Epilepsy Blog Relay™: Faye on Epilepsy and Motherhood

Day 11 of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™

Faye Waddams is 30 years old and from London. She writes the blog Epilepsy, Pregnancy, Motherhood and Me. This blog follows the impact of epilepsy and AED’s on her pregnancy and motherhood.

Faye’s Story

I knew there would be lots about becoming a Mum that I didn’t know. I had no idea it was possible to love someone so much it hurt. And I was not aware how the sound of my son’s cry could be the most beautiful thing I had ever heard or equally, that it would be enough to nearly drive me crazy.

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Jessica K. Smith Founder and CEO; Executive Director

Jessica Keenan Smith is a patient advocate and epilepsy community leader with more than 15 years of experience. As Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy and Executive Director of ASENT she bridges the gap between the scientific and patient communities, with a particular focus on the needs of the epilepsies. Jessica Keenan Smith is Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy, an award winning online resource for people affected by epilepsy to share stories and access in-depth information on the disease. Since 2009, Living Well With Epilepsy (https://livingwellwithepilepsy.com) has been featured in Forbes, Wired, NBC, NPR and the cover story of Epilepsy Advocate Magazine and has partnered with companies such as UCB, Lundbeck, Sunovion, Eisai, and more. Ms. Smith is also the Executive Director of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT) (https://asent.org), an organization that brings together leaders from industry, academia, government and advocacy who are engaged in bringing drugs and devices to market across all neurologic disease states. In this role she is responsible for leading a successful scientific journal and annual scientific conference with speakers from all over the world.

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