Louise Thompson admits she only started bonding with son Leo, two, six months after giving birth as she couldn't focus on anything other than 'trying to stay alive' following traumatic labour By Lily Jobson For Mailonline Published: 20:40, 29 May 2024 | Updated: 20:57, 29 May 2024 e-mail 8 View comments Louise Thompson admitted she only started bonding with her son Leo six months after she gave birth, because she was so focused on 'trying to stay alive'. The former Made In Chelsea star, 34, had a 'catastrophic' labour, during which she haemorrhaged after an emergency C-section and then again a week later. Louise, who shares Leo with fiancé Ryan Libbey, 33, has been incredibly vocal about her health struggles, discussing what it was like living through the trauma and ongoing complications while trying to bond with her first child.
And reflecting on her early days of motherhood, Louise admitted that it almost feels like Leo, two, was 'born into the world six months after she gave birth'. Speaking on Elizabeth Day's How To Fail podcast , she said: ' I honestly think that Leo was born into my world 6 months after, that was when we started to get to know one another. Louise Thompson, 34, admitted she only started bonding with her son Leo, two, six months after she gave birth, because she was so focused on 'trying to stay alive' The former Made In Chelsea star had a 'catastrophic' labour, during which she haemorrhaged after an emergency C-section and then again a week later 'For .