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I'm running this half marathon for this charity because of my experience with reduced movement and how close we came to losing our little ones due to not knowing the facts about fetal movement in pregnancy. 

Four years ago at a routine growth scan I was asked about our babies movement. I said that her movements had reduced but I thought this was normal towards the end of pregnancy. The midwife handed me a leaflet from the kicks count charity which explained about baby movements. This leaflet changed my understanding of movement and gave me the confidence to get checked out when I couldn't feel her move. Her lack of movement in those final weeks led to me being induced as they decided Mia was safer out as she was getting distressed inside me. 

21 months later and we were in the same situation again. I'd still got the Kicks Count leaflet and I knew a baby shouldn't stop moving towards the end of pregnancy. His kicks we're getting less and less. Once again I was induced due to reduced movement and they were concerned about how distressed Theo seemed inside me. I'll never forget the moment the midwife wispered, we've lost him in those final moments before Theo was born. Those moments waiting for him to cry were the longest, scariest moments of my life. I was lucky, Theo was thankfully okay, he'd just got his cord wrapped round his tiny body quite a few times, hence the lack of movement and distress. The midwife told me if I hadn't got his movement checked out we probably would have lost him. 

This charity helped me to know the facts about fetal movements and the money raised can ensure other mums know the facts and have the confidence to get their babies change in movement checked out. 

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