Jude's granddad and his friends and other family members, are going to be walking 33 miles; one mile for every day of Jude's life.

Please use this page to sponsor this walk. For any more general donations in memory of Jude, please donate to www.justgiving.com/judesjourney as we will also be holding other sponsored events.

At 24 weeks pregnant with our first baby, I developed severe preeclampsia and HELLP (Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzyme levels, and Low Platelet levels) syndrome. My liver and kidneys had begun to fail; my whole body had begun to shut down; I was incredibly close to haemorrhaging and having seizures, and was very lucky not to have lost my own life. I was in excruciating pain, and at 25 weeks + 1 day, on Christmas Eve 2014, it was decided that my pregnancy couldn't continue.

Our beautiful little boy, Jude Alexander Peabody, was born at 4:45pm  by emergency caesarean section. He weighed just 480g, under 1lb 1oz. He was the best Christmas present we could have wished for.

Due to limited cot space in the neonatal unit at Nottingham's Queens Medical Centre, Jude was taken to Stoke-on-Trent, and then on to Liverpool Women's hospital when it was believed he needed surgery. Our little boy was 4 days old before we saw him again.

At 8 days old, Jude was taken to Liverpool's Alderhay Children's hospital, as they believed he needed surgery for NEC (necrotising enterocolitis), a condition common in preterm babies. When the surgeon opened Jude, he found that it wasn't NEC; Jude had ulcers on the lining of his stomach which had burst, causing acid to leak into his body. If they hadn't have found these ulcers, this would have killed Jude. The surgeon did an amazing job; despite Jude's tiny size, and only having a tiny little space to work within, and organs the size of pennies, he managed to stitch up his stomach and put him back together. Jude survived surgery thanks to the brilliant work of the neonatal transfer team, the surgeons, the consultants, the paediatricians and the neonatal nurses during his aftercare.

Jude never recovered from the surgery. His kidneys couldn't recover from the trauma, and he eventually did develop NEC. He had a small bleed on the brain, he was having trouble maintaining his blood pressure, and contracted infections. We made the heartbreaking decision to end Jude's intensive care.

On 25th January 2015, at 33 days old, our beautiful little baby chose his moment to leave the world. The kidney failure had meant that potassium leaked into his bloodstream, and eventually stopped his heart from beating. The nurses managed to keep him alive with a shot of adrenaline until we were able to hold him.

Wrapped in a blanket, looking even more perfect without his tubes, we held our baby as he took his last breath.

Life isn't the same without our baby, but we are so thankful for the 33 days that we were given. We wouldn't have had those 33 days without the work of all involved.

The money we raise will be going to the neonatal unit at Liverpool Women's hospital. They did a brilliant job of caring for Jude, and caring for us whilst we were there. We'd like to help other sick and tiny babies, as well as their parents. Being a parent on NICU is terrifying, and something nobody can ever comprehend until they've experienced it.

We will also be donating money into the research into preeclampsia, and how it can be managed, and possibly one day, prevented. Preeclampsia is still claiming the lives of unsuspecting women, and often doesn't carry any symptoms until its too late. Almost 50% of preterm babies born in the UK each year, are born because of preeclampsia. Women who suffer severe preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome, as I did, have a 55% chance of developing it again.

All donations, small or large, will be massively appreciated. We will be doing numerous events to raise as much money as we can, with the help of friends and family.

I had kept an online blog throughout Jude's time on NICU, and continue to blog about living without a baby we want and love. Please visit www.innocent93.wordpress.com to read about Jude's journey. Also, search Judes Journey on Facebook.

Please help us do all we can for sick and preterm babies, and their parents. No parent should have to experience saying goodbye to their baby, under any circumstance.