In April 2026, we’ll be running the London Landmarks Half Marathon together! The farthest either of us has run is 10k, so this will be a huge challenge, but doing this for Petals is all the motivation we need.

In January 2025, at a gender scan for our second pregnancy, we discovered that our baby wasn’t well. After a lot of tests, consultations, and stress, baby Ivy was diagnosed with a severe case of Joubert syndrome, which meant she was highly unlikely to survive beyond birth. This is a rare and often lethal genetic disorder that it turns out we’re both carriers of, and means that any future pregnancies have a 25% chance of running into the same issue.

Based on this, we had to make the impossible decision to end the pregnancy for medical reasons at 20 weeks and have since chosen not to try for any more children. In the weeks and months that followed, the counselling we received from Petals was so important in helping us process everything and move forward.

We want to help raise money for Petals so that they can continue to support other families going through similar challenges, so thank you so much in advance for donating whatever you can. It really will make a massive difference.

Bex & Rob x