By Teresa and James Steele, Mummy and Daddy to Monica Grace
On March 29th 2010 myself and my Husband James went to see our midwife for a routine appointment. After the midwife had took a blood pressure reading and checked my urine she had a very worried look on her face and told us we needed to get to GWH in Swindon ASAP. On arriving at GWH we went straight to day assessment and it was then we found out that I had severe pre-eclampsia. It was two hours later that I received a Doppler scan and during the scan the sonographer left the room briefly, on her return she came back with the consultant and the midwife who then broke the devastating news to us that our baby had died.
My life was also then in the balance as my blood pressure had gone even higher. I was then on the verge of going into full blown eclampsia. They then had to stabilise me, which took a couple of days, in the mean time they started the induction process for me to deliver our baby. Our beautiful daughter Monica Grace was stillborn on Wednesday 31st March. During our loss we were given a memory box from Swindon Sands. This memory box means more to us than words can ever explain. This made us determined to raise awareness and funds for Swindon Sands to help other parents going through the same situation.
We are both members of the Moonrakers MCC motorcycle club and due to our proposals the club have been able to secure two donations to Swindon Sands. The loss of our daughter devastated us, our family and friends. My Father had his 60th birthday on the 26th June this year. We arranged a 60th birthday party 70's themed disco for him at the Wyvern club in Devizes. My father decided that he did not wish to receive cards or presents and instead requested donations to Swindon Sands. Thanks to the generosity of family and friends we were able to raise another £950 for the group.
