United Kingdom, Oct. 28 -- All Saints star Melanie Blatt felt "uncomfortable" after she chose to keep her baby while her bandmate Nicole Appleton underwent an abortion.

The pop stars both became pregnant around the same time back in 1998 with Melanie expecting her first child with Jamiroquai bassist Stuart Zender and Nicole expecting a baby with fellow singer Robbie Williams - and their manager told both women they should have abortions but only Nicole went through with it.

Speaking in new BBC documentary Girlbands Forever, Melanie explained: "I hadn't been with my partner for very long, it was definitely a bit of a surprise.

"It wasn't people congratulating us. It was more like this look of dread and worry and the realisation that thi...