Sunday 15 May 2022 02:58 PM Louise Thompson celebrates son Leo turning 6 months old as she shares message ... trends now
Louise Thompson took to Instagram on Sunday, to share a slew of heartwarming snaps with her son Leo, to celebrate him turning six months old.
The former Made In Chelsea star, 31, welcomed her son Leo-Hunter with her fiancé Ryan Libbey, also 31, in December but was left in intensive care for five weeks following serious complications.
In her lengthy caption, she wrote about the pressures to lose weight after having a baby and how much she struggled to eat following Leo's birth.
Celebrations! Louise Thompson took to Instagram on Sunday, to share a slew of heartwarming snaps with her son Leo, to celebrate him turning six months old
She began by writing: '6 months old. I can’t believe I grew you in this tummy.
'The body is remarkable. I never understood how my skin was going to just stretch back, but it did.
'I actually wrote something about the pressures of losing weight post partum about 3 months ago but I haven’t felt like I’ve wanted to post about heavy stuff at all because everything just scares me so much.
'I actually wrote loads of really quite profound things during the early days of my recovery because I was doing A LOT of writing (most of it trash) but I haven’t really wanted to look back quite yet.
Tough time: The former Made In Chelsea star, 31, welcomed her son Leo-Hunter with her fiancé Ryan Libbey, also 31, in December but was left in intensive care for five weeks following serious complications
'I can’t remember a lot of stuff from yesterday let alone a few months ago, in fact I’ve never lived so in the present in my life. I don’t have the choice anymore. Kinda grateful, kinda not.
'Anyway here we go… take it or leave it. I hope it makes someone feel a little better.'
Louise then candidly shared her experience, penning: 'We spend our whole lives wanting to be skinny until you get ill and then you realise it is a total privilege to be able to eat normally and to be able to maintain a normal healthy weight.
'I lost the 20kg I put on during pregnancy during my time in hospital. I couldn't eat for a month.
Difficulties: In her lengthy caption, she wrote about the pressures to lose weight after having a baby and how much she struggled to eat following Leo's birth
Recalling an incident where brother Sam Thompson tried to get her to eat a small chocolate, she said she struggled so much she thought she had cried.
She said: 'I remember when my brother visited me and he tried to force me to eat a lindor ball and I could only take it down in mouse sized nibbles, then it made me feel so sick because of all the medication
