Steph’s fundraising story: Step Up 2025
In 2024, Steph experienced a miscarriage and a molar pregnancy. This year, she decided to join our Step Up challenge in memory of her two babies.
Together as a community Stepping Up for our babies is so special... the support and love from Miscarriage Association has been amazing and I'll be forever grateful for that 💙
I fell pregnant in May 2024 on our honeymoon. A dream we’ve always dreamt of. In July 2024 after surprising my parents on my mams 60th Birthday with our amazing news. 2 days later I suffered a miscarriage at 8 weeks.
We jumped all in and decided to try again and in September I fell pregnant again. It all happened so quick but that time it felt so different. My symptoms were different. As funny as it sounds I actually felt pregnant that time round. We had a reassurance scan at 8 weeks and it was beautiful to see and hear our babies heartbeat it was so special and something we will never forget.
Everything was going so smooth, I felt fine and the baby was fine but at 12 weeks I was at home alone and all of a sudden I felt so tired so lay down for a nap and when I woke up something wasn’t right. I froze. I didn’t know what to do. I was alone and I broke down. Rushed to hospital and that is when i was told our babies heartbeat had stopped alone without my husband there was the worst experience of my whole entire life.
That day broke me in two. A feeling I can only explain as a living nightmare. I had to undergo medical management, this was an experience i never want to go through again. Testing was done and we were told we’d suffered a Molar Pregnancy that time round. We had never heard of that type before but we were glad we actually got some answers.
2024 was a very heartbreaking year for us both. Losing two babies in such a short time wasn’t easy. The future now scares the hell out of us. I fear it could happen again but we won’t let it beat us. We will fight whatever it takes. We want nothing more than to be a family.
So I’m Stepping Up for our babies 💙
My Step Up journey so far has been motivational. Together as a community Stepping Up for our babies is so special. Fundraising for such an amazing association has been incredible. Currently I have raised £310. The generosity is so nice. Not just that all these ladies going through the same heartbreak and to see and read each other’s stories is so comforting. The support and love from Miscarriage Association has been amazing and I’ll be forever grateful for that 💙
