Former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson is facing complications in her pregnancy with twins.
“We are having identical twins, which is so exciting,” Nelson, 33, shared in a social media video on Wednesday, March 5, as she sat beside her boyfriend of three years, Zion Foster.
“Unfortunately, there are complications that come with having identical twins. The types of twins we’re having are monochorionic diamniotic [MCDA] twins, and with that, normally, most twins will have two placentas that they feed off of. When you have monochorionic diamniotic twins, they can lead to lots of different complications.”
According to Nelson, MCDA twins are at risk of one “taking all the nutrients” or both not surviving in utero.
“At the moment, I am currently pre-stage TTTS, which is twin-to-twin transfusion,” she explained. “I’m being monitored very closely. I have to go be scanned twice a week. The current situation that we’re in at the moment is that every time I’ve gone, it gets a little bit worse.”
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Struggling to hold back tears, Nelson added, “We are just hoping and praying for the best. We feel so blessed that we’ve been given twins. It’s just really sad, unfortunately, it does come with these complications we had no idea about.”
Despite the difficulties, Nelson and Foster, 26, are grateful to have frequent medical checkups.
“We’re really fortunate that I am [able] to be scanned twice a week and we get to check on the babies,” she shared.
“We just want to keep you guys updated and we’ll be letting you know … every time we go for a scan. We just gotta pray that everything’s going to be good.”
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Nelson also expressed her desire to “raise awareness” for other mothers expecting twins who may be going through similar experiences.
“We had no clue that happens with twins and we really want to raise awareness because there’s so many people that don’t know about this,” she emphasized. “We felt it’s really important to share our journey with you guys.”
Nelson and Foster, who have been in a relationship since January 2022, announced their pregnancy earlier this year.
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“She’s eating for 3 now,” Nelson captioned a January 12 Instagram post featuring Foster cradling her growing baby bump.
Although Nelson is now looking forward to motherhood, she previously admitted she had been reluctant about having children.
“I don’t want children. It’s just not in me,” she said in a 2021 interview. “I think as a woman, [motherhood is] either in you or it isn’t. You either have that maternal feeling or you don’t, and I’ve never had that feeling. I think women have to do what is right for them.
My mum is my hero. She brought up four kids single-handed. To me, she is Wonder Woman, but I know it was hard.
There’s never been a part of me that’s thought, ‘Oh, I’d really love a baby.’ I’ve been so in love, thought ‘this is the one for me,’ but [I’ve] still not wanted a baby.”
