Pregnant Jesy Nelson shares health update from hospital bed after emergency surgery

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Pop star Jesy Nelson has updated fans from hospital amid her turbulent pregnancy with twins.

The former Little Mix star is currently expecting her first children with boyfriend Zion Foster, making her the third member of the hit girlband to become a mum.

Jesy, 33, and Zion, 25, have had a rough time of things thus far, as she recently underwent emergency surgery upon discovering her unborn babies were at risk of dying.

In early March, she explained in an emotional video that they were ‘living off one placenta’ due to pre-stage TTTS (twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome).

Then, last week, after a lengthy social media silence, the Boyz hitmaker posted a video message, confirming all was well and the TTTS had ‘cleared up’.

Now, in her latest video, Jesy has thanked her followers for their supportive messages, beginning: ‘We just wanted to come on here because we are another week further along, and we feel so grateful and blessed that these little babies are still going strong.’

Jesy Nelson is still in hospital to closely monitor her pregnancy (Picture: Instagram) The pop star recently underwent emergency surgery due to pre-stage TTTS (twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome) (Picture: Instagram)

Rubbing her stomach as she sat on the bed, she continued: ‘We just wanted to thank you so much for all your supportive, beautiful messages. You guys have been so lovely; we’ve seen all of your lovely messages and stories, and it’s really helped us keep going.’

‘We’re still in here!’, she declared, remaining optimistic as she panned around the hospital room.

‘Hope you’re all enjoying the sunshine. Unfortunately, we can’t! Well, we can. I mean, Zion takes me out in the wheelchair down the road, but that’s as far as we can go.’

Jesy concluded the Instagram Story by promising to keep her loyal fans updated on the ‘journey’.

On Mother’s Day, the Brit Award winner explained with a smile that her operation had been a ‘success’, expressing her gratitude for ‘the most amazing doctors’ taking care of her.

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Jesy then shared that her cervix is ‘very, very short’, hence why she is still hospitalised because her waters could break ‘at any point’, despite her being so early on in the pregnancy.

‘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!”,’ she begged, grabbing her tummy.

Thankfully, Zion is by her side every step of the way. The musician also announced he will be running the London Marathon to raise money for the Twins Trust.

He now has just three weeks to train but feels passionately about fundraising for the charity that ‘literally saves lives’.

Jesy, who left Little Mix due to mental health struggles in 2020, began dating Zion in 2022 after meeting through mutual friends.

They briefly split, but got back together last summer before confirming her pregnancy in January.

What does mono/di twins mean and what are the risks?

Monochorionic diamniotic (Mo-Di) twins are twins that share a placenta and therefore a blood supply.

Around 20% of all twin pregnancies are mono/di twins.

The babies share a placenta (mono) but have their own amniotic sacs (diamniotic).

While most mono/di twins are healthy, they have a much higher risk of complications, and so are monitored closely.

What is twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS)?

Twin-twin transfusion syndrome occurs in, according to Healthline, around 15 to 20% of mono/di pregnancies.

It happens when blood is not evenly shared between the twins. It can lead to serious illness or death of one or both of the twins.