Amy Lou: How Tipton-mum survived terrifying health scare to reach Britain’s Got Talent final

Tipton mum-of-two Amy Lou made it through to the Britain’s Got Talent final on Monday evening (May 29).

During Monday night’s semi-final, United 2 Dance, Gamal John, Ichikawa Koikuchi, Enzo Weyne, Parkour Collective, Abi Carter-Simpson, Amy L ou, and Musa Motha all took part. Amy won the public vote and will join the semi-final winner Musa Motha in Sunday’s (June 4) final.

Amy’s cover of And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going saw the judges and audience rise to their feet to give a round of applause. It’s been an incredible few weeks for Amy, who gave birth to her second child just six weeks before the semi-final aired.

Recently, Amy also revealed that she endured a terrifying battle with sepsis during the birth of her first child Hudson four years ago.

Amy’s sepsis scare

Amy said that in the last five weeks of her pregnancy she became unwell and couldn’t get out of bed.

After Hudson was born, an abscess in her stomach burst, which led to her developing sepsis - a life threatening bacterial infection. Sepsis happens when the infection triggers a chain reaction throughout the body and the immune system attacks its own tissues.

Fortunately, antibiotics Amy was being treated with started to work and she was able to leave hospital a month later. She told MailOnline: “I cannot say thank you enough to the nurses who brought my baby girl into the world safely. They are the real stars!

“Despite how busy and stressful their jobs are, they still made us feel like royalty. I nearly lost my life after my first birth following complications with sepsis, it was really touch and go. I can never ever say thank you enough to nurses for saving my life - Aida wouldn’t be here without them - because I wouldn’t have survived without them.”