Jesy Nelson has marked a huge moment with her newborn twins, who were born on May 15.
The former Little Mix star, 34, had a turbulent time during pregnancy, to say the least, having spent most of it hospitalised.
She previously shared that the twins were ‘living off one placenta’ due to pre-stage TTTS (twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome), which thankfully cleared up after surgery.
However, Jesy still required close monitoring, and when her daughters were born, they had to spend time in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
But now, things are looking up, with Jesy informing fans today that her girls are finally home—and the timing couldn’t have been more perfect.
Taking to Instagram, where she boasts 9.7million followers, Jesy shared an adorable black-and-white snap of babies Ocean Jade and Story Monroe lying down in a play gym as she gazed at them lovingly.
‘My babies made it home for my birthday 🥹🤍’, her caption read.
The comments were quickly flooded with both messages of congratulations and well wishes for Jesy’s birthday, which is also today (June 14).
‘So happy you guys are all home together❤️❤️’, commented @sabrina_dias03.
@leehabowmanxo said: ‘they are both so beautiful! Happy birthday Jesy 🤍’
‘I knew they would make it home to be with you, precious miracle girls they did it for you. They love you so much and wanted to be with mummy on her special day. Happy birthday angel! 🥹🥹❤️🩹❤️🩹’, penned @jesynlatin.
Jesy shares the twins with her boyfriend, fellow musician Zion Foster.
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Her announcement comes after she made a heartbreaking admission about feeling unable to ‘protect’ her babies.
On May 25, she wrote on social media: ‘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 and 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.’
Alongside a photo of her cradling the sisters, she added: ‘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 was inundated with supportive messages from fellow celebrity mums, such as Kym Marsh, Stacey Dooley, and Jessie J.
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