Geordie Shore's Aaron Chalmers reveals baby son Oakley will be 'in and out of surgery for 18-24 months'

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Aaron Chalmers has revealed his newborn son will be "in and out of surgery for 18-24 months" after announcing his arrival earlier this week.

The Geordie Shore star, 35, and his longterm girlfriend Talia Oatway, 30, announced the arrival of their third son on 25 August, who they have named Oakley Bleu Chalmers.

Aaron, who also shares Romeo, two, and one year old Maddox with Talia, then took to his Instagram Stories to give his followers an update on Oakley and revealed that while he was born healthy, there has been a "few issues".The dad-of-three started his message by thanking his fans, saying: "Hi everyone I just thought I'd jump on here quickly to give a quick update, me and Talia are overwhelmed with all the messages of congratulations and stuff, I'll explain in a proper Story in a couple of days." "We've had another healthy boy, another healthy baby boy called Oakley, Oakley Chalmers, weighing six pounds one ounce, unfortunately there's been a few issues with the baby. "We were in fetal medicine for most of the pregnancy, then we got cleared, unfortunately it wasn't cleared, and it wasn't picked up on the scans, so the little bubba is probably going to be in and out of surgery for the next 18 months to 24 months, so just me and Talia are coming to terms with everything," Aaron then explained.

Fetal medicine, also known as perinatology, is described as "a branch of medicine that focuses on managing health concerns of the mother and fetus prior to, during, and shortly after pregnancy." He went on to add that he and Talia are currently "letting things soak in" as it has "been a rollercoaster". "We're not ignoring people, we're just letting things soak in, just taking everything like what the specialists are saying and.