In loving memory of our baby girl Sunny Edwards, on the 15th of October (the last day of this years Baby Loss Awareness Week), Josh, my Dad George and myself are cycling roughly 94 miles / 151km from Wolverhampton to Oxford. We’re doing this in the hope of raising as much money as we can for the Willow Suite at Wolverhampton New Cross Hospital.

The Willow Suite is a bereavement suite within the maternity ward at New Cross for parents experiencing baby loss and stillbirth. Josh and I spent 5 days in the Willow Suite at the start of August when our beautiful baby girl Sunny was born too early.

Sunny was born sleeping at 20:52 on Sunday the 8th of August after we found out her heart had stopped beating 2 days prior. I was roughly half way through my pregnancy.

The time we got to spend with our little girl in the Willow Suite, and the care, kindness and patience of the midwives and other staff from New Cross was a lifeline in the most traumatic and heartbreaking time of our lives. We’d like to thank Ena and Hayley in particular who were both incredible.

Alongside the time we were given to spend with Sunny, we were given beautiful things such as a memory box with a glass angel, certificate of life, a photo book, teddies and more. We hold on to these tight every day and will do forever. These are provided by a range of wonderful charities such as Sands, LAPS, the Lily Mae Foundation and more; charities we would like to also support in future fundraisers.

While speaking to the midwives, we learnt much of the furniture and little touches in the rooms are reliant on donations, usually from bereaved parents like Josh and I who are simply trying to make sense of and navigate losing a baby. We would like to help ensure Willow Suite is able to continue to provide other families who sadly find themselves in this situation the same level of care and comfort in what is ultimately one of the most distressing things they will likely experience.

Any donation is hugely appreciated and will mean so much to us and the staff at New Cross Hospital. Our hearts are so broken and empty from the loss of Sunny, and we will never heal from this, but we are detirmined to make sure the devastating loss of her life can some how have a positive impact on the world.

Sunny Edwards, you are every sunrise, every ray of light, every day. You are more loved than you could ever know by so many people. I‘m so sorry you didn‘t get a chance, but I promise everything I do is for you. I am forever thankful we had the chance to hold your tiny hands. Mummy and Daddy love you endlessly. Xxxxxxx