Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has shared a series of sweet photos with her twin daughters Ocean and Story as she issued a powerful body positivity message to other women
Jesy Nelson has shared adorable photos with her two baby girls as she issued a candid body positive post after giving birth. The former Little Mix singer, who had a difficult pregnancy, welcomed her twin babies in May.
Due to complications around their birth, Jesy, 34, and her girls were not allowed home until weeks later in June. She has since been sharing updates on her daughters Ocean Jade and Story Monroe, who she shares with her fiance Zion Foster.
Jesy delighted fans when she revealed her children had arrived “healthy and fighting strong” after arriving prematurely. Now, the singer has shared a series of black and white photos with her baby girls that were taken by proud dad Zion.
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She beamed as she held Ocean and Story in each arm as they both giggled away. Jesy wore a white bra and matching pants for the touching photoshoot as she also shared a powerful message to all other mums.
Alongside her post, Jesy candidly said: “I never thought it would have taken having two beautiful baby girls, that I could have potentially lost, to make me realise how incredible my body actually is.
“33 years of extreme diets, 33 years of putting myself down wishing my belly was flatter, wanting my waist just a little smaller and almost going through with a boob job, to now standing here having this photo taken.”
She added: “I can honestly say I’ve never felt prouder of my body and what it has been through! Yes my boobs hang lower and my belly is bigger and squishier – it doesnt look how it used to, but my god it created the best gift that has ever happened to me.
“I cannot wait to show my girls the first place they called home and the place where they defied all the odds. If there’s anything I’ve learned over the past 9 months of being pregnant, it’s that I never want my girls to feel the way I did about my body for so many years.
“So to all the future mummies or the mummies that have just given birth, if you’re struggling with how you are feeling in yourself or are maybe even feeling the pressure to “snap back” just take a moment to remember what YOU did! Be kinder to yourself and remember you are INCREDIBLE!!!”
Jesy was praised by her followers as Shaughna Phillips said: “Incredible woman, incredible mama.” Emily Clarkson added: “Perfection.” One fan commented: “Now THIS IS brilliant to read! Happy for you both Jesy!
“It’s been a while since our 1-1’s and this is a beautiful chapter for you all.” Another added: “This is such a lovely post and message. You look great and just look at your precious girls.”
Just last month, Jesy had even more to celebrate as she got engaged to Zion. Alongside a photo of them on a beach at sunset, Jesy wrote: “Just got engaged to my best friend”.
The singer then posted a close-up shot of her dazzling engagement ring. Jesy and Zion’s twin girls had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTS) – a rare condition that threatened their lives before they were born.
Identical twins share the same placenta in their mother’s womb, with some blood vessels joining the two together. Twins with TTS don’t have an equal flow of blood between the babies, which means that one baby can become anaemic and another can receive too much blood, leading to heart failure.
Jesy said she was in a “constant state of fear” due to the twins’ condition and later went into hospital for a procedure to burn the blood vessels that were causing uneven blood flow between the twins. She had to live in hospital for 10 weeks before the birth.
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