‘My ribs are expanding out of my back’: Reece Hawkins’ pregnant fiancée London Goheen reveals her longtime struggle with scoliosis after NOT following doctor’s orders
Reece Hawkins’ pregnant fiancée has spoke about her lengthy struggle with scoliosis after not following doctor’s orders when she was younger.
Texas-born London Goheen, 22, addressed the painful condition in a series of posts to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday.
‘I was told to wear my [back brace] 16 hours a day for a year … but that didn’t work out,’ the model explained to her 532,000 followers.
‘I just deal with the pain’: Reece Hawkins’ pregnant fiancée, London Goheen (pictured), 22, has revealed her long-lived struggle with scoliosis after not following the doctors orders when she was younger
‘I mostly just slept in mine (six to eight hours) which wasn’t enough to fix it. So now I just deal with the pain,’ she added.
London – who moved in with Reece, the ex-partner of Instagram sensation Tammy Hembrow, in August 2019 – encouraged her followers with scoliosis to wear their back brace as instructed to avoid health complications in the future.
She was diagnosed with scoliosis when she was a teenager and used to be ’embarrassed’ about the condition.
‘I remember in middle school when I was diagnosed with scoliosis, I went through three different braces and could never really hide any of them,’ she said.
‘Wear your back brace kids’: London, 22, divulged the painful condition in a series of posts to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday
‘I was told to wear mine 16hr a day for a year … but that didn’t work out,’ the American model told to her 532,000 followers. Pictured: One of London’s posts to her Instagram Stories
Confession: London was diagnosed with scoliosis when she was a teenager and used to be ’embarrassed’ about having the condition. Pictured: One of her posts to her Instagram Stories
‘I was so embarrassed of it… looking back it’s not something to be embarrassed about,’ she added.
‘It’s your health and well-being and that’s all you should worry about. Who cares what people think these days?
‘Everyone has their own opinions and you can’t change what anyone thinks of you, so do what makes you feel your best and what you know is good for you and [in the] long term you’ll be thankful you listened to yourself.’
Happy couple! London (left), who moved in with Tammy Hembrow’s 25-year-old ex-fiancée, Reece Hawkins (right), in August 2019, encouraged other sufferers to ‘Wear your back brace kids’
London’s confession comes after she revealed her pregnancy was taking a toll on her back.
‘Back hurts so bad,’ the brunette said on her Instagram Stories.
‘Thinking about my scoliosis and being pregnant is a scary thing. I feel like my ribs are expanding out of my back,’ she added.
‘Back hurts so bad’: London’s (pictured) tearful confession comes as the brunette beauty revealed her pregnancy was taking a toll on her back
‘Back hurts so bad. Thinking about my scoliosis & being pregnant is a scary thing. I feel like my ribs are expanding out of my back,’ London (pictured) said on her Instagram Stories
She revealed her baby’s gender in an Instagram post on September 28, about a month after announcing her pregnancy.
When a follower asked whether she was having a boy, she responded ‘yes’ with a heart and arrow emoji in the comments section.
London’s baby will be Reece’s third children. He already shares two children, son Wolf, five, and daughter Saskia, four, with ex-fiancée Tammy.
Beach baby! London (pictured) sharing information about her suffering from scoliosis also follows revealing her baby’s gender on an Instagram post on September 28 – about a month after announcing her pregnancy to the world