Jesy Nelson supported by X Factor’s Sam Bailey as she shares own pregnancy struggles

Pregnant Jesy Nelson has received support from fellow X Factor winner Sam Bailey over the news that she’s having a procedure to help her unborn twins amid complications.

Jesy, 33, and her partner Zion Foster, 26, announced earlier this month that she’s facing “complications” due to being pregnant with identical twins, adding that she was pre-stage twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS). They then shared this afternoon that she will now be having a procedure to give their twins “the best chance of surviving” after “feeling a bit poorly” recently and a worsening of her symptoms.

The update prompted well wishes on Instagram, including from Sam, 47. She wrote in the comments section: “Sending so much love and strength to you both. You’ve got this darlin. You’re in the best possible hands, having had a couple of tricky births myself, I know what ya going through”.

Sam – who won the X Factor in 2013, two years after Little Mix did – has previously spoken about her family, including having discussed experiencing a&nbsp, miscarriage whilst carrying twins more than a decade ago. She told the Mirror&nbsp, back in 2014 that she had lost her now 15-year-old son Tommy’s twin and hadn’t realised she was expecting twins until then.

Sam, now also a parent to Brooke, 19, and Miley, 10, told us once: “At the time when I was pregnant with Tommy, I had no idea I was carrying his twin as well. It was only after the miscarriage that I found out I had lost a child and it hit me really hard. But I had Tommy and that was a happy thing. I told myself that for whatever reason, that other baby wasn’t meant to be and that was what was supposed to happen”.

Her supportive message to Jesy came in response to the latest update from her and Zion. Jesy told fans in a video message earlier: “So I’ve been feeling a bit poorly like the past few days. Been having a few of the symptoms that I need to watch out for – which is like my belly tightening, struggle breathing. So today we came into the hospital to just have a check-up basically. Just in case. And unfortunately the symptoms have got worse so we now have to have… they have to perform the procedure, which is obviously not what we wanted to happen”.

Jesy said: “But it’s necessary because it’s gonna give our babies like the best chance of surviving. So yeah, we’re just waiting to go in. And we’re just hoping and praying for the best really. I feel gutted. I feel absolutely gutted because I really was hoping that we wouldn’t even be in this position”.

She was then reassured by Zion as she appeared in tears. He told his partner: “They’re doing it to give us the best chance. Our babies the best chance”. Jesy added: “Yeah, like that’s why they do this procedure. So that it literally gives you the best chance of your baby surviving but it’s obviously just really scary cause there’s so many things that can happen. We just wanted to update you guys. Keep you in the loop with what’s going on. So yeah just pray for us please. Thank you”.

The update follows Jesy and Zion revealing just days ago that she was having complications with the pregnancy. She said in a previous video: “So we are having identical twins, which is so exciting. We’re just like… we actually can’t believe it. But unfortunately, there are complications that come with having identical… having identical twins.

” The type of twins we are having are called Mono/Di twins, and with that, so normally, most twins will have two placentas that they feed off of. But when you have Mono/Di twins, that means your twins live off one placenta, which can lead to lots of complications. One of them being one baby might take all the nutrients, the other might. Which is really awful to say, but could lead to both babies dying and at the moment, I am currently pre stage TTTS, which is twin to twin transfusion, and I’m being monitored very closely. “

Jesy added at the time that she has to be” scanned twice a week “and shared:” Every time I’ve gone it’s got a little bit worse. “She continued:” But we are just hoping and praying for the best. We feel like so blessed that we’ve been given twins but it’s just really sad that unfortunately it does come with its complications, which we had no idea about. We honestly had no clue that this kinda thing happens when you have twins and we just really wanna raise awareness about this because there’s so many people that don’t know about this. “

If you or somebody you know is in a similar position to Jesy and Zion, Twins Trust are on hand to offer support to families with twins, triplets and more.

If you have been affected by this story, advice and support can be found at the Miscarriage Association. You can call them on 01924 200799 or email info@miscarriageassociation.org. uk

If you have been affected by this story, advice and support can be found at childbereavementuk. org or you can call them on 0800 02 888 40.

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