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JESY Nelson has revealed her “heart is super heavy” as she shared an SMA screening battle update to social media.

The doting parent, 34, has been relentlessly campaigning for SMA1 screenings in England after her twins were diagnosed with the rare muscle wasting disease.

Jesy took to Instagram and said “Today my heart feels super heavy. It’s a very bitter sweet moment today knowing that Scotland has become the first UK nation to screen babies for SMA.

“We’re so close yet so far.

“I will never be able to understand why we are still not testing for it in England.

“To know that my girls lives and so many other children in England could look so different if this had of been there for them.

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“But never the less I will keep fighting and pushing for change because nobody should ever have to go through this heartache.”

Earlier, Jesy also shared a beautiful video clip of her daughter Ocean sitting up, as she said: “She’s proving everyone else wrong,” and that they are “going to get there.”

Jesy recently became successful in gaining over 100K signatures on her petition to fund SMA1 screenings.

The good news meant it will now be debated by MPs in the House of Commons.

Jesy has been campaigning for change and demanding the heel prick test be included in newborn health plans to help catch the condition early.

The tots have the most severe form of a rare muscle wasting disease and may never be able to walk.

The former X Factor star gave birth to her little girls prematurely at 31 weeks in May last year.

Jesy first revealed her children’s’ devastating diagnosis in an emotional video.

She has emotionally spoken out about how she could have saved her twins’ legs before their diagnosis.

It comes after the second series of her show Jesy Nelson: Life After Little Mix has already been confirmed and will be coming to the small screen later this year.

The popstar confirmed she’ll be fronting the follow-up programme on Amazon Prime Video focussing on her little girls’ health battle.

The singer, 34, rose to fame in the band after they were created on talent show The X Factor, but left the group in 2020 – with the girls continuing on as a three-piece following her departure.

The singer recently opened about a secret suicide attempt days before quitting the group.

Her abrupt exit from the girl band had been shrouded in mystery and she claimed her cry for help was ignored by bandmates Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall.

It was the second time Jesy had tried to take her own life following an overdose in 2013, which she ­previously opened up about in her NTA-winning BBC documentary Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out.

JESY Nelson has shared an adorable video of her daughter’s “ballerina” leg exercises amid her twins’ SMA diagnosis.

The singer gave birth to her little girls prematurely at 31 weeks last year.

And, back in January, Jesy bravely revealed the twins, Ocean Jade and Story Monroe, have since been diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 (SMA1).

It is a genetic condition that weakens the muscles by damaging motor nerve cells in the spinal cord.

It leads to progressive muscle wasting, and if untreated, the life expectancy of a baby with SMA Type 1 is just two years.

Jesy and her ex-fiancee Zion Foster have been told it is unlikely the girls will ever walk, and may face serious breathing and swallowing difficulties.

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The brave mum-of-two has been keeping her fans updated on the twins condition on social media.

Jesy, 34, has now shared a sweet clip of the twins doing their “ballerina” exercises to keep their legs mobile.

Speaking to one of the twins in the video, she said: “Are you gonna show them how you move your legs? Your a little ballerina, come on.

“Good girl. Little ballerina, yes you are.”

Progressive resistance training (PRT) with a little resistance band has the potential to increase strength and increase motor function in children and young adults with SMA, according to the National Institute of Health.

Jesy panned the camera up to her daughter’s face and she seemed super chilled as she bent and unbent her leg.

The tot was spotted with her feeding tube in her nose as it helps to clear their chests.

The former Little Mix singer recently released a fly-on-the-wall Amazon Prime documentary.

The series, which climbed to number one in Amazon’s viewing charts, follows her shock departure from Little Mix in 2020 and her journey to motherhood with her now ex-boyfriend Zion.

Since revealing her twins’ diagnosis, Jesy is now campaigning for the NHS to expand the standard heel prick test to screen for SMA1.

She says the test, which costs around £1, could have “saved their legs” by giving them access to treatment sooner.

If the twins had been tested and treated in time, there was a chance they would have avoided disability.