Jesy Nelson has admitted that she finally feels proud of her body after ’33 years of extreme dieting’ as she shares a candid new Instagram post on Monday.
The singer, 34, said it has taken welcoming her baby twins Ocean Jade and Story Monroe in May with fiance Zion Foster for her to realise how incredible her body is.
Jesy, who found fame in Little Mix after winning the X Factor, said she has ‘put herself down’ wishing she had a ‘flatter belly and smaller waist’ for her entire life.
Alongside the body positive post, she shared three stunning black and white photos showing off her amazing figure in her underwear while holding her baby girls.
She wrote: ‘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.’
Jesy Nelson has admitted that she finally feels proud of her body after ’33 years of extreme dieting’ as she shares a candid new Instagram post on Monday
The singer, 34, said it has taken welcoming her baby twins Ocean Jade and Story Monroe in May with fiance Zion Foster for her to realise how incredible her body is
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 concluded by telling other new mums, who are ‘feeling the pressure to snap back’, to be ‘kinder to yourself’.
She added: ‘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!!!
Fans and friends rushed to the comments to share sweet messages with several gushing how ‘incredible and strong’ Jesy is.
They wrote: ‘What a women, incredible role model mama; Incredible woman, incredible mama; 2011 Jesy would be so proud; Beautiful pictures and you look amazing;
‘Incredible mother and body that grew your 2 tiny humans; Absolutely stunning photos. Women are amazing; Thank you for using your platform to share what normal bodies look like after having a baby/babies – amazing;
‘Wow such a powerful message and especially as you have always been such a fierce gorgeous girl in my eyes; What a beautiful family! You look amazing’.
Jesy, who found fame in Little Mix after winning the X Factor, said she has ‘put herself down’ wishing she had a ‘flatter belly and smaller waist’ for her entire life
Alongside the body positive post, she shared three stunning black and white photos showing off her amazing figure in her underwear while holding her baby girls
Fans and friends rushed to the comments to share sweet messages with several gushing how ‘incredible and strong’ Jesy is
Jesy and Zion became parents in May when they welcomed twins Ocean Jade and Story Monroe.
Ocean Jade and Story Monroe were born at just 31 weeks old, after Jesy was diagnosed with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) – a rare condition that can put one or both babies at risk.
Before being released from hospital the twins had been receiving treatment in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Jesy recently opened up about their premature births, telling fans: ‘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.’
In March, Jesy had to undergo an emergency procedure after suffering complications and was advised to remain in hospital until she was at least 32 weeks into her pregnancy.
Throughout the ordeal, her partner Zion admitted he and Jesy, who was seven months pregnant at the time of her procedure, had ‘grown to understand each other on a deeper level’.
He told OK!: ‘I think it’s at these times when you really, really know what love you have and what your relationship means.
Ocean Jade and Story Monroe were born at just 31 weeks old, after Jesy was diagnosed with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS)
‘And I think for me and Jess, this has just taken it to a whole other level of us knowing we are literally made for each other.’
He said the couple had also tried to make the hospital as much of a home as possible.
‘There’s a couch that turns into a bed that we pushed next to the hospital bed, so we’ve made our own double bed.
‘And it’s like we’ve moved in. The nurses just said, “Oh, my God. It looks so nice in here. It looks so homely.”‘
Jesy announced she was expecting twins with her boyfriend Zion back in January after rumours they had split.
Originally from South London, Zion was born and raised in a Nigerian household by his mother and grew up listening to Gospel music.
It was his football coach who then introduced the star to rap influences, and he began listening to Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Usher.
Zion then decided to pursue music, recording his own tunes and sharing them online via SoundCloud.
