Love Island’s Montana Brown breaks down in tears as she shares health update on newborn son Jude
LOVE Island alum Montana Brown has said she broke down in tears during her son Jude’s operation to release his tongue tie.
In an emotional Instagram post she told fans about her baby son’s condition, where the strip of tissue attaching the tongue to the floor of the mouth is shorter than usual.
This may result in the tongue having a heart-shaped appearance but can also prompt difficulties latching on to mum in the breastfeeding process, which Montana, 27, said she had experienced.
She shared her son’s diagnosis with fans for the first time today after giving birth last month.
Montana 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 came back online a short time later and posted a photo of her face covered in tears.
She revealed Jude had managed to go in for the surgery straight away and it had been a success.
The new mum continued: “Literally as soon 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 took Jude to get it done and I was not prepared.
“He got his release done today by laser, so I was freaking out.
“I literally cried so much, I mean he’s doing absolutely fine and he’s completely fine. But I am just so sad because you were crying but I’m actually really happy that we got it done.”
Montana and fiance Mark O’Connor revealed in December they were expecting their first child together.
The reality star shot to fame on Love Island in 2017.
Montana and Mark revealed they were engaged last month ahead of having having a boy.
The pair went official with their relationship in October 2021.