No one ever stated motherhood was simple, but it surely turns into more challenging when a child is unwell — a fight Bachelor alum Shawntel Newton knows all too well.

The fact TV character, who gained recognition on Brad Womack’s season of The Bachelor in 2010, opened up about how her son Leo’s birthmark was mistaken for measles when the 6-month-old if truth be told suffers from Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS).

According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the uncommon scientific situation is specified as having a port-wine stain birthmark around the brow and upper eyelid. Symptoms of SWS come with seizures, which start in infancy, and developmental delays.

“It is usually a combat when I'm out with Leo after he has had laser treatment and folks will stare and beauty what's on his face,” Newton shared with Fox News in an interview revealed Monday, May 13. “The remedy makes his birthmark darker and there are pink blotches on his face. One time, I had anyone question me if he had the measles. I cried after that remark. I try and remember that to most people he does look a little other nevertheless it’s hard on a mommy’s middle to hear such things as that.”

Newton is also a mother Anthony, 2, with husband Paolo Poidmore. She tied the knot along with her orthodontist partner in May 2013.

Moments after welcoming Leo in October 2018, doctors knowledgeable the couple their son had a large mark on his face. When the newborn was brought over to her, Newton recalled “half of his face” being “very pink.” Leo was later recognized with SWS.

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The former funeral director last unfolded about coming to terms with Leo’s health situation in April. At the time, she addressed how she is studying “disregard the stares” after her son undergoes treatment.

“After a laser treatment Leo has numerous bruises and it’s commonplace for folks to wonder & even question what happen,” she wrote on Instagram. “It’s humorous as a result of my prayer has always been for Leo to believe in the future about all this and in recent years it’s been for ME to have the confidence.”

Added Newton: “My first reaction could be very VERY mama undergo and will come off defensive. I immediately take offense to the questions. I wish to be better at no longer reacting and respond loving and perceive MOST of the time the questions are blameless and now not destructive.”

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