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I’m taking part in Sands Ribbon Run this Baby Loss Awareness Week 9-15 October.

Our beautiful daughter Lillian McDermott Thorburn was born sleeping at 20+6 weeks on 10th August 2024 at 00:32 hours; too precious for the world.

She had 10 tiny fingers, 10 teeny toes. And she had inherited her mummy's nose!

Lillian was beautiful; just absolutely perfect.

On Saturday 20th July our lives changed forever when a private scan at 17+6 showed Lily to have excess fluid at her head and abdomen. On Monday 22nd July our care was moved under the Fetal Medicine Department at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. A scan confirmed that Lily had Hydrops Fetalis and we underwent an amniocentesis for genetic testing.

Lillian was born at peace on Saturday 10th August.

Lily will always be a part of our family and forever in our hearts. She will always be my first child, my first daughter, my angel.

Support me as I take on 6km around Strathclyde Park in support of Sands, helping them to continue to build a world where more babies survive and more families receive the happy ending they deserve.

Ribbon Run is a sponsored run, walk or jog where thousands of people come together to remember their babies and raise funds for Sands. It’s free to sign up and it’s up to you how you take part. You can run it, walk it, push it, or jog it; alone or with friends and family.

By sponsoring me, you are helping Sands break the silence around baby loss and to continue to save babies’ lives.

£3 - could provide a Sands birth certificate for a baby whose birth cannot be registered through a register office.

£10 - could provide a hand and footprint kit to help create memories.

£20 - could provide a bereaved family with a memory box to help create and keep safe precious and lasting memories of their baby.

£35 - could answer a call from someone reaching out for support who has been through pregnancy loss or the death of a baby.

£100 - could help ensure every hospital in the UK has a dedicated Sands volunteer to help healthcare professionals access our training, guidance and support.

Thank you,

Kirsty

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