Maternal Sepsis - Jess and Amy's Stories

Words Of Sepsis

Welcome to Words Of Sepsis, the podcast from Sepsis Research FEAT to mark Sepsis Awareness Month 2022.

In this episode you'll hear from Jess and Amy. Both young mothers developed sepsis following traumatic births. You'll hear some details of those difficult labours, but in both cases mother and child are doing well now.

Jess explains how being poorly so soon after giving birth affected both her and her husband's mental health.

While Amy's story is different, she became ill suddenly a week later. But it's still had an effect on her family.

Sepsis is a condition that still takes the lives of some 50,000 people in the UK every year.

That's about five lives lost every hour.

Our hope is that through these podcasts, many more people will become aware of sepsis and that some of the loss and suffering related to sepsis can be prevented as you increase your knowledge and the knowledge of others.

Do check out all eight episodes in the series and share them as widely as you can using them to start conversations with friends and family about sepsis.

It could save a life possibly even your own.

If you've been affected by anything you've heard, or you'd like more information about the groundbreaking research into sepsis that the charity funds please do visit our website. www.sepsisresearch.org.uk, where you can also make a donation.

You'll be helping us to save lives today and fund research for tomorrow.