Louise Thompson celebrates son Leo turning 6 months outdated as she shares message about traumatic start

Louise Thompson took to Instagram on Sunday, to share a slew of heartwarming snaps along with her son Leo, to have fun him turning six months outdated.

The previous Made In Chelsea star, 31, welcomed her son Leo-Hunter along with her fiancé Ryan Libbey, additionally 31, in December however was left in intensive look after 5 weeks following severe issues.

In her prolonged caption, she wrote concerning the pressures to reduce weight after having a child and the way a lot she struggled to eat following Leo’s start.

She  started by writing: ‘6 months outdated. I can’t consider I grew you on this tummy.

‘The physique is outstanding. I by no means understood how my pores and skin was going to simply stretch again, nevertheless it did.

‘I truly wrote one thing concerning the pressures of dropping pounds publish partum about 3 months in the past however I haven’t felt like I’ve wished to publish about heavy stuff in any respect as a result of all the things simply scares me a lot. 

‘I truly wrote a great deal of actually fairly profound issues through the early days of my restoration as a result of I used to be doing A LOT of writing (most of it trash) however I haven’t actually wished to look again fairly but. 

‘I can’t keep in mind loads of stuff from yesterday not to mention a number of months in the past, in reality I’ve by no means lived so within the current in my life. I don’t have the selection anymore. Kinda grateful, kinda not.

‘Anyway right here we go… take it or depart it. I hope it makes somebody really feel slightly higher.’

Louise then candidly shared her expertise, penning: ‘We spend our entire lives desirous to be skinny till you get sick and then you definitely realise it’s a whole privilege to have the ability to eat usually and to have the ability to keep a standard wholesome weight. 

‘I misplaced the 20kg I placed on throughout being pregnant throughout my time in hospital. I could not eat for a month. 

Recalling an incident the place brother Sam Thompson tried to get her to eat a small chocolate, she mentioned she struggled a lot she thought she had cried. 

She mentioned: ‘I keep in mind when my brother visited me and he tried to drive me to eat a lindor ball and I might solely take it down in mouse sized nibbles, then it made me really feel so sick due to all of the remedy I used to be on. I feel I truly cried. 

‘Even after I was in a position to eat I used to be so scared that I’d contract covid from consuming something that had been contaminated by different individuals’s palms that I began obsessively wiping down all the things with antiseptic and refusing hospital meals.

‘I’d solely eat issues like bananas in skins or issues in clear packages. If I acquired covid I wouldn’t have been allowed guests and I felt like I’d have died as a result of I had publish surgical procedure pneumonia too.

‘The second I developed a standard urge for food was the second I knew I used to be getting higher. It’s good to really feel hungry and to have the ability to benefit from the style of meals. It truly is one in every of life’s nice pleasures and shouldn’t be seen because the enemy. 

‘So should you’re overly frightened about shedding the kilos then take into consideration your priorities: well being vs self-importance.’

‘Having mentioned that I’m now on one of many first self inflicted weight loss program I’ve ever been on in my life. I’ll clarify extra however it’s a particular weight loss program for my ulcerative colitis which is inflicting quite a lot of bleeding since being on my psychological well being remedy. A serious catch 22.⁣⁣’

⁣⁣She concluded by including some recommendation to folks, saying: ‘Ps. When you’re battling parenthood then keep in mind you’re not alone. I used to be simply studying my messages to myself on my group WhatsApp (with myself) and the primary time I left the home with Leo alone was when he was practically FOUR MONTHS OLD!

‘I used to be chatting to my buddy the opposite day… we have been making one another really feel higher about our garbage dad or mum habits and we reminded ourselves that our earliest reminiscences have been once we have been actually like 5 years outdated. Phew. All they actually need is love and cuddles from a set of heat arms.’

Louise gave start to her first baby again in November and spent 5 weeks in hospital affected by issues after practically dying throughout labour.

On December 23, Louise admitted that she ‘by no means imagined that so many unhealthy issues might occur to me, however to bop with dying twice brings an entire new view of the world – a stark reminder of how brief and sacred life actually is.’

Whereas she confessed that she was ‘in a little bit of a wierd place mentally and bodily,’ the brand new mum mentioned that she was lastly at a spot the place she might ‘see a future the place I get to reside peacefully on this earth with my son.’

Louise additionally spoke about how she was battling PTSD and defined how her ‘street to restoration will not be linear’ as she famous the highs and lows over the previous few days.

When you have been affected by something on this story please contact Start Trauma Affiliation at birthtraumaassociation.org.uk

For assist and help with perinatal psychological sickness please contact PANDAS on 0808 1961 776