Lucy's Story

The reason why I'm doing this is because after 4 long years of countless failed treatments, cycles of failed IVFs and many tears we thought our dream had finally come true when I became pregnant.

At the 3 month scan I was found to have internal abnormalities and they queried a condition called Partial H Molar Pregnancy and cancer cells. I remember it all becoming a bit of a blur when the Dr was telling me all about the condition and then the words chemotherapy and hysterectomy was also brought up. Thankfully the results came back negative but they continued to monitor me frequently at the John Radcliffe Hospital. At the 4 month scan they found that the baby had spina biffida with severe abnormalities and was told the heart-breaking news that the baby was unlikely to survive.

On the 11th April 2014 after 36 hours in labour Henry Milligan was born asleep at the John Radcliffe Hospital.

Charities

I will be doing the Abseil predominantly for the JR Ashfield fund with a donation to Cancer Research, SANDs (Still birth and Neonatal death charity) and spina biffida.

The JR Ashfield fund helps fund two specialist bereavement suites and the training of staff to give specialist care to families who have suffered a late pregnancy loss or a loss of a baby in first few days of life. I will never forget the support and compassion that the staff gave to us and the comfort of privacy and time the bereavement suite gave to us.

Whilst there I over heard the midwives talk about this event and its now my focus to get fit in time for it. I want to put aside my own fears. The midwives told me that bereavement suites are used at least twice a week by families suffering the same pain as we went through. I would like to be able to put some money towards giving the families the same support and comfort as we were given.