Louise Thompson fights back tears recounting how childbirth nearly killed her - and traumatic C-section left her 'unable to function or connect with her son'

Daily Mail​

23-04-2025

Louise Thompson fought back tears as she recounted how childbirth nearly killed her on Wednesday's episode of This Morning.
The former Made In Chelsea star, 35, appeared on the ITV show to chat to Ben Shephard, 50, and Cat Deeley, 48, about the paperback version of her book Lucky: Learning to Live Again, which documents her struggles after welcoming son Leo into the world in December 2021.
Louise spent five weeks in hospital after her emergency C-section after suffering 'serious complications' that left her in intensive care, which then impacted her mental health.
She went on to suffer with PTSD and post-natal anxiety due to her near-death experience.
The mum-of-one, who was diagnosed with Ulcerative colitis diagnosis in 2018, has since then been diagnosed with Lupus, Asherman's syndrome, suffered a second Hemorrhage and has also had a stoma bag fitted.
Speaking to Cat and Ben about her traumatic birth, Louise bravely recalled: 'I ended up not being able to deliver him naturally.
The former Made In Chelsea star, 35, appeared on the ITV show to chat to Ben Shephard , 50, and Cat Deeley , 48, about her brand new book Lucky: Learning to Live Again, which documents her struggles after welcoming son Leo into the world in December 2021
Louise, pictured with her son Leo, spent five weeks in hospital after her emergency C-section after suffering 'serious complications' that left her in intensive care, which then impacted her mental health
'What has left me with lasting damage.'
She added: 'It's crazy how long it can take to process all of it, but the book has been a big part of that.
'I found myself, discharged, I couldn't function, I couldn't connect with my son.
'I didn't recognise my life.
'Writing for me was a cathartic process.
'It was the only way I could communicate with people.'
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic bowel condition where the colon and rectum become inflamed and small ulcers develop on the colon's lining, which can bleed.
Asherman's syndrome rare condition where scar tissue builds up inside the uterus and Lupus is one of the chronic autoimmune conditions where the body makes antibodies against itself and starts to attack it.
And a stoma bag is a medical device that a person uses to remove body waste.
After being through something so traumatic Louise confessed that she struggled a lot more with her mental health, rather than her physical.
She explained: 'The mental stuff was a lot worse, physical, you can often fix a physical problem, the mental torture was really hard to grapple with.'
Louise was joined by her Made In Chelsea star brother Sam, 32, on the sofa as well.
His emotions soon got the better of him as he confessed: 'Oh I am going to cry!'
However he managed to compose himself and went on to explain how each of the family members had roles to play while she was in hospital.
And he saw himself as the joker.
Sam explained: 'Louise was going through a lot, sometimes she needs a joker in there.
'I try and make her laugh a bit. Everyone had a different role.'
He also found a side of himself that shocked him while Louise was unwell and recalled that he was at the ITV Palooza when she had a Hemorrhage and had to sneak out to go to the hospital to support her.
Sam said: 'It's a weird thing when you love so much is in so much crisis and who you become in that moment.'
He added: 'You lock in, I've never been so focused in my life when it gets that bad, you really sort of street into a different phase of your being.
'I hope to never have it again.
'You become laser focused.
'I wasn't that emotional, I was just so on it. I've never been like that before.'