article_snippet.sent: Former supermodel Christy Turlington Burns is championing the message '
article_snippet.sent: Christy - who is mother to daughter Grace, 11, and son Finn, eight, with her husband of 11 years Edward Burns, 47 - had just given birth to Grace in 2003 when her was struck with a postpartum hemorrhage, causing her placenta to become embedded in her uterus wall.
article_snippet.sent: Christy, pictured with Christy husband Edward Burns, 47, had just given birth to Grace in 2010 when Christy was struck with a postpartum haemorrhage, causing Christy to become embedded in Christy .
article_snippet.sent: As a result of this traumatic experience, Christy founded the charity Every Mother Counts in 2010.
article_snippet.sent: Christy, who became famous alongside Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista in the era of the supermodels, now runs marathons in aid of Every Mother Counts.