'The world seemed to stop.'
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The pair had a private 12-week scan, where they found out they were having a boy. They had a gender reveal party with friends and family, where blue confetti announced that they’d be welcoming a son. On the morning of October 15, 2021, Hayley was visited by a community midwife, who told her that she should have ‘no concerns’ about her upcoming labour.But just an hour later, Hayley was sat at her dressing table, about to put her makeup on, when she felt a ‘popping’. She looked down, expecting to see her waters had broken, but instead, saw blood.
‘I recall Reece shouting “no” repeatedly, but I stayed silent,’ says Hayley. ‘The world seemed to stop, and I felt like I was watching myself on TV.‘I was numb from shock but was quickly taken to labour.’ Ollie was born two hours later. Hayley was also able to get some answers as to why Ollie was stillborn. ‘We later learned that my placenta was on the 10th centile and also had notches, which increases foetal and maternal mortality by up to 35%,’ she says. ‘If I had been offered early delivery, or even a simple Doppler scan, Ollie would have been alive today.’
Hayley is looking forward to representing hundreds of parents who have suffered a similar fate to her own on race-day. She says: ‘I plan to run the race carrying a big rainbow flag behind me, which has the names of hundreds of babies we’ve lost written on it.
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