I am running the Cambridge Half Marathon for Petals, the baby loss counselling charity. They provide specialist counselling for women, men and couples who have suffered the devastating loss of a pregnancy or death of a baby.

They provided me with group counseling following our Termination for Medical Reasons (TFMR) of our baby at 13 weeks in August 2022. I was not eligible for 1to1 counselling but they didn't just leave me and I will be forever grateful for the help the gave me at one of the hardest times of my life.

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.

Petals delivers hundreds of counselling sessions every month. Each session costs Petals £80, I would like my sponsorship to fund as many sessions as possible, so many more parents can be supported. So every donation counts!

🌸£20 will contribute towards one counselling session for a bereaved family.

🌸£80 will fund one specialist counselling session for a bereaved family.

🌸£500 will fund a full counselling package for a bereaved family.

I want to use this fundraising and this run to highlight and continue the incredible work they are doing for parents and those affected by baby loss and share my story so that others feel they can keep going at a time of such pain and grief.