Because of you 2025

For those of you who know us, you know each year for Aubrey's birthday we do a fundraiser for Claire House Children's Hospice. Well, for his 3rd birthday, it's my turn. I'll be running the 2025 London Marathon!

For those of you who don't know us. In Dec 2021 we found out we were pregnant with our first baby and were over the moon. We fell in love with him from the minute we knew about him. However, we left our 12-week scan full of fear and anxiety after finding out he had hydrops and a cystic hygroma. We were told he had a high chance of dying but there was no clear answer to what was causing his struggles. After weeks of scans and tests, and still no answers I finally asked for help. We were sent to Claire House Children's Hospice. The support we accessed was everything we needed and came at the right time. Shortly after I went into labour and Aubrey was born at 24 weeks. We were blessed with 6 days with our boy before he died and Claire House staff have held us ever since.

The support we accessed was invaluable and allowed us to grieve our son whilst also managing the everyday life of baby loss. Things no parent ever plans for or wants to think about. We were also given well-being support in the form of alternative therapies and counselling. A big part of our support was memory-making. Thanks to Claire House we have keepsakes of Aubrey that we hold close to our hearts. By donating you'll be helping other families like ours access the same support in their darkest days. Baby loss is one of the scariest most isolating experiences of our lives and this special support will not only provide comfort and kindness but it will save lives.

Claire House Children’s Hospice also helps seriously & terminally ill children live life to the full, creating wonderful memories & bringing back a sense of normality to family life. Through specialist nursing & emotional support Claire House helps families smile when life couldn’t get any tougher.

Please donate and help me raise as much money as possible for families that are in need of this life-changing support.

If you'd like to know about my training and progress I'll be sharing my running journey on my Instagram

@strawberrymoonyoga and @run.with.mum

Thank you to everyone who support us. We hope you can feel Aubrey's love as we try our best to make him proud X