Louise Thompson
Author, podcaster and public figure who speaks about her lived experience with traumatic birth, PTSD, ulcerative colitis and maternity-care advocacy.
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Jan 26, 2026 • 58min
Louise Thompson: Maternity care is bleak! Mental and physical scars of my traumatic birth
Louise Thompson, author and campaigner who speaks openly about birth trauma and chronic illness. She discusses her push for a Maternity Commissioner, the lived effects of postpartum PTSD, and systemic failures in UK maternity care. Conversations cover IVF complexities, daily practices for grounding and slowing down, and how trauma reshaped her priorities and public role.
