For as long as she could remember, the one thing Kate Crussell wanted in life was to be married and have children, so when she and husband Rob discovered they were expecting, they couldn't have been happier.
At 39 weeks, and after a textbook pregnancy, it seemed that nothing could go wrong.
But after feeling unwell and going to hospital, Kate was diagnosed with severe pre-eclampsia - and for her sake and the baby's an emergency caesarean was necessary.
Baby Theo had to be resuscitated for a long time until he could breathe for himself.
Kate then had her first chance to cuddle him at around 5 hours old.
She said, "He managed to live for 44 beautiful hours, where we got the opportunity to change him, bathe him and see his ridiculously long toes, and to spend some time with immediate family meeting and saying goodbye to our baby," "I'd heard of pre-eclampsia," says Kate, "but I didn't think it was very serious.
I thought it was another pregnancy condition like many others - and the symptoms are all those in common in any pregnancy.
It's not until something happens that you do the research," "I would say to women that if you have any niggle, anything you feel is not quite right, just ring up - go and get checked out for peace of mind.
You might feel that you don't want to waste people's time if it's nothing, but the hospital staff are more than happy to see you with any problem and reassure you - they're all really really lovely," The couple have since spent a lot of time raising awareness of the condition and Rob took part in the London marathon with some friends and they raised £17,000 for the charity Action on Pre-eclampsia!
To say thank you for the care that they received at Northampton General Hospital and continue to receive, they set up a Just Giving page for people to donate to.
With the money that was raised the midwives were able to buy a cuddle cot for the ward.
[caption id="attachment_1269" align="aligncenter" width="980"] Candy Baker, Rob, Kate, Rachael Moss and Rachel Surl[/caption] This is the first cuddle cot the hospital has and is used when a baby has passed away.
It cools the body and allows the family to spend precious time with their baby.
"The care at the hospital is amazing," says Kate.
"They looked after us incredibly well.
We're still in touch with one of the midwives who looked after us, and the two Rachels.
"Their job must be really tough," says Rob, "to see people at the worst time of their lives," Kate agrees "They know the right things to say...they even arranged for someone from the registry office to come in to register the death because I was still unwell in hospital a week later.
They went to the funeral - it's all part of the support," Happily, Kate is now pregnant again, although she says that things feel very different this time.
"Last time I was very excited, very keen to buy things and get everything ready...but this time you know things could happen." For more information about their campaign, visit Rob and Kate's website 4theo.co.uk, also on twitter @4TheoA and Facebook 4TheoA UPDATE: We are very happy to announce the birth of baby Elsie on the 28th December 2016!!
Massive congratulations to Rob and Kate!