The former Little Mix star issued a teary update on her pregnancy

Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has tearfully revealed she is having complications in her pregnancy.

The singer candidly said she is at risk of losing one or both of her unborn twins due to a rare condition.

The 33-year-old previously announced that she and partner Zion Foster, 26, were expecting twins.

In her teary video on Instagram, Jesy said: “So we just wanted to come on here and do a little video.

“As some of you may know, we are having twins, which is so exciting for us, and we just wanted to let you in on a bit of our journey of what we’ve been going through.

“So we are having identical twins, which is so exciting, we’re just like, we actually can’t believe it.

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“But unfortunately, there are complications that come with having identical twins.”

She went on: “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 said that she is currently being scanned twice a week, Mirror reports.

The singer-songwriter said that things had ‘got a little bit worse’ each time she went for a scan.

But the couple are remaining hopeful.

Jesy said: “We feel so like best that we’ve really 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 kind of thing happens when you have twins.”

Sitting alongside partner Zion, the former ITV The X Factor star said they wanted to raise awareness of the condition.

She added: “We feel it’s really important for us to share our journey with you guys and let you what’s happening.

“But yeah, like I said, we are just hoping for the best, and we’re really fortunate that I am lucky enough to be scanned twice a week, and we get to check on the babies.”

She ended by saying: “Every time we go for a scan, we’ve just got to pray that everything is going to be good.”