Jesy Nelson reveals symptoms of terrifying pregnancy condition she thought were normal
Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson and her partner Zion Foster made their TV debut with their "miracle twins" on This Morning today as she opened up about the symptoms she experienced with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
Back in May, Jesy gave birth to twin girls, naming them Ocean Jade Nelson-Foster and Story Monroe Nelson-Foster.
During her interview with Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary, the singer opened up about the moment she found out her her twin girls had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome - a rare condition that threatened their lives before they were born.
Jesy and Zion shared their heartbreaking journey with fans on social media - and now the star has opened up about the symptoms she experienced before having to undergo a Fetoscopic laser, which is a "high risk procedure".
Speaking about her symptoms, Jesy, who revealed she was being scanned weekly, said: "Even when we were told we were pre stage TTS, I still felt like we didn't think it was going to happen." Jesy admitted to being "in denial" about the condition, as she never thought she'd have to go through with the procedure.
Speaking on the symptoms to look out for, Jesy said: "There were symptoms to look out for - if your belly gets really tight like a drum, if you're struggling with your breathing." However, when experiencing them herself, Jesy was confused as to whether they were just 'normal' pregnancy signs.
Two days after her scan, Jesy revealed she'd taken a trip to the park and "couldn't even walk" because she was so out of breath. "It's so hard when you're pregnant with twins - what is normal and what's not?"
"I'm pregnant with twins so of course I'm going to be out of breath," she thought to herself. "Of course my belly's going to be really tight, I'm growing two humans."
She then asked her partner Zion to feel her belly as she had "no idea what was normal" anymore. It was Zion who picked up on the differences, after having felt his partners stomach all the way through her pregnancy.
"It felt really, really tight," Zion told Alison and Dermott. "My fingers couldn't go in," as Jesy explained her stomach had lost the "squidgy" feeling.
They then attended the hospital, and that day Jesy had to have the procedure. Speaking on the scary time, Zion said: "Over night, we went from pre-stage to having to have the procedure now."
Jesy's doctor, Dr. Ruwan Wimalasundera, said: "We only do it when the risks of not doing it are greater than the risks of doing it. By this stage, because things had got worse so quickly, we didn't have a choice."
Identical twins share the same placenta in their mother's womb, with some blood vessels joining the two together. However, 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.
Elsewhere, the mum of two revealed she was in a "constant state of fear" during her pregnancy as she revealed she felt like she couldn't enjoy the experience. "I almost felt from that point I couldn't really enjoy my pregnancy because I was constantly worried that something would happen," she said. "I could only take it two weeks at a time."
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