Former Made In Chelsea star Louise Thompson has revealed her desire to have a second child in 2026, years after a traumatic birth that nearly claimed her life. The 35-year-old, who suffered severe complications during the delivery of her son Leo in November 2021, said she and partner Ryan Libbey feel ready to expand their family.
Writing on her Substack, Thompson detailed her fertility journey, including starting injections of the fertility drug Menopur. She described her longing for another child as a long-held desire, delayed by her health struggles. 'I’ve sat on this desire to expand our family for a long time,' she wrote.
Thompson’s first birth involved an emergency caesarean section after her baby’s head became wedged in her pelvis. Surgeons operated for three hours to stop a haemorrhage while she was awake. She later suffered from PTSD, which left her screaming in bed and paralysed, and underwent a total colectomy due to ulcerative colitis.
She also revealed that after Leo’s birth, she did not have a period for a year, and surgeries found her uterus was 'glued together' by scar tissue. Additionally, she was diagnosed with hydrosalpinx, a blocked fallopian tube. Thompson said she joined a surrogacy Facebook group two years ago but did not confirm if she is considering surrogacy.
'I’d love to continue throwing words onto the page... but my phone alarm has just gone off signalling that I need to go and take 187.5ml of menopur,' she added, referring to the fertility medication that stimulates egg development.
