A Glenrothes couple who lost their baby daughter have raised more than £10,000 a year after launching the charity Robyn Rocks.
Alison and Rob Askew endured the heartbreak of their daughter, Robyn, being stillborn at 27 weeks in December 2014.
The following February they set up the Robyn Rocks Facebook page to say thank you to the foetal medicine team who had helped them.
They have been raising money for the unit by selling necklaces through the page.
By the end of the first month, £229 had been raised for the team at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy led by Dr Graham Tydeman.
And in February this year, the campaign reached the £10,000 mark.
The unit will use the money to buy resources not covered by NHS funding.
Mrs Askew said: “To reach this milestone of £10,000 in February and in time for Robyn Rocks’ first anniversary is just wonderful.
“The support we have received from friends, family, colleagues and complete strangers has been overwhelming since we started Robyn Rocks and we could not do this without their support.
“We are also thankful and will be forever grateful to Dr Tydeman and the team for the care myself, Rob and Robyn received from them.”
Quite early in Mrs Askew’s pregnancy, tests revealed Robyn had hypoplastic left heart syndrome, where the heart does not develop properly and is unable to pump blood normally around the body.
Robyn also suffered non-immune hydrops, which causes swelling and reduced her chances of survival.
Despite this, Mrs Askew never gave up hope her baby would be born alive.
Dr Tydeman added: “It would be an incredible achievement for anyone to raise so much in such a short time but given the experiences Alison and Rob have been through with Robyn, it makes it all the more remarkable.
“The money enables us to buy the kind of things that really make a difference for women and their families in difficult circumstances, but perhaps are not paid out of core NHS funding.
“Thanks so much Alison and Rob.”
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