TV star Louise Thompson reveals her PTSD from nearly dying in childbirth left her in ‘utter hell’ as she recalls how her mental health slipped dramatically after the birth of her son, Leo
Former Made In Chelsea star, Louise Thompson , has revealed that attacks of post-traumatic stress disorder after a traumatic childbirth often left her “screaming in bed” and paralysed.
Her mental health deteriorated immediately after the birth, noting in her book, Lucky: Learning To Live Again, that most of the time she was ‘sat upright in bed, staring into space. I never felt boredom, I never missed home, I never wanted to check in on people’. She never asked about Leo. Louise, 34, has been vocal about her traumatic birthing story when she ended up having an emergency caesarean section because her baby’s head became wedged in her pelvis during the late stages of labour. The NHS medical team operated for three hours to stop a haemorrhage, while Louise was awake and not under general anaesthetic.
But it was a second major haemorrhage back in her own home that was “the worst part” for her. It took a medical team four hours to stop the bleeding this time – she lost five litres of blood, woke up in intensive care, and spent a further three weeks in hospital. According to the charity Birth Rights, women have a right to ask for an elective C-section even if there’s no medical need for one – called a maternal request caesarean birth – and a hospital must have a good reason for saying no.
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