Victoria Robinson’s baby daughter Ocean sadly died shortly after birth.  Victoria held Ocean and placed her in a cot with her surviving twin Winter who cuddled her.

Jen Coates, Director of Bereavement Support and Volunteering at Sands said: "Whilst every grief is different, the loss of a twin has its own particular challenges. "Birthdays and other milestones of the surviving twin will always be bittersweet with the thoughts of what might have been.  

"Friends and family may not appreciate that the grief for the twin who died is not eclipsed by the living sibling and may expect parents to focus only on their living child.

"Recognising parents' and siblings' grief will enable those bereaved by twin loss to move forward with resilience and grow around their bereavement feeling supported." Continue reading