Louise Thompson shares ‘hugely disappointing’ update on her IVF journey

"I just feel so demoralised now. This is so rank."

The former Made In Chelsea star announced earlier this month that she was hoping to have another baby in 2026, four years after the rather traumatic birth of her first born, Leo.

Back in 2021, Louise spent approximately five weeks in hospital following some "serious complications" while she was in labour, leading her to have an emergency c-section.

During the surgery, Louise Haemorrhaged and subsequently lost a life-threatening amount of blood, causing her to suffer from severe PTSD.

Since her birth experience, Louise has been diagnosed with Lupus, Asherman’s syndrome, and suffered a second haemorrhage.

Louise was diagnosed with Ulcerative colitis diagnosis in 2018 and had a stoma bag fitted.

After revealing she had started IVF treatment with her fiancé Ryan Libbey, the reality star opened up about some “disappointing” news she has received.

The 35-year-old shared an emotional video to TikTok in which she broke down in tears, sharing the heartbreaking news.

@louisethompson This is what the rawness of IVF can look like. I don’t know if this was rational or hormonal? I’m pleased to say that things have picked up a bit since and we have had some more positive news. #fertilityjourney #louiseisgettingbetter #infertilitystruggles #ivf #surrogacy ♬ original sound - Louise is getting better

“Well, in the interest of being honest, I feel f***ing s**t. I just had a call with the embryologist and I was really hoping for better news than this, because we had 20 eggs retrieved yesterday. I felt like my body was really doing all the right things. I felt so hormonally ready,” Louise started off.

“I could feel it inside that I was going to get loads [of eggs]. So we got 20. Anyways, so then I felt really optimistic yesterday, and then I just got off this call and they said that only 10 were mature, which is hugely disappointing because that already cuts that in half, and I just wonder how.

“Of the 10, they’ve split them into two groups, so they were going to add this AOA or whatever it’s called, egg activation process on half of them. Apparently, out of all 10, only two fertilised in each group. Only four have fertilised [in total], and that’s on day one, and we’ve got to get through to day five,” she explained.

“So from 20 eggs on day one, we’ve now got four that are fertilised. And when we last did it, I only got eight eggs retrieved but all eight fertilised on day one, so I’m just looking at the statistics, if we only have f***ing four fertilised on day one, so what, we are going to have half an embryo now?

“I just feel so demoralised now. This is so rank. Apparently six that were immature they have been keeping an eye on, and they might have matured a bit and grown so they are going to try and fertilise those ones today,” she concluded.

Alongside the video, Louise did share some more positive news that the couple have since received.

She wrote: “This is what the rawness of IVF can look like. I don’t know whether this was rational or hormonal? I’m pleased to say that things have picked up a bit since and we have had some more positive news."