I am running the Lancashire Leg of Marathons for Miracles on 8th March & the Run 10k to raise 10k event on the 29th March to raise money to support those with broken hearts and empty arms.

My why:

In October 2023 my husband and I set out on our journey to expand our family. After 8 months we saw those two pink lines we'd been hoping for. What followed was an absolute rollercoaster of a 12-15 weeks before it was confirmed that I had misscarried my baby. After the best part of a year our ttc journey came to an end with both of us in tatters and unable to contemplate trying again.

By January 2025 I'd focused a little on my mental health, we'd found my husband a new job and I'd found getting back into running helpful. I'd reached couch 2 5k and was determined that wasn't going to be the end of my running journey. I needing running in my life.

In January 2025 I signed up to the first Run 10k to Raise 10k event simply to keep running. What followed was that I found the absolute best cheer squad I could have imagined.

Laura, Bex & Sanaa clearly paid attention to my posts in the group chat and by March they reached out and offered me a free place on the baby loss support course. I'd have never signed up to this course myself. I'd seen the course advertised and I'd never even considered it a fit for me. I didnt recognise that I needed it or that it would be useful. Blown away by the kindest of gestures I accepted the place.

I needed that course more than I could have ever imagined. That course was where I stopped sweeping everything from the previous 4 years under the carpet & realised that my story and I was worthy of help & support. I realised that I needed to process everything that had happened and stop hiding behind being busy and doing.

Before TWGGER took me under there wing & surrounded me with endless help support and education I genuinely didn't feel like my journey ticked enough boxes to need the resources they and other fertility specialist they work with provide. I thought that because my journey didn't tick any boxes on the NHS checklist for further support, help & investigation that it wasn't needed.

I was sat looking back on a series of traumatic events spanning 4 years. A series of dramatic events that I couldn't see for myself that I needed to process and under played because my experience "didnt seem that bad" in comparison. I needed the Worst Girl Gang Ever for that & for that I will be eternally grateful.

So thats my why that's why I'm running because I want to spread awareness of this wonderful charity and all they do because people like me need to find them and get the help & support they need.

People out there totally deserving of all there love and support need to be scooped up and hugged tightly by TWGGE and there members and if just one or two people find them because of my story it will be more than worth it to me.

Oh and because I'm a sucker for these challenges that Bex throws out there now & I want to spread awareness of the charity n I never stopped being busy & doing too much at once I'm also running the Lancashire Leg of Marathons for Miracles because why wouldn't I use that as a fabulous opportunity to spread awareness far and wide.