Couple raise £3,400 for care unit in memory of twins

BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST HAS THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS & FUNDRAISERS. EACH WEEK WE TELL THE STORY OF SOME OF ITS DEDICATED CHARITY CHAMPIONS...

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A BEREAVED couple, from Redditch, have raised more than £3,420 for Birmingham Women's Hospital Charity after organising a charity night in memory of their twin baby boys.

Georgina Agger-Haynes and her partner, Matt Clayton, held the event to raise funds for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Birmingham Women's Hospital, where their twin boys Oliver and Jacob both sadly passed away after they were born prematurely.

Georgina and Matt found out they were expecting twins when their son, Albie, was just three months old. After the initial shock of their happy surprise and coming to terms with the fact their family of four, including Matt's 10-year-old son, Luke, was about to become six, Georgina settled into what she hoped would be a straightforward pregnancy.

Everything was going well until at 23 weeks pregnant, she started bleeding. Doctors at her local hospital reassured her that everything was fine but less than two weeks later, she started having contractions. At just 25 weeks pregnant, Georgina knew her babies wouldn't be ready to be born yet and rushed back to the hospital.