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I’m walking 100km in March for families facing baby loss
I’ve committed to walking 100km in March for every much-loved baby sadly not here today.
Sands ensure that everyone affected by the loss of a baby gets the support they need and deserve when facing the toughest of times. They campaign for change, provide training for midwives and healthcare professionals, and support research so that fewer babies die and so that less families experience the tragedy of losing their baby. Anything you are able to donate means so much.
Thank you.
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Update from Adam
Friday 1st MarJust over a month ago Emily and I lost our baby boy in pregnancy, something that nothing could have prepared us for.
I got the news on my way home from work and met Em at the hospital to find out what was going to happen next. Two agonising days later and after the worst day of our lives we got the meet our little boy, hold him and spend the night with him. Something I will be forever grateful for.
I had heard the term miscarriage before but really I didn't have any idea what it meant. I didn't know that I would have to know whether i wanted a private funeral or whether I wanted a burial or a cremation for the beautiful boy I'd just met. I didn't know how to leave him there whilst we left to head back to our empty house. I didn't know how to deal with the numbed and heightened feelings and emotions we would experience at different times over the next few weeks. Its all been so surreal.
I found it really hard to talk to friends and family about anything else apart from what had happened. I knew I needed to find people that had been through the same experience so through curiousity I found the @sands mens Facebook group. Though I didn't actively participate I was so grateful to read other people's experiences and to see the support they were given by all of its members.
I feel so thankful that we've had eachother to help eachother through ongoing sadness and grief. We both feel like we need to be proactive about channeling our grief so this month we will be walking 100km together (I walk miles everyday for work but I won't cheat) for Sands in order to raise awareness for anybody else in our situation so that they know that there is support out there and also so that it can continue to provide help that we've so heavily relied on to others.
If you can, we would be so grateful if you were able to donate.
Thanks, Geeze
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