Taking part in the EPT1000 Challenge Covering 1000 miles or a 1000 km within 12 months. Raising awareness and funds to enable the EPT to continue to provide information, education and support to those affected by early pregnancy complications and to the health professionals who care for them.

Our story: 

We found out I was pregnant in January 2023 and we were nervous, scared but above all so excited. Two weeks later I started to bleed…not much but enough to call 111 who eventually said it could be due to my blood thinning medication that I was having to inject into my tummy or my body preparing to miscarry and to call my GP on Monday morning (in two days time) to book an early scan. The following day I was in quite a lot of pain so decided to not wait and instead moved the private scan I’d already booked for the following week, to that evening. The early scan showed blood in my womb and the staff called for an ambulance. After getting to the hospital and having lots of blood tests and assessments I was told that my pregnancy was ectopic and that I’d be staying in so I could have another scan in the morning to determine whether I’d need surgery to remove it. After my scan it was confirmed that I would need surgery as my baby was growing in my left fallopian tube and the tube had ruptured causing lots of internal bleeding. The surgery went as well it could but with it we lost our baby and I lost my fallopian tube. I returned home the next day to start healing which has gone well physically but mentally I know will take it’s time. The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust are playing a huge part in helping me through this and I can’t thank them enough.