United Kingdom, March 6 -- Jesy Nelson is "hoping and praying" for the survival of her unborn twins.

The former Little Mix singer broke down in tears as she revealed she has been undergoing ultrasound scans twice a week because of the potential "complications" of her and partner Zion Foster's babies sharing a placenta.

She said in a video shared to Instagram: "We wanted to let you in on our journey of what we've been going through.

"So we are having identical twins which is so exciting - we cannot believe it.

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

"The type of twins we are having are called mono/di twins and so normally most twins will have two placentas that they feed off of.

"But when y...