Montana Brown broke down in tears on Saturday as she revealed her newborn son had to get laser treatment to release his tongue and lip tie.
The former Love Island star, 27, who welcomed her son with her fiancé Mark O’Connor last week, took to Instagram to share to her 1.2M followers that Jude had immediate surgery.
His strip of tissue attaching the tongue to the floor of the mouth is shorter than usual, causing the difficulties Montana had with breastfeeding him.
A tongue tie can result the baby having a heart-shaped appearance which causes a struggle to latch on to the mother’s breast.
Likewise, an upper lip tie is attached to the gums that prevents lip movement and makes breastfeeding difficult for your baby.
Worried: Montana Brown, 27, broke down in tears on Saturday as she revealed her newborn son had to get laser treatment to release his tongue and lip tie
Doing well: Montana took to Instagram to share to her 1.2M followers that Jude had immediate surgery
Prior to her son’s treatment, Montana revealed Jude’s diagnosis to her fans and said: ‘We had a lactation consultant yesterday and she was amazing actually and I’m really glad that I saw her.
‘Jude is tongue tied, and I just wasn’t expecting her to tell me that he was tongue tied.
‘I’ve had a few issues of breastfeeding. Just with the fact that it’s been quite painful since the start and obviously this explains it.
He’s also got a lip tie as well, which we didn’t notice, so it’s stopping him from properly latching.
‘And so he’s going to have to get it lasered. And I don’t know (why) it is, but it makes me really upset.’
Montana appeared to keep calm and composed as she shared the news but later posted a picture in tears over the situation.
Keeping transparent for her fans, Montana later revealed Jude was doing ‘absolutely fine’ after the treatment.
She said: ‘Guys, literally as I put that story up, I called the dentist that we wanted to get in with and they had a cancellation at 11, so we literally took Jude to get it done.
Treatment: His strip of tissue attaching the tongue to the floor of the mouth is shorter than usual, causing the difficulties Montana had with breastfeeding him
Spreading awareness: A tongue tie can result the baby having a heart-shaped appearance which causes a struggle to latch on to the mother’s breast
Her love: Montana welcomed her son Jude with her fiancé Mark O’Connor last week
Open and honest: Montana also revealed she did not restrict her diet while pregnant and said she chose a homebirth due to lack of safety for ‘non-white women’ in hospital
‘I was not prepared to get his release done today and he got it done by lazer so I was freaking out. I literally cried so much because they don’t let you stay in the room for good reason, obviously.
‘I mean he’s doing absolutely fine, I just breast fed him and he’s fine but I’m just so sad.
‘But I’m actually really happy we got it done and diagnosed and I just wish we had it done sooner.
Her post comes after she recently shared a pregnancy throwback, showing her posing in Calvin Klein underwear alongside a candid Q&A about pregnancy.
She revealed the reason she had opted to have a home birth is because avoiding hospitals is safer as a ‘non white person’.
Additionally, she admitted she had flouted NHS guidelines on foods to avoid as a pregnant woman – including paté, soft eggs, wine and raw fish – which are advised against due to a host of concerns about impact on the baby.