JESY Nelson said she finally feels proud of her body after “33 years of extreme dieting” after giving birth to twins Ocean Jade and Story Monroe.
The newly engaged star posed for three striking black-and-white photos in underwear while holding her baby girls.
Jesy Nelson shared an emotional post about motherhood and body acceptance[/caption]
She posed in her undewear five months after giving birth[/caption]
The Little Mix star looked amazing in the sweet pics[/caption]
Jesy – who rose to fame with Little Mix after winning The X Factor – said she truly appreciated her body’s strength in an emotional Instagram post about motherhood and self-acceptance.
She told fans: “I never thought it would have taken having two beautiful baby girls, that I could have potentially lost, to make me realise how incredible my body actually is.
“33 years of extreme diets, 33 years of putting myself down wishing my belly was flatter, wanting my waist just a little smaller and almost going through with a boob job, to now standing here having this photo taken.”
She continued: “I can honestly say I’ve never felt prouder of my body and what it has been through! Yes my boobs hang lower and my belly is bigger and squishier — it doesn’t look how it used to, but my god it created the best gift that has ever happened to me.
“I cannot wait to show my girls the first place they called home and the place where they defied all the odds.
“If there’s anything I’ve learned over the past 9 months of being pregnant, it’s that I never want my girls to feel the way I did about my body for so many years.”
Jesy also had a message for new and expectant mums, urging them to be gentle with themselves.
She went on: “So to all the future mummies or the mummies that have just given birth, if you’re struggling with how you are feeling in yourself or are maybe even feeling the pressure to ‘snap back,’ just take a moment to remember what YOU did! Be kinder to yourself and remember you are INCREDIBLE!!!”
The post drew floods of supportive comments from fans and friends.
“What a woman, incredible role model mama,” wrote one follower.
Others added: “Incredible woman, incredible mama,” and “2011 Jesy would be so proud.”
Jesy and Zion welcomed the twins at just 31 weeks after Jesy was diagnosed with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) — a rare condition that can endanger one or both babies.
Her babies spent time in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) before coming home.
Jesy recently reflected on that experience, saying: “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.
“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 previously forced to undergo an emergency procedure in March after complications during pregnancy and was advised to remain in hospital until she reached at least 32 weeks.
Through the ordeal, her fiancé Zion said the couple’s bond only grew stronger.
“I think it’s at these times when you really, really know what love you have and what your relationship means,” he told OK! magazine.
Jesy Nelson gave birth in May[/caption]
Jesy’s got the twins a double buggy[/caption]
Fiance Zion proposed to Jesy earlier last month[/caption]
