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Louise Thompson misses baby Leo ‘like mad’ as she shares update in hospital gown amid PTSD recovery-Dominique Hines-Entertainment – Metro
The reality star has been struggling since the birth of baby Leo last December.
Louise Thompson has been open about her PTSD battle and post-natal anxiety (Picture: Instagram/ louise.thompson)
Louise Thompson has updated fans on her ongoing battle with PTSD and post-natal anxiety, after being admitted back into hospital.
The former Made in Chelsea star, who was meant to be on a social media break after heading to hospital earlier this week, shared an update on Thursday where she posted a mirror selfie in a hospital gown.
She captioned the image: ‘Thanks for all your well wishes.’
The 32-year-old also posted photos of her and partner Ryan Libbey’s eight-month-old son Leo, who she said she was missing.
Louise, who recently confirmed Ryan is also battling PTSD, wrote alongside the baby’s photos: ‘As you can imagine I’m a wee bit bored so might finally get around to sharing some links for baby bits that we’ve found invaluable with sweet baby Leo who I miss like mad.’
She later shared a snap of Leo sitting at her dining room table, and stated: ‘I miss sitting opposite this bean, he keeps me going.’
On Wednesday morning, the team behind Pocket Sport, her sports clothing brand, announced that she would be taking a break from social media to focus on her well-being.
Louise was rushed to hospital earlier this week (Picture: Instagram)
They wrote: ‘Louise is unfortunately back in hospital for a little while and is therefore taking a break from social media.
‘Like all of you I am sure, we wish her a speedy recovery and are sending her all the love…’
Later that day, her fiance Ryan also showed his support by posting pictures of their baby Leo and an update of how the pair were coping without Louise.
Alongside the series of snaps, he wrote: ‘We miss you mummy. We’re keeping busy til mummy comes home from hospital.’
The distraught reality star had been open about her struggles (Picture: Instagram/ louise.thompson)
Louise welcomed little Leo last year (Picture: Instagram/ louise.thompson)
He then shared a photo of himself in the bath and wrote: ‘Baby is down. So im taking 10 to soak in the tub.
‘Weirdly home alone is on tv so I’m watching that. Anything to lift the spirit I guess. ‘
The 31-year-old later went on to thank fans for their well wishes adding: ‘I’ll update when I can. Thank you again.’
Louise has been battling PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and post-natal anxiety since welcoming Leo last December.
She revealed she nearly died during Leo’s birth and spent five weeks in hospital following ‘serious complications’.
The star recently admitted on Instagram that as a result of her ordeal, her mental health issues have come close to ‘destroying her family’ and that she had started ‘taking therapy’ following a previous stint in hospital.
The Made in Chelsea star has expressed her fears about baby Leo seeing her ‘broken’ (Picture: Instagram)
Louise, who also revealed that she now ‘dreads life’ and is ‘blocking everything out’ following the post-labour trauma, then added that Ryan has also been finding it difficult to cope mentally.
Last week, Louise had admitted she feared she had been left with ‘brain damage’ after the ordeal as she attempted to get back to the person she was before.
She wrote: ‘I’m at a weird stage now where I’m blocking everything out. Maybe I said that way back at the beginning?
‘I can’t actually remember much because I’m still trying to protect myself from the pain. I don’t want to re-read. This condition feels very repetitive.
Louise has revealed that fiance Ryan Libbey is also suffering from PTSD (Picture: Instagram/ louise.thompson)
‘Finally it DOES feel like everything happened a long time ago but it also feels like it happened to someone else and not me.
‘I kind of feel like I’ve erased my entire past and started life as a totally new person. A sometimes sick person.
‘People tell me how far I’ve come, but I can’t remember how far… sometimes ALL I can feel is sensory stuff, like the feeling I get when I go from a hot room to a cold room and it helps me connect to the world around me.’
She continued: ‘To put it bluntly I’m struggling to move on with “normal” life.
‘Every day I feel physically very unwell and every other day I seem to have an hour long period (sometimes longer) where I feel messed up in my brain – I don’t know what it is, but it feels like brain damage or a mini stroke.’
Louise has been candid with fans about her struggles (Picture: Instagram)
‘Maybe it’s a weird processing experience. It feels like I’m either really REALLY low in some specific chemical/hormone or way too high. But either way I can’t think properly or talk properly during those episodes.
‘It sort of feels like I’m having a major allergic reaction to something in my brain…’
She also explained that she wanted to find a way to ‘act normal’ as she doesn’t want her son Leo to see her ‘broken’, adding: ‘My system is still so out of balance. Last night I was up all night with the worst flu like symptoms. Agony to touch everywhere. I couldn’t lift Leo…
‘My mind has been EVERYWHERE and now I just want someone to fix me.
‘I’m really angry that things got so bad and that I had to go through all of this. It makes me sick. It has come v close to destroying my family and my relationship and I’m angry because of that…’
Last month Ryan revealed his fiancée was back in hospital after receiving ‘alarming’ blood test results. However, Louise later reassured fans that she had seen a ‘reassuring doctor’ and began ‘talking therapy’.
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