.Rhiannon says: “After trying for so long to get pregnant, we felt really blessed to be having two babies.”But their joy turned to