This February will be 5 years since Noah was born. To mark his half decade and to keep me motivated to get out walking in the dark, rain and cold this winter I am taking on the Race to the South Pole Virtual Challenge in support of Petals the baby loss counselling charity.

They provide a specialist counselling service for women, men and couples who have suffered the devastating loss of a pregnancy or death of a baby. A counsellor from Petals helped Chris and I after we lost Noah and they have continued to offer me support whenever I have reached out to them since.

It is a sad reality that in the UK, 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage, 1 in 200 babies will be stillborn every year, over 5000 pregnancies will be terminated for medical reasons each year and 24 babies die shortly after birth every single week. If you haven't been affected yourself, there will be more than one person in your connections who have.

Since Petals began its incredible work, thousands of couples have been supported by their counsellors and in the last 12 months alone they have delivered over 5,500 counselling sessions.

By supporting this challenge, you will be helping Petals to deliver more vital counselling sessions to bereaved parents when they need it the most.