Jesy Nelson shares new photo with baby twins as she reveals ‘heartbreaking’ time in intensive care unit
JESY Nelson opened up her ‘heartbreaking’ time on ICU while sharing a new photo of her twins.
Former Little Mix star Jesy, 33, recently announced the birth of daughters with her boyfriend, Zion Foster.
The newborns are named Ocean Jade Nelson-Foster and Story Monroe Nelson-Foster, respectively.
Taking to Instagram, the singer addressed her recent experience in NICU.
Most babies are born at 40 weeks, but 37 weeks is considered full term and twin pregnancies are rarely longer than this.
Meanwhile, babies born at 31 weeks will likely spend time in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), receiving round-the-clock care.
She penned: “Nothing or no one will ever be able to prepare you as a parent for NICU.
“It’s the most scary overwhelming feeling of emotions not being able to feel like you can protect your babies.
“Naturally as a mother you just want to hold them and comfort them when they cry but you can’t because there are what feels like a million wires coming out of them.
“Tubes and masks in the way with people poking and prodding them, it breaks your heart into a million pieces.
“But slowly as the days go by and they get stronger and wires start to come away, moments like this feel like a dream.
“Having them reunited for the first time ever today was the most magical feeling I will never be able to describe.
“The strongest little girls I’ve ever known who really do have the most inspiring story to tell.”
Jesy’s comments section was soon flooded with support from fellow stars as well as fans.
Coronation Street and Waterloo Road star Kym Marsh wrote: “This is beautiful xx.”
While a fan penned: “They’re so strong, just like their mama.”
Another follower added: “Sending all my love to you and the twins.”
The music star welcomed her two baby girls following a high risk pregnancy.
She penned at the time: “So… Our beautiful baby girls decided to come at 31weeks plus 5 days.
“It all happened so quickly, but we are so blessed that they are here with us, healthy and fighting strong! We’ve never felt more in love.”
Jesy had been staying in hospital after being diagnosed twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), a rare but serious condition in which blood flows unevenly between identical twins sharing a placenta.
It meant one or both of her babies were at risk of dying, but in March she underwent an emergency procedure to give her babies the best chance of survival.
Ocean and Story were born just shy of 32 weeks.