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Tom and I are taking on the 2026 London marathon in April and we will be raising money for the charity ‘Elsie’s Moon’ (https://www.elsiesmoon.co.uk).

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Elsie’s Moon is a wonderful charity that supports families when ‘pregnancy doesn’t go to plan’. Sadly, we have friends who have suffered the loss of babies in pregnancy and at birth, and we are no strangers to this pain. Elsie’s Moon helps with memory boxes, counselling, support groups and support packages. They provided us with a support package when we lost Freya’s twin.

In February 2020, we were overjoyed to find out that we were pregnant. The Covid-19 pandemic hit and things rapidly changed. We booked a private scan, when I was around 10 weeks pregnant, and found out that we were expecting identical twins!

Due to the pandemic, I had to attend my NHS dating scan alone. I won’t go into too much detail about our story. However, I found out that one of the twins had stopped growing and no longer had a heartbeat. Tom couldn’t be with me due to the restrictions.

Elsie’s Moon provided comfort in the memory box they kindly sent, and I still treasure the two knitted crochet hearts from the box.

Fast forward to October 2020, and our beautiful Freya was born. Freya is our inspiration and focus. We will be thinking of making her proud when we cross that finish line (no doubt with painful toes and feet!) in April.

Thank you for reading about our charity and story, any donations are gratefully received.

Lots of love,

Steph and Tom

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