
Louise Thompson: Maternity care is bleak! Mental and physical scars of my traumatic birth
From Happy Place
Published 1/26/2026
Everyone deserves a safe and dignified birth, but when Louise Thompson gave birth to son Leo, she was left with post-traumatic stress disorder.In this chat with Fearne, Louise talks through how her PTSD manifests, the way she disassociates, and the therapies she’s tried to work through it,…