26/05/2026
'YOU CAN'T SUPPORT OTHERS IF YOU ARE CRUMBLING INSIDE'
A detective inspector is currently on track to run 100km in May, raising funds for a baby loss charity, having experienced two miscarriages himself.
Richard ‘Reggie’ George, who has been serving with South Wales Police for 22 years, is taking on the challenge for Sands, a national charity that supports families who have experienced baby loss.
His fundraising efforts come after he and his wife, Sarah, experienced two miscarriages, not long after they married.
“At the time, I was 25,” recalled Reggie, who is now 45. He added: “You get that positive pregnancy test and you don’t think about anything else. You can’t even prepare yourself for someone telling you the baby hasn’t developed.”
At their 10-week scan, there was no heartbeat.
“Sarah was distraught, and I think I was just numb,” he says. “Our parents – the baby’s grandparents – were devastated too.”
The support, he remembers, centred almost entirely around his wife – understandably so – but little attention was given to how he was coping.
“I think men can be forgotten about sometimes, following a miscarriage,” continued Reggie.
“Even for me, because I wasn’t physically experiencing the miscarriage, Sarah was the priority. You feel completely helpless. What can you say to make it better?
“I went back to work the next day, I just cracked on with it.”
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