In 2018 I took on the challenge of my first half marathon, the Great North run.  It was hard and I would be lying if I said that I enjoyed it but I managed to raise a massive £949 for Tommy's.  A charity that is so important to me and many others who have lost a baby.  So for my next challenge, I will be running the London Landmarks Half Marathon in March 2019. I want to raise as much money as I can for Tommy's.  Please give what you can. Your support will make a massive difference and really help me to make it to that finish line! 

Here are the stats:  Each day in the UK 2,129 babies are born- 9 babies are stillborn, 684 babies are miscarried and 157 babies are born pre-term.  Tommy's believe that this is unacceptable and fund research into the causes and prevention of miscarriage, premature birth and stillbirth.

A massive 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage which means that you will all know someone who this has happened to, but it is very rarely spoken about. I am 1 in 4. In fact, 3 of my 4 pregnancies have ended in miscarriage and the heartbreak we have suffered is unreal, unimaginable and sometimes impossible to talk about. In 2012 I fell pregnant for the first time and we could not have been more excited. We made plans and imagined our future as a family. Our world came crashing down at my 12 week scan when there was nothing that resembled a 12 week fetus and crucially, no heartbeat. I'd had a missed miscarriage. Something that we had never heard of and never imagined would happen to us. They guessed that our baby had died at around 7 weeks and I hadn't known. There was no explanation of why or if it would happen again. We were completely and utterly heartbroken. This was when I started to run. Running seemed to help, to somehow relieve the crushing pain and despair. It gave me freedom, some headspace and something to focus on. Over the next three years I had two further miscarriages. The first at 7 weeks and the last at 15 weeks, with no explanations or reasons given. We finally accepted that it wasn't meant to be, that we weren't going to be the family we had dreamed of. It was therefore a surprise when I became pregnant for the forth time at the end of 2016. The pregnancy was fraught with worry and we were prepared for bad news at each stage. Thankfully, I gave birth to a healthy baby girl in August 2017. Our little rainbow baby is called Matilda and she is our world. I am running this half marathon for her and the siblings she will never meet. For all the couples who have similar stories to ours and continue through the years of heartbreak to try for their own rainbow. If you are able to make a donation, however small I would really appreciate it. Please show your support and give me a wave if you see me out running!