In part 3, Louise Thompson delves into her experience with a stoma – explaining what a stoma is and how it actually feels. 

Louise shares why being in hospital is the weirdest holiday of your life, how she’s managed to recover her mental health after 2 years of trauma and what she’s most grateful for. 

Follow @louise.thompson and get her book ‘Lucky: Learning to Live Again’

SUPPORT LINKS:

• Support for birth trauma: www.makebirthbetter.org/birth-trauma-support-for-parents
• Support for PTSD: www.ptsduk.org
• Ulcerative Colitis & Stoma support: crohnsandcolitis.org.uk

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