Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson cries as she reveals unborn twins have rare life-threatening condition.Credit: Jesy Nelson
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00:00So we are having identical twins, which is so exciting, we're just like, we actually can't believe it.
00:07But unfortunately, there are complications that come with having identical twins.
00:15The type of twins we are having are called monodiatwins.
00:19And with that, so normally, most twins will have two placentas that they feed off of.
00:27But when you have monodiatwins, that means your twins live off one placenta, which can lead to lots of complications.
00:34One of them being, one baby might take all the nutrients, the other might.
00:39Which will be really awful to say, but could lead to both babies dying.
00:49And at the moment, I am currently pre-stage TTTS, which is twin-to-twin transfusion.
00:59And I'm being monitored very closely, I have to be scanned twice a week.
01:07The current situation that we're in at the moment is that every time I've gone, it's got a little bit worse.
01:15But we are just hoping and praying for the best, aren't we?
01:19We feel so blessed that we've been given twins.
01:29But it's just really sad that unfortunately, it does come with its complications, which we had no idea about.
01:36We honestly had no clue that this kind of thing happens when you have twins.
01:41We just really want to raise awareness about this because there's so many people that don't know about this.
01:46So we feel it's really important for us to share our journey with you guys and let us know what's happening.