Ryan Libbey on supporting his partner through birth trauma
Happy Mum Happy Baby
Giovanna Fletcher
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Our guest this week is personal trainer, podcaster, and former Made in Chelsea star Ryan Libbey!
When Ryan’s partner Louise Thompson gave birth to their son Leo, she faced severe complications and trauma that turned their worlds upside down. We spoke to Louise last year on the podcast and now it’s Ryan’s turn to share his story.
Ryan opens up to Gi about letting go of the pressure to always be the strong one in his family, and how showing up for himself was actually the key to showing up for Louise and Leo.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Happy Mum, Happy Baby. |
| 0:03.6 | This is already so far from the version that anyone would hope for. |
| 0:07.4 | You would want that sort of beautiful moment of newborn baby, straight onto mum. |
| 0:10.9 | It was not that. |
| 0:11.7 | It was baby was taken to intensive care. |
| 0:14.1 | Louise was dying. |
| 0:16.0 | She kept asking you if she was dying. |
| 0:17.7 | She did, yeah. |
| 0:18.4 | She said, am I dying? |
| 0:19.3 | Yeah, she did say that a few times. |
| 0:20.8 | I think I went straight into the role of single parent. asking you if she was dying. She did, yeah. She said, am I dying? Yeah, she did say that a few times. |
| 0:29.3 | I think I went straight into the role of single parent mode and primary caregiver to Louise as soon as we entered the house. |
| 0:36.6 | And I think that was the start of a 10-month squeeze on Ryan that really got me because it didn't really ease up. |
| 0:37.6 | If anything, it got worse. |
| 0:39.9 | We were in a very, very bad place because of what had happened |
| 0:41.6 | and I knew I had to make some changes. |
| 0:43.7 | I got this feeling that I wasn't really giving her |
| 0:46.0 | really what she needed. |
| 0:47.9 | So I started to push myself |
| 0:50.9 | in this world of open communication |
| 0:53.1 | and I started to get a real feel for what does Louise need from me. |
| 0:57.6 | This podcast is sponsored by Kuman, the UK and Ireland's largest supplementary education provider. |
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