Thanks for visiting my fundraising page!! I am raising money for TAMBA by doing the Great North Run. As you all know I have 2 1/2 year old triplets and I am normally knackered by the end of the day. But in a quest to lose weight (eating 3x leftovers isn't good!!) I started to run/ walk last summer. In my madness I have decided to do the Great North Run in a bid to raise money for TAMBA.

TAMBA has been a great support since the arrival of our 3 boys and I felt this was a great way of raising some funds. When everyone else, including midwives at a breastfeeding workshop, thought I was mad to want to breastfeed triplets, TAMBA put me in contact with several people who had done it and made me feel that it was possible and got loads of information and support. Armed with this information, when the triplets were born I was determined to give it a go and managed to keep feeding them to some degree until they were weened.

TAMBA have this amazing ability to make you feel normal, when loads of people think that its a nightmare or that you are super-human.

TAMBA do all sorts of things for multiple families including running a free helpline to give help and support to parents and carers of multiple births. The money raised will help in all sorts of ways eg £10 could support a bereaved parent for an hour on the phone; £35 could send a second hand triple buggy to a family in need; £100 could train a new helpline volunteer; £200 could pay for a special needs or single parent family to have a subsidized holiday, where they can relax and meet families in similar situations.

I am going to run the whole distance, and with 11 weeks to go my training has been changed up a gear. Running 4 times a week with times now extending to up to 1 hour. Alex is off to Sheffield during the week soon, so training will become more difficult, but I am determined to do this. This will be a major challenge, and although I am no stranger to challenges with 3 toddlers in the house, 13.1 miles will be no walk in the park.

Please dig deep and sponsor me now!  Donating is simple and totally secure. TAMBA will receive the money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, please click on the gift aid so that an extra 28% in tax will be added at no cost to you.

Many thanks

Anne