Charlie Mae Stocking Fundraiser

Turning Fear into Hope for Moms & Babies Around the World

Every year, mothers and babies around the world face a rare, life threatening condition called HDFN; when a mother’s blood creates antibodies that attack her baby’s red blood cells. With the right care, babies survive HDFN and thrive. Without it, the outcomes can be devastating.

That’s where the Allo Hope Foundation (AHF) comes in. AHF provides education, specialist referrals, global access initiatives, and research so that mothers and babies receive the lifesaving care and support they need during their HDFN diagnosis.

This Giving Tuesday and throughout the Holiday season, we are raising money for AHF to honor Charlie’s battle with HDFN and to help protect other babies from preventable harm. Please join me in sharing hope with those who need it most by contributing to Charlie's Stocking Fundraiser.

Your donation today helps:

• Put a support booklet in the hands of a newly diagnosed mother so she can advocate for her baby

• Fund a blood-type test or Rh immunoglobulin dose for a mother in a low resource country.

• Connect a family with a maternal–fetal specialist experienced in HDFN.

• Advance research and education to prevent stillbirths and infant deaths caused by alloimmunization and HDFN.

This is our second journey with HDFN. Our first was with our son Hayes. We were completely in the dark and had no idea what we were facing. We were very fortunate to have not needed much intervention with him other than phototherapy in the NICU for 7 days. He is now a healthy and thriving 2 year old. We thankfully felt pretty well taken care of with MFM but we realized our follow up care was basically non existent. We had to really educate ourselves which is when we found Allo Hope. We are now in our 2nd trimester with our second HDFN baby (Charlie). We are already starting Doppler scans and are looking at giving baby a transfusion in the near future. This fundraiser is one we hold near and dear to our hearts because we know there’s so much that goes into this diagnosis and there’s still so much room for growth and improvement when it comes to the care provided for HDFN families. 

Thank you for helping us honor Charlie Mae and for standing with families facing HDFN around the world. Your generosity brings education, treatment, and hope to those who need it most.

From our family to yours, we wish you a beautiful and peaceful holiday season.

Learn more about The Allo Hope Foundation here: https://allohopefoundation.org