Former Made in Chelsea star Louise Thompson told a podcast audience that her pregnancy and its traumatic aftermath strained her relationship with partner Ryan Libbey and left the couple largely disconnected.

Speaking on the RISE with Roxie Nafousi podcast, Thompson, 35, said the physical and emotional toll of pregnancy left her feeling "unattractive" and sapped the energy that had previously defined her identity as a fitness professional. "It took a chunk out of our relationship and then we weren't intimate at all. I didn't want to be intimate with him," she said. "I don't think he really wants to be intimate with me in that third trimester. And I didn't overthink it at the time, but I think that probably fed into some of me not feeling so good."

Thompson described how the change in her body and energy levels contrasted with the fitness-focused life she and Libbey had built. "I felt as though there was just no room to carry this baby. So I felt particularly unattractive," she said. "With my identity being focused around the whole fitness thing, having gone from working out every single day and feeling really good... that energy was depleted so quickly. I couldn't jump anymore. I used to jump to do loads of cardio and I just couldn't move."

The couple's difficulties were compounded by a traumatic delivery. Thompson has said she nearly died giving birth to their son Leo, spending a month in intensive care with what she described as "serious complications," followed by years in and out of hospital and a later miscarriage. Thompson said the early months after Leo's birth were dominated by medical appointments and crisis support rather than family routines. "We weren't really a family. I don't think we had a single nice family moment. I wouldn't call it a family," she said. "It was three people, three babies that weren't really able to do anything for themselves or one another. We were not in a good spot because I was so, like, virtually just out of it and in my own head."

Thompson recounted how her daily life became a procession of health-related visits. "My routine was medical appointments. So that was the thing I was holding onto," she said. "I had basically booked in, either I had NHS or private appointments every single day... there was, like, my calendar, if I look back, was just mental health appointments to get through to the next day. And it was the crisis team, I guess, that were the best ones to lend the support to bridge the gap until I could start thinking a bit more normally."

The couple are engaged. Their son Leo is three. In a separate appearance on her He Said She Said podcast with Libbey, Thompson broke down when she saw Leo speaking as if to an imaginary friend and worried aloud that he might be lonely without siblings. "Leo was on his bike perched up against a wall, and he was talking to himself as if he had an imaginary friend, and it made me fall in love with him so much," she said, later adding that she briefly feared the behaviour was connected to the family circumstances. A follower reassured her that having an imaginary friend at a young age can be a sign of creativity and intelligence.

Thompson has been publicly candid about her health since the birth, discussing the long recovery and the emotional impact of repeated hospital stays and pregnancy loss. Her comments on the RISE podcast add detail to a period she has described as isolating for her, Libbey and their son as they navigated medical care and mental health support in the months after Leo's birth.