SHE seems to have the right life on social media – a good-looking fiancé, a stunning child woman and a sizeable self-made revenue.
However behind closed doorways, Katie Salmon’s life could be very completely different and as rumours swirl a few break up, the Love Island star has determined to interrupt her silence for the primary time – opening up about her secret torment and battle with post-natal despair.
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Breaking down in tears, Katie reveals her daughter was in reality born six weeks prematurely and spent the primary few days of her life in intensive care.
On high of that, Thiaga was born with a haemangioma tumour, which grew quickly in the course of the first few months of her life – ending up the dimensions of a fist on the facet of her face.
Whereas the tumour isn’t life threatening or painful, the scenario has put an enormous quantity of stress on the couple, who’ve now determined to take a while aside to focus on their ‘psychological well being’.
An extremely emotional Katie, 26, defined: “The reality is I’ve been coping with the extreme child blues and I can solely say that being a mom has been one of many hardest challenges I’ve ever needed to face in my life.
“I’ve not spoken overtly as a result of I’ve needed to guard my daughter. We have now each been by loads, she was in reality six weeks untimely and was in intensive care and a few weeks after we found that she had a mark on the facet of her face, which turned out to be a haemangioma, which is a vascular tumour.
“It grew exceptionally massive from the time she was three weeks outdated to the dimensions of a fist on the facet of her face. It was affecting her eyesight as a result of she couldn’t actually see out of 1 eye.”
Katie, who rose to fame on Love Island in 2016, and her fiancé Harry introduced they’d welcomed their youngster in March of this 12 months however decided to not image her even earlier than she was born.
However even with out the glare of social media Katie has struggled, telling us: “As a primary time mum, not having the ability to stroll about together with your child with out being stared at and assuming the worst, was actually heart-breaking for me.
“Though I’ve determined to guard my daughter’s identification, I additionally desperately need to share what I’m going by and hope that somebody can relate to me and the nervousness I’ve felt from leaving the home.”
Thankfully Thiaga has been receiving medical assist and it’s hoped the tumour might be passed by her first birthday.
Katie sparked hypothesis she had break up from Harry after eradicating pictures of him from social media, which she now explains was in a bid to maintain her non-public life separate.
The couple, who received engaged in December of final 12 months, are in reality nonetheless collectively and Katie can’t reward him sufficient.
“He’s an distinctive father to his daughter and he’s the one one I’ve been capable of depend on by every thing I’ve been going by,” she says.
“The reality is, it’s laborious for any first time guardian and it’s been laborious on us each. We’re taking this time to deal with ourselves and our daughter.
“Our relationship isn’t good however please simply be mild as a result of now we have been going by loads.”
The pair are about to launch a intercourse toy enterprise for each women and men to ‘empower’ different couples and they’re attributable to transfer onto their dream farm.
Katie is greatest identified for coupling up on Love Island with the late Sophie Gradon, who tragically took her personal life two years after the present.
Beautiful Katie later travelled the world, being profitable from glamour shoots earlier than assembly Harry and settling down again within the UK.
Katie is now seeking to the longer term, saying: “As a household we are able to make it by, she is simply our greatest mission, to ensure she is wholesome and effectively.
“She actually is essentially the most lovely, particular woman on the earth.”
What are haemangiomas?
Haemangiomas are blood vessels that kind a raised purple lump on the pores and skin that seem quickly after start.
They normally look purple on mild and darkish pores and skin and they’re extra widespread in ladies, untimely infants (born earlier than 37 weeks), low start weight infants, and a number of births, equivalent to twins.
They get larger for the primary 6 to 12 months, after which shrink and disappear by the age of seven
They could want therapy in the event that they have an effect on imaginative and prescient, respiration, or feeding.
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