Suzanne Luscombe

Suzanne & Ross's page

Fundraising for The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust
£1,350
raised of £500 target
by 60 supporters
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Event: EPT80in1 Challenge, from 1 January 2022 to 1 October 2022
Participants: Ross Luscombe
EPT80in1
Campaign by The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust (RCN 1071811)
We are inviting our supporters to run/walk 80 miles during August. This is because around 1 in 80 pregnancies are ectopic. Raising funds and awareness is crucial to enable us to continue to help those people, thank you for your generous support.

Story

Ectopic pregnancy is a common, occasionally life-threatening condition that affects around 1 in 80 pregnancies. For us it happen twice and both times I could have died.

During the month of August, Ross and I have committed to doing 80 miles each, to raise money for this amazing charity who support families, going through the same life changing situation as we did. Most people are unaware of the signs and symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy or what one really is, we want to help fund a charity that raises awareness which in turn, could save so many more life's.

In 2019 Ross and I experienced 4 pregnancies losses in the space of 6 months. 2 were miscarriages but 2 were near fatal ectopic's, both requiring life saving, emergency surgery and resulted in the loss of both my fallopian tubes. At the age of 33 I was left infertile with no other option but to go through IVF, if we wanted to conceive again.

This experience has not been easy to deal with, not only for ourselves but also our close friends and family. We were not offered any help or support but instead left to muddle through the next near on 3 years of our life, including PTSD and mental break downs.

We are very blessed to have Lottie aged 4 and our son Harry, who is 1. We were very lucky to be able to self fund IVF and for it be successful but others have lost their life's or not been able to have IVF.

We never want anyone to go through what we did, as much as it cant be helped, awareness and early intervention can be offered and support given which is what we were never given. Its now our time to give back and raise money to help others. Any donations that you can spare would be absolutely amazing.

All our love Suz, Ross, Lottie and Harry xx 



About the campaign

We are inviting our supporters to run/walk 80 miles during August. This is because around 1 in 80 pregnancies are ectopic. Raising funds and awareness is crucial to enable us to continue to help those people, thank you for your generous support.

About the charity

The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust

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RCN 1071811
Raising awareness and supporting through physical & emotional trauma that threatens the lives of 1 in 80 women, is the leading cause of death in early pregnancy & often damages fertility. We supply hospitals with leaflets, receive 1m website hits, 10,000 email & forum messages & 2000 calls yearly.

Donation summary

Total raised
£1,349.74
+ £233.75 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,349.74
Offline donations
£0.00

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