Wednesday 23rd June changed our life earlier than expected, I went into early labour & was cared for by the fantastic midwifes at Airedale until being blue lighted across to Bradford's Women & Baby unit at 11pm that night.

The next day at 8.25am I delivered our teeny weeny beautiful baby boy 15 weeks early weighing in at 1lb 6oz.

💙 Lucas Allan Stephen Simpson 💙

Since then Lucas has been cared for by the most amazing Consultants, Doctors & Nurses in the Neonatal unit.  We have had 5 blood transfusions and an infection along the way and its safe to say we have had our ups and downs but Lucas is an absolute fighter and it getting stronger and bigger every day 💙

Allan is doing the Great North run on Sunday 12th September and we would really love to help raise money for the unit to help towards the Big Appeal which is to extend the current family accommodation to ensure more parents can be near their babies.

We have also got a £30 mastabs voucher up for grabs, if you pay £5 and choose a time for Allan to run the half marathon the nearest person wins 🥳

Anything would be greatly appreciated 💙

We would also like to thank all our amazing family & friends for all your love, support & messages. Also the help we have had with Isaac, we love you.

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Helping families to be close to their babies while in hospital.Parents often have to travel long distances each day, sometimes for weeks or months at a time, just to visit their baby in hospital. Many families stay in hotel rooms or sleep on a chair at their child's bedside. This leads to exhaustion and increasing levels of anxiety and stress. One of the aims of the Big Appeal is to extend the current family accommodation to ensure more parents can be near their babies. We want to make sure parents have comfortable places to stay overnight while they are close to their child. With a place to rest away from the ward, parents are better equipped to support their child.How your donation can helpOur Neonatal Unit provides intensive treatment for pre-term and poorly babies. This is a specialist regional centre, caring for more than 500 of our tiniest patients each year. Your donations will help make this extension become a reality.