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I’m ready to brave the heights for charity?

Together with the Lloyd’s team, I have committed to participate in the Lloyd’s charity abseil event on the 27th of June. We will be descending the iconic Lloyd’s building to generate funds for various UK charities. I have personally chosen to support the Miscarriage Association with the funds I raise.

Over the years, Lloyd’s has seen a select few individuals abseil down its walls either in aid of charities or to film an episode of the BBC’s Climbing Great Buildings. The Lloyd’s building on Lime Street in London is 88 metres (289 ft) high to the roof and it has 14 floors.

My story - Why did I choose the Miscarriage Association?

During 2013/14, my wife Amanda and I sadly experienced 3 heart-breaking recurrent miscarriages!

The first was an experience we will never forget! Going into the first important scan at 12 weeks, we couldn’t wait to see our little heartbeat on the screen, full of excitement and smiles. To then not see that recognisable image, and only that of concern on the face of the sonographer, was heart-breaking. We had been told that we experienced a ‘missed miscarriage’.

The feeling of disbelief, shock and numbness was overwhelming, and one we still remember to this day.

Obviously, we wanted some answers, but there weren’t any. We just had to mentally, and for Amanda physically recover, and see what the future brings.

We soon had some good news and were pregnant again. Due to miscarrying previously, and age not being a luxury we had (Amanda was 43), we were being monitored by the Early Pregnancy Unit at our local hospital. Unfortunately, 14 weeks into the pregnancy we suffered our 2nd tragic miscarriage.

After a time of recovering and acceptance of the situation, and being referred to our brilliant hospital consultant, we found ourselves pregnant for a third time.

With monitoring and observation by the experts, we felt positive about this pregnancy.

How wrong was we to feel that!......Sadly, we had a 3rd miscarriage!

As you can imagine Amanda and I were absolutely devastated after the 3rd, we felt like our whole world was full of grief which had fallen apart. With time running out for us, we was beginning to wonder if we were ever going to be blessed with a child to love and cherish.

Well, miracle's do/can happen, ours arrived on Monday 22nd February 2016 at 10:09 in our beautiful healthy daughter Ava! She is our world, who we love and adore with every beat of our hearts, and who completes us as a family. We are so grateful and thankful that we were lucky!

We had great guidance from our consultant and hospital staff, as well as love and support for each other and from our families, but not all couples are as fortunate. Raising money and awareness for the Miscarriage Association enables this wonderful charity to provide such support, and important information to those who experience the sadness of miscarriage, whilst also researching the prevention of miscarriage to help many couples avoid what we and other couples have been through.

I am doing charity work, in memory for our 3 babies that we lost and never got to meet, and for our precious miracle rainbow baby Ava, who we are so blessed to have in our lives.

Please can you sponsor me to support this wonderful charity and all the couples that need its support.

Thanks from the bottom of my heart

Ian

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