LOUISE THOMPSON: THIS WAS THE BEST AND WORST DAY OF MY LIFE

Louise Thompson joins Jamie Laing on Great Company.

TW: This episode contains graphic descriptions of birth loss, trauma and PTSD

Life-threatening haemorrhages, almost dying on the operating table, and suffering with post natal depression, Jamie sits down with his old friend, Louise Thompson to simply ask, How are you?

Since growing up together on Made in Chelsea, Louise’s life drastically changed in November 2021, when she gave birth to her son, Leo, in a complicated emergency C-section - a day she called the ‘best and worst day of my life’. Louise opens up about the moment she thought she had died and the devastating fallout, both physically and emotionally following that time.

This interview is raw and open, but shows the strength of human resilience, and the love and admiration between old friends whose lives have taken turns they’d never have foreseen.

00:00: Intro
00:10: Me and Jamie’s first date on Made in Chelsea
00:35: How I am feeling now
05:00: Not being put to sleep during my emergency C-section
10:10: My miscarriage and the anxiety that came from it
12:10: Escaping a fire at my mums house weeks before my birth
17:05: Disassociating from my body after Leo’s birth
23:40: My traumatic birth experience
30:10: Experiencing a serious haemorrhage just after birth
33:15: Suffering with PTSD
33:45: Being resilient through it all
36:55: The impact on my partner Ryan
41:50: Reflecting back on Made in Chelsea
45:30: Having my colon removed and getting a stoma bag
54:40: Discussing my book ‘Lucky’
55:55: The final eight questions
1:01:10: Outro

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Exec Producer: Jemima Rathbone
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