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MY STORY:

I’m Abby, a Mummy to Three beautiful boys 💙 and Two Angel Babies 🤍

I am joining in on the running 2km a day for the month of February to raise funds for Sands, a charity very close to my heart. Unfortunately in October 2018 I had the heartbreaking news of being told our first little baby’s heart had stopped beating, my heart shattered into pieces. I had found myself in a place where I had felt “why me?” “What did I do wrong?”. I found strength in talking about our little baby, and with doing so I didn’t feel so alone, I was so surprised to realise how many people I knew that had experienced the same but as it’s nearly “taboo” I had no clue.

I have since been blessed with three beautiful boys Kai, Rox & Rio. Kai is 5, Rox is 2 and Rio is 5months. The chaos is real but I wouldn’t change it. Boy mum mode well and truly activated.

At 3months postpartum to having Rio my third little boy, we were overjoyed to discover I was pregnant again. I was taken to have a scan to see how far along I was to discover I was already 8 weeks pregnant and the baby had to perfect little heartbeat which I was so grateful to see. Fast forward to Boxing Day 2025, I knew something wasn’t right, I went to the hospital to discover at 12weeks pregnant our little baby’s heart had stopped beating. My heart broke into a million pieces. With being 12weeks, we had told family, friends and our precious little boys who were so full of excitement, telling everyone “mummy has another baby in her belly”.

Having to explain the heartbreaking news to your children especially our eldest was very difficult - trying to explain in a way that they understand.

I will always speak about our Two little Angels Babies, they were loved and wanted so very much. We will forever have a lifetime of wondering if you would look like mummy or daddy and what your little voice would have sounded like.

So in memory of our little babies, please if you can spare a few pounds and support me on my journey with this challenge. I hope with this as a goal it will help with the griefing.

Thank you all so much 🤍