The past few years have been nothing short of harrowing for Louise Thompson. In 2021, the 34-year-old gave birth to her son Leo, but the experience left Louise with intense fear and trauma after his head became trapped in her pelvis, leading to an emergency Caesarean section.
Louise lost three-and-a-half litres of blood as doctors tried to control a haemorrhage – it was later discovered that she had a torn womb.
Now, the former Made In Chelsea star – who suffers PTSD episodes that can leave her unable to move or speak for 30 minutes at a time – has been fitted with a stoma bag.
She says it “saved her life” after years of battling with the bowel disease ulcerative colitis. And this January, she became seriously ill while on holiday in Antigua and was losing “cupfuls” of blood every 20 minutes before she flew home to the UK and was rushed to hospital.
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