“Bachelor” alum Vienna Girardi shares her heartache after losing twins

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Vienna Girardi lost twin girls after suffering a miscarriage 18 weeks into her pregnancy, the”Bachelor” alum told fans on Facebook Sunday.

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Girardi went in for an ultrasound on Aug. 3, she says, when doctors saw one of the twins “had more fluids than the other” — a condition doctors told her was Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome, or  TTTS.

Hopes for improvement faded within the day, Girardi said, and her water broke. “I spent the next 2 days in the hospital trying everything to save them.”

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“Their hearts stopped beating on day two which is also when I went into a septic shock with 104 fever,” Girardi wrote. “My little angels went to Heaven on Aug 5th and I was rushed into the OR for emergency surgery and was in the ICU for 4 days.”

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The former reality star asked for privacy to grieve and thanked her friends, family and fans for their support.

Girardi had been expecting in June. She celebrated a gender reveal party on July 30, just days before she was admitted the the hospital, according to her representative, Richard Harlow.

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“It is with great sadness and a heavy heart to announce my dear friend and client Vienna Girardi suffered a miscarriage two weeks ago,” Harlow said in a statement to PEOPLE.

“Her heart is heavy. Having cried with her, I can honestly say this is one of the worst things I’ve experienced with my close friend and client of 7 years,” Harlow said. “It’s a devastating experience. She wants everyone to know how much she loved her little babies.”

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