We know from talking to new parents at our classes that meningitis is one of their biggest health fears for their baby and this is because sadly babies under the age of 3 months are 70 times more likely to get bacterial meningitis than adults.

In this episode of the Family Health Podcast, we speak with Caroline Hughes, Support Services Manager at Meningitis Research Foundation and to Pip, an NHS midwife and mum-of-two whose baby Alfie contracted meningitis at just five weeks old.

We discuss the signs and symptoms, the treatment and what recovery looks like for someone who has been affected by meningitis.

A conversation every parent or parent-to-be needs to hear.

References:

Visit the Meningitis Research Foundation website

Get to know all the symptoms and download the guide at Meningitis Research Foundation Symptom Checker

Connect with Caroline Hughes here

Find out all about Midwife Pip’s courses and support programmes for pregnancy and postnatal care here on her website

Connect with Pip on Instagram

Check out Pip’s podcast information here

Buy Pip’s book: Midwife Pip’s Guide to a Positive Birth: Tools to Feel Calm and Confident

Donate to help fund the vital work of the Meningitis Research Foundation

Read about the NHS meningitis vaccine

NHS overview of meningitis

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