EXCLUSIVE Louise Thompson reveals she 'felt like a child' when trying to advocate for herself throughout her pregnancy and during near-fatal labour with son Leo By Codie Bullen For Mailonline Published: 16:50 BST, 4 June 2024 | Updated: 00:40 BST, 5 June 2024 e-mail 9 shares 30 View comments Louise Thompson has revealed she 'felt like a child again' when trying to advocate for herself throughout her pregnancy and during son Leo's traumatic birth. 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 during an appearance on Giovanna Fletcher's Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast , Louise admitted she never wanted the 'natural childbirth experience', but wasn't listened to when asking for a C-section. During the chat, host Giovanni asked: 'During your midwife appointments, you obviously started focusing on the birth and throughout those sessions, you repeatedly said that you wanted to have a C-section.' Louise Thompson has revealed she 'felt like a child again' when trying to advocate for herself throughout her pregnancy and during son Leo's traumatic birth During an appearance on Giovanna Fletcher's Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast, Louise admitted she never .