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Leader Live
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson says premature twins have ‘reunited'
The 33-year old singer gave birth to Ocean Jade and Story Monroe Nelson-Foster on May 15, around 31 weeks and five days early. In an Instagram post shared on Sunday, Nelson gave an update on the babies' health with a picture of her holding the twins next her partner, musical artist Zion Foster, describing them as the 'strongest little girls'. A post shared by @jesynelson She said: 'Nothing or no one will ever be able to prepare you as a parent for NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). 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 and tubes and masks in the way with people poking and prodding them, it breaks your heart into a million pieces. '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.' The singer announced her pregnancy in January and has documented her complications on her social media including Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS). According to the NHS, TTTS affects 10 to 15% of identical twins who share a placenta and 'can have serious consequences'. The singer is best known for being a former member of the pop group Little Mix, which rose to fame after winning X Factor in 2011 and included members Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall. After nearly a decade together, with chart-topping singles including their winning song Cannonball, Shout Out To My Ex and Wings, the singer decided to leave the group in December 2020. Nelson has since released two songs as a solo artist – Boyz, which featured US rapper Nicki Minaj in 2021 and the single Bad Thing in 2023. She will also feature in the new Prime Video docuseries, Jesy Nelson: Life After Little Mix, which will follow the singer through her high-risk pregnancy in the run-up to the premature birth of her twins, born this month, while also taking a closer look into her decision to leave the girl group.
Irish Examiner
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson says premature twins have ‘reunited'
Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has said her premature twins have 'reunited' for the first time since being in intensive care. The 33-year old singer gave birth to Ocean Jade and Story Monroe Nelson-Foster on May 15, around 31 weeks and five days early. In an Instagram post shared on Sunday, Nelson gave an update on the babies' health with a picture of her holding the twins next her partner, musical artist Zion Foster, describing them as the 'strongest little girls'. She said: 'Nothing or no one will ever be able to prepare you as a parent for NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). 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 and tubes and masks in the way with people poking and prodding them, it breaks your heart into a million pieces. '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 Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall and Perrie Edwards of Little Mix perform on stage during The Global Awards 2019 (David Parry/PA) The singer announced her pregnancy in January and has documented her complications on her social media including Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS). TTTS affects 10 to 15% of identical twins who share a placenta and 'can have serious consequences'. The singer is best known for being a former member of the pop group Little Mix, which rose to fame after winning X Factor in 2011 and included members Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall. After nearly a decade together, with chart-topping singles including their winning song Cannonball, Shout Out To My Ex and Wings, the singer decided to leave the group in December 2020. Nelson has since released two songs as a solo artist – Boyz, which featured US rapper Nicki Minaj in 2021 and the single Bad Thing in 2023. She will also feature in the new Prime Video docuseries, Jesy Nelson: Life After Little Mix, which will follow the singer through her high-risk pregnancy in the run-up to the premature birth of her twins, born this month, while also taking a closer look into her decision to leave the girl group.
South Wales Guardian
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson says premature twins have ‘reunited'
The 33-year old singer gave birth to Ocean Jade and Story Monroe Nelson-Foster on May 15, around 31 weeks and five days early. In an Instagram post shared on Sunday, Nelson gave an update on the babies' health with a picture of her holding the twins next her partner, musical artist Zion Foster, describing them as the 'strongest little girls'. A post shared by @jesynelson She said: 'Nothing or no one will ever be able to prepare you as a parent for NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). 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 and tubes and masks in the way with people poking and prodding them, it breaks your heart into a million pieces. '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.' The singer announced her pregnancy in January and has documented her complications on her social media including Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS). According to the NHS, TTTS affects 10 to 15% of identical twins who share a placenta and 'can have serious consequences'. The singer is best known for being a former member of the pop group Little Mix, which rose to fame after winning X Factor in 2011 and included members Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall. After nearly a decade together, with chart-topping singles including their winning song Cannonball, Shout Out To My Ex and Wings, the singer decided to leave the group in December 2020. Nelson has since released two songs as a solo artist – Boyz, which featured US rapper Nicki Minaj in 2021 and the single Bad Thing in 2023. She will also feature in the new Prime Video docuseries, Jesy Nelson: Life After Little Mix, which will follow the singer through her high-risk pregnancy in the run-up to the premature birth of her twins, born this month, while also taking a closer look into her decision to leave the girl group.
RTÉ News
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson says her premature twins have 'reunited'
Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has said her premature twins have "reunited" for the first time since being in intensive care. The 33-year old singer gave birth to Ocean Jade and Story Monroe Nelson-Foster on 15 May, around 31 weeks and five days early. In an Instagram post shared on Sunday, Nelson gave an update on the babies' health with a picture of her holding the twins next to her partner, musical artist Zion Foster, describing them as the "strongest little girls." She said: "Nothing or no one will ever be able to prepare you as a parent for NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). 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 and tubes and masks in the way with people poking and prodding them, it breaks your heart into a million pieces. "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." The singer announced her pregnancy in January and has documented her complications on her social media including Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS). According to the NHS, TTTS affects 10 to 15% of identical twins who share a placenta and "can have serious consequences". The singer is best known for being a former member of the pop group Little Mix, which rose to fame after winning X Factor in 2011 and included members Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall. After nearly a decade together, with chart-topping singles songs such as Cannonball, Shout Out To My Ex and Wings, the singer decided to leave the group in December 2020. Nelson has since released two songs as a solo artist - Boyz, which featured US rapper Nicki Minaj in 2021 and the single Bad Thing in 2023. She will also feature in the new Prime Video docuseries, Jesy Nelson: Life After Little Mix, which will follow the singer through her high-risk pregnancy in the run-up to the premature birth of her twins, born this month, while also taking a closer look into her decision to leave the girl group.
Irish Independent
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson ‘so blessed' after birth of twins
Nelson, 33, said her and her partner Zion Foster's twins had been named Ocean Jade and Story Monroe Nelson-Foster, and they were born on Thursday, in a post on Instagram. Nelson said: 'So, our beautiful baby girls decided to come at 31 weeks plus five 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.' Nelson said in March that she had undergone a 'successful' operation to prevent complications related to twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), which affects identical twins who share a placenta. She had said: 'Hey guys, so we just wanted to give you guys an update, because we know it's been a while. 'I don't know if you can see, we are still in hospital so I've been recovering, but we have some amazing news. 'The TTTS has cleared up, the operation was a success, which is just absolutely incredible. We are so, so lucky to have the most amazing doctors. 'Basically, the situation we're in now is my cervix is very, very short, so I can't leave the hospital because my waters could break at any point and I'm still very, very early. 'I can't leave the hospital until I'm a certain amount of weeks, so every week we're just like, 'please, please, please, stay in there'.' Nelson announced her pregnancy in January. She has previously said her twins were monochorionic diamniotic (MCDA), meaning they share a single placenta but have their own separate sacs. According to the NHS website, TTTS affects 10 to 15pc of identical twins who share a placenta, and it 'can have serious consequences'. ADVERTISEMENT The condition is caused by abnormal connecting blood vessels in the twins' placenta which leads to an imbalanced blood flow from one twin, known as the donor, to the recipient twin, leaving one baby with a greater blood volume than the other. The singer left Little Mix in December 2020 after nine years in the successful girl group, which was formed on The X Factor in 2011, and also featured Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall. After she left, Nelson released her first solo single, Boyz, featuring Nicki Minaj, in 2021, followed by Bad Thing in 2023.
