Louise Thompson has said she is feeling 'disgusting and sore' after starting her journey with IVF in the hopes of expanding her family.
The reality TV personality, 35, has suffered from PTSD after she almost died while giving birth to her son Leo in 2021 following an emergency caesarean, during which she lost '12 and a half litres of blood'.
She went on to suffer with PTSD and post-natal anxiety due to her near-death experience and has since been diagnosed with Lupus, Asherman's syndrome, suffered a second Hemorrhage, and has also had a stoma bag fitted.
Louise, who recently opened up about how she hopes to have another baby in 2026, has now started IVF by retrieving her eggs.
Giving an update on TikTok, she explained: 'I have had a really rank 24 hours and I don't want to wax lyrical about it because I'm aware that I've had a complicated week.
'I've had a complicated four years and I really don't want to hear all the negativity.'
Louise Thompson has said she is feeling 'disgusting and sore' after starting her journey with IVF in the hopes of expanding her family.
The TV personality, 35, has suffered from PTSD after she almost died while giving birth to her son Leo in 2021 following an emergency caesarean.
The former Made In Chelsea star continued: 'Tonight is trigger night. I had another scan today at the clinic and I'm gonna have the eggs retrieved on Tuesday morning, which feels really exciting.
'I'm so relieved. I'm ready to get these puppies out of my body. I feel like a brick st house. I feel disgusting, I feel heavy, I feel sore and I’ve had a fever for 24 hours.
'I didn’t tell anyone in the clinic that I’ve had a fever because I do not want to cancel this cycle, I just couldn’t think of anything worse than having to start this whole process again.
'My twitch is back, it’s all going on. I didn’t get any sleep last night. I also have this really weird thing where I just don’t love taking medication.
‘I’m fine taking all these injections and stuff because it’s prescribed and I know why I’m taking them.
‘I don’t love taking medication if I don’t have to, so I didn’t know whether I was allowed to take any paracetamol during this IVF cycle or whether it was going to affect the egg quality, so I didn’t and I suffered all night shivering in so much pain, like agony.
‘It was so triggering. I’d wake up every 20 minutes and feel like I was back in the hospital following recovery from surgery. Awful.’
‘This morning, I was like, maybe I could have a little bit of Calpol because if it’s good enough for Leo then it’s good enough for me, and maybe I’ll just microdose a baby’s Calpol and get a tiny insignificant amount of paracetamol from that, so I did that - it made a smidgen of a difference.’
Giving an update on TikTok, she explained: ‘I have had a really rank 24 hours and I don’t want to wax lyrical about it because I’m aware that I’ve had a complicated week’
She added: ‘I’m so relieved. I’m ready to get these puppies out of my body. I feel like a brick st house. I feel disgusting, I feel heavy, I feel sore and I’ve had a fever for 24 hours’
Ahead of the new year, Louise shared that she is hoping to 'expand her family' this year after she and partner Ryan are 'finally feeling ready' to welcome another child
Adding that she was now feeling better, Louise continued: ‘I feel a lot better now that I have had some paracetamol, which has brought the temperature down. I’ve had some reassurance from the scan.
‘I felt like I was being slightly neurotic yesterday, wanting answers and to try to control anything that I could around this whole crazy situation, but now I just feel really relieved that there’s a timeline and a plan.
‘It’s not that ideal that I have to take the trigger shots at 10pm because normally I’d be asleep now, so I’m like, do I go to sleep and then set an alarm and then wake up really disorientated and then panic about having to get these syringe bits?
‘This is apparently the most important thing - the timing of the trigger shots and also the volume.
‘And then in the morning, which actually I didn’t do when I did a cycle last time, I am gonna take an ovulation test to make sure that the LH [Luteinizing Hormone] is spiking to show that my pituitary has responded to this medication. And then we know that we’re all on track to get some eggy weggs.’
Ahead of the new year, Louise shared that she is hoping to 'expand her family' this year after she and partner Ryan are 'finally feeling ready' to welcome another child.
The TV personality admitted she is 'afraid' of the couple's 'complicated' journey ahead after previously stating she is likely unable to carry another baby due to severe health complications from her traumatic first birth.
Louise also shared that she is ready to share her journey and opened up about a miscarriage she suffered in 2020 before welcoming son Leo.