The former Made in Chelsea star Louise Thompson bravely took to social media to share the devastating news of her miscarriage. In the past, the 35-year-old has been open about major health struggles she faced after welcoming her son Leo with her partner Ryan Libbey in 2021.

At the time, Louise almost died twice during the traumatic labour, and the stress on her body led to a number of further horrific health issues. Taking to Instagram, the reality star opened up about another tragic experience she endured in January last year, after losing a baby when she was four weeks pregnant. Alongside a photo of a positive pregnancy test and a due date calculator, which estimated September 10, 2024, Louise penned: “This is not now, this was last January. The night before, I got on a flight. As if things needed to get more complicated.”

In her moving statement, she continued: “The stick in this image is one of those things that I’ve buried, I haven’t allowed myself to give it a second thought.

"In typical Louise fashion, one trauma has been quickly replaced by another swooping in to take my attention. I haven’t even spoken to Ryan about it in much detail either really… but we’ve had our plates full.”

Louise candidly continued: “It’s crazy to think that Leo could have had a sibling born last September. I doubt that it was ever going to work. Probably a mere chemical pregnancy.

“Whatever it was, the change in hormones or blood flow to that area caused the most insane amount of bleeding from my bum in the weeks that followed and ended up having my stoma surgery as a result. So capiche.”

“That was the end of that dream. Was it a dream though? Not something that was planned, in fact a complete miracle given the circumstances and I’ll let you work that one out, although there are many circumstances that make this one very unusual, including the fact it’s practically a Mary and Joseph moment.”

In the caption, the TV star recalled: “But I knew something was different to test because I felt a very unusual sense of tiredness that I only got when being pregnant last time and I felt very sick too. These are not symptoms I’ve experienced aside from my last pregnancy.

“My fertility and our fertility journey is something I’m only just starting to wrap my head around 3 1/2 years after the birth of my beautiful son. There is a lot I haven’t come to terms with, and I haven’t wanted to until now”

Louise added: “I actually remembered to mention it in a medical appointment last week and it kind of brought about this flood of emotions and it felt quite necessary and quite good. I need to get it out now.”