I’ve chosen to fundraise for Bliss because there are more than 100,000 babies born needing neonatal care every year and I want to make a difference to them. Every donation that’s made to this page brings Bliss closer to ensuring that every baby born premature or sick in the UK has the best chance of survival and quality of life. Bliss does that by supporting parents to care for their babies, campaigning for better

Oscar had spent 100 days under the Queen Charlotte and Chelsea NICU his due date was 21^st March 2019 

This is our story.  We decided to start a family and had to embark on an IVF
journey to make this possible.  We felt incredibly blessed when we found out in May 2015 that we were pregnant on our first attempt.  We couldn’t have been happier as we were doubly blessed with twins! Happiness stole our hearts, we got engaged and then our world took the worse tumble possible.  

Our worst nightmare became reality when we were told at the hospital that there was nothing that they could do to save our healthy girls. Our daughters Molly
and Maisy were sadly born too soon on Friday 28th August 2015 and instantly
became borrowed angels.  The 17 weeks and 3 days that we had our girls with us was the best gift that we could have asked for. We were lucky to see our beautiful girls wriggle around via scans.  Sadly this is all we got to see of them. They remain constantly in our thoughts and we have learnt that the smallest things take up the most room in your heart. 

We longed for a family together.  After almost 3 years since we lost the girls
our dreams of being pregnant with our rainbow baby came true.  We couldn’t believe it.  We were blessed with twins again!  Sadly one was not strong enough and we lost one at 8 weeks.  A complicated pregnancy meant that our rainbow baby was born very early at 25 weeks on 6^th December 2018 weighing only 740g– he was not due till March 21^st 2019.  Oscar our ‘champion warrior’ is being incredibly well looked after on the Neo Natal Unit by very dedicated and caring nurses.  We have our miracle and pray every day that he grows stronger and stronger and we will bring him home happy and healthy when he is ready to do so. We are incredibly grateful for the amazing charity BLISS whose research make it possible for families to bring home babies born too soon, too sick or too small.  

Below link to Article in the evening standard

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/pioneering-initiative-encouraging-handson-care-from-parents-helps-premature-babies-thrive-a4080056.html

Oscar Mahoney, born on December 6 weighing 740g, is described by parents Jo and Leo, from Northolt, as a “miracle”. 

They lost twins Molly and Maisy during a pregnancy in 2015, and Oscar’s twin brother died in the womb. Teacher Mrs Mahoney, 38, nearly died during both pregnancies and refused medical advice to abort Oscar amid fears he had been damaged. 

“I had my hands in the incubator and remember picking him up,” she said. “I remember crying happy tears. It’s a really surreal feeling … you have to say good night to your baby every day. 

"That is the hardest part, leaving … They’re so tiny you don’t
really want to touch them because you think you are going to break them.”