Motherhood, Sepsis & Survival (Rebuilding Life After Amputation) ft. Khedidja Teape | The Goodmother Series Ep. 6

What does survival look like when motherhood is interrupted by medical trauma, disability, and a body you no longer recognise? In this episode of The Goodmother Series, Ezinne Asinugo-Onyeka sits with Khedidja Teape, a mother of four, to reflect on postpartum sepsis, septic shock, amputation, Black maternal health, and the reality of rebuilding life after survival. From becoming a teenage mother, to giving birth naturally to all four of her children, to waking from a coma and learning to mother through profound physical change, Khedidja shares a story of grief, resilience, adaptation, and purpose.Khedidja speaks with honesty about the early signs that something was wrong after the birth of her twins, the medical emergency that changed her life, and the emotional process of navigating motherhood after the amputation of both legs below the knee, one arm below the elbow, and the loss of fingers on her right hand. She also reflects on identity, advocacy, disability, softness, faith, and using her lived experience to help protect other mothers.This is a conversation about what the body remembers, what motherhood demands, and what it means to remain present through unimaginable change.Follow Khedidja:InstagramTikTokGoFundMeThe Goodmother Series | The Unspoken TruthA modern motherhood podcast documenting how becoming a parent reshapes identity, body, and cultural belonging across the African diaspora.Hosted by Ezinne, this series centres on lived experience over advice. These are intimate, culturally rooted conversations about maternal identity, body transformation, inherited expectations, and the emotional realities of motherhood.If this episode resonated, like, comment, and subscribe to help more women find these stories.Watch on YouTube Follow The Goodmother Series:TikTokInstagramFacebookNew episodes every Sunday at 6am GMT.Produced by APodcastGeekhttps://apodcastgeek.com/