On Sunday 3rd April I'll be running 26.2 miles in the Manchester Marathon. It's my first marathon and I've run over 300 miles in training over the past few months through snow, hail, wind and rain and on dark mornings before work.

Our son Robbie is now 13 months old, but without amazing care from the Manchester Fetal Medicine Unit he would not have survived to be born as he suffered from severe rhesus disease. We are forever grateful to the outstanding team at the Unit and the Children's Hospital, as well as to the anonymous blood donors who donated the lifesaving blood for his many transfusions, both in the womb and for the first months of his life. 

I'd be really grateful for any donation you are able to make to allow the Fetal Medicine unit to continue to support families like ours going through the darkest time in their lives.