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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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I am not just a 1 in 4 statistic. My babies existed.
Saturday 17th Feb No one prepared me when I fell pregnant for the first time and laid there waiting to see my baby on the screen for the words “There’s no baby, are you sure you’re pregnant?” To this day those words still haunt me. To have your body cradle this beautiful little gift for 12 weeks only to be told you’ve had a missed miscarriage. To be given drugs to force my body into labor to expel the little baby that for 12 weeks I had been imagining growing and picking names for. Only to be told it never grew passed 3 weeks. Heartbreaking isn’t the word.When I fell pregnant the 2nd time they kept a closer eye on me. We made it to 6/7 weeks and I saw the tiny flutter of a heartbeat. I wish I could say that was the happily ever after, but a week went by and I started bleeding. The hospital said it was “old” blood and sent me home with the instruction that if the pain got worse and the bleeding didn’t stop I was to come back. 1hour later I was back in hospital where they told me I was losing my baby.
Both my babies were lost too soon to be registered, there is no memorial or grave and neither got chance to be named but this doesn’t mean they were not loved. This does not mean they will ever be forgotten. 27th April and 14th February were their due dates as their mother I will never forget because no matter how brief their existence in this world was they were loved.
So this March I am doing the 100km for my 2 Angels and to show my support for the families that are 1 in 4
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