Please add Fund Number 4639 to any donations to ensure your donations go straight to The Forget Me Not Fund, supporting parents through baby loss in late pregnancy or a neonatal death.

This year, with a group of fellow bereaved parents, I am running the London Landmarks Half Marathon (LLHM) on 6th April. Running has been a saviour for me in recent years, but 2024 was a tough one when I sustained an ankle stress fracture and nerve damage and stopped all activity for 6 months, so this will get me back to some serious training!

I will be running in memory of our son, Benjamin, who was born on Valentines Day in 2019. He would have been 6 this year. Benjamin contracted a virus called CMV during my pregnancy, a virus I had never heard of before then. He lived for just 27 minutes, and those minutes and his life profoundly changed me and my family's life forever.

Although Benjamin didn't get to stay, he is in everything I do, and will forever be the missing piece of my beautiful family. I am so proud to raise money in his name, and particularly to help other parents who are going through the darkest days of their lives. Losing a child is one of the most devastating things anyone could go through. The Forget Me Not Fund was truly a lifeline for me, so any money we raise I know will directly support others going through this heartbreak.

Thank you so much for visiting my JustGiving page, your donation, no matter how big or small, means a huge amount to me. Laura x

Always for Benjamin x