My Story

I’m running the 2024 London Marathon on Sunday 21 April and fundraising for APP. 

Action on Postpartum psychosis is the charity supporting and advocating for mums and families affected by postpartum psychosis (PP) – a severe but treatable mental illness that begins after giving birth.

I'm a total beginner, before my training I hadn't run further than 5km. In the summer I started with 'Couch to 5km' and now I'm following a TCS Beginners training programme.

When I got a ballot place in the marathon, I knew which cause I wanted to support.  

12 years ago, I hadn’t heard of postpartum psychosis.  Following the birth of my first daughter and ‘out of the blue,’ I experienced an episode of postpartum psychosis.  After the birth of my second daughter in 2014 I stayed well and had no recurrence of PP. 

Raising awareness about this illness is crucial to ensure timely intervention and support for the mums and families affected.  With your help we can support even more women and families affected by PP, break down stigma and raise awareness.  

Please donate x

You may also be interested to see this link to the recent Radio 4 Appeal and the amazing work of APP peer support cafe network.   

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xm04