My activity tracking
125
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My target 100 kms
This November I’m taking on the Premmie Marathon Challenge in honour of our daughter, Martina — and to give hope to all the tiny fighters like her.
I’ll be clocking up my kms in the Premmie Marathon Challenge to raise funds for life-saving neonatal equipment that gives critically ill and premature babies a better chance of survival.
Our daughter Martina was born at just 32 weeks, weighing 1.789 kg. I had been hospitalised since week 28 after my waters broke, and every single extra day she stayed in my belly made a huge difference for her development. After she was born, we spent two long months in hospital — one of them under the “hospital in the home” program — watching her fight every day like a true little warrior.
It was an incredibly tough journey. My husband and I are both from Spain and have no family in Australia, so we went through the entire experience on our own. It wasn’t easy, but it made us stronger than ever — together, we felt invincible.
Today, Martina is a happy, healthy, and cheeky baby, always smiling and full of energy. We’ll celebrate her first birthday this November — something that felt almost impossible a year ago.
We’ll always be deeply grateful to the amazing doctors, nurses, and midwives at the Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick, especially those in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit, for their professionalism, compassion, and care during the hardest days of our lives.
Knowing how costly neonatal care is, we want to give back. Thanks to the generosity of donors before us, Martina had access to the equipment and medical support that helped her survive and thrive. Now, through this challenge, we hope to help other babies who are fighting the same battle.
If you can, please make a tax-deductible donation to support this cause. Every kilometre we run — and every dollar you donate — helps save lives.
Thank you to my donors
$132.93
Nicolas
$128.88
Esteban Rivero Serrano
Por todos los pequeños guerreros. Eres una super mamá!
$128.88
Generous Supporters
Your donation has been matched by Generous Supporters, DOUBLING your IMPACT for premature babies.
$106.12
Enrique Rs
$100
Estban Rivero Serrano
$100
Generous Supporters
Your donation has been matched by Generous Supporters, DOUBLING your IMPACT for premature babies.
$70
Azahara Palomino
Para ayudar a estos pequeñ@s héroes luchadores que tanto nos enseñan desde que comienzan su vida 💪🏻
$64.67
Mc. Gimon
MC. GIMON PARA AYUDAR A ESES BEBES PREMATIROS.
$64.67
Esteban Rivero
Para todos los niños que tienen prisa por nacer.
$64.67
Loli Serrano
TODO ES POCO PARA LOS PEQUEÑINES
$64.67
Isidoro Rodrigo Martin
EN HONOR A NUESTRA NIETA MARTINA, QUEREMOS AYUDAR A TODOS ESOS PEQUEÑOS GUERREROS.
$64.67
Paula Rojas
really proud of what you’re doing! happy to help you out with this awesome cause. You’ve got this! 💪🏼
$64.67
Carlina Maldonado
Enhorabuena!!
$64.67
Luis
$64.67
Bei W
Incredible journey and awesome cause!
$64.67
Goretti Marichalar
❤️❤️❤️❤️
$64.67
Lorena Garcia
Para esa guerrerila 🥰 y todos los que vengan ❤️
$64.67
Generous Supporters
Your donation has been matched by Generous Supporters, DOUBLING your IMPACT for premature babies.
$64.67
Marta Crespo Del Campo
Un abrazo!!
$63.23
Nicolas Robles
Os queremos, familia Robles Riesco ;)
$63.23
Amaia & Alberto
$63.23
Barbara Rodrigo Gimon
We’ll always be grateful for the care and compassion that helped our daughter, Martina, during her first fragile weeks of life. This donation is a small way to give back and to help other premmie babies get the same chance to survive and thrive.
$60
Anonymous
$54.12
Ana & David
Sois los mejores! Super mami Barbi! :)
$52.92
Bel S
$52.92
Bel S
Well done on achieving your ambitious 100km target!!
$45.65
Stefanie Cupac
So proud of you babe!! X
$45.65
Catalina Matus
❤️❤️
$45.65
Isabel Lopez
$45.65
Generous Supporters
Your donation has been matched by Generous Supporters, DOUBLING your IMPACT for premature babies.
$45.65
Emily Monkhouse
Huge achievement for such an incredible and important cause!
$45.65
Marina Sánchez Marcos
🫶🏻❤️🫶🏻❤️
$45.65
Stef King
<3
$45.65
Ana Ibanez
Para todos es@s "pequeñitos de tamaño" pero GIGANTES de fuerza y LLENOS de vida! ♥️ Unos guerrer@s! 💪🏾💞
$45.65
Maria Paramo
👏🥰💪
$45.65
Sarah Farache
You are amazing Barbara !! Beautiful to see you supporting this amazing cause.
$45.65
Haidee Brown
You are so strong and amazing! Xx
$45.65
Sofia Grillo
Hi Barbara! I was in Sidney with you in 2014, attending the english class at the beginning of your adventure in Australia . Welcome to your little baby, I’m sorry for what you’ve been trough.. I’m sensitive to this kind of thing as I have an 8 month baby boy, Who was born very little and stayed in the neonatal care too. Take care, a hug from Italy :)
$42
Sophie Parsons
All the best Barbi! Martina is lucky to have you as her mama xxx
$42
Mar Salamanca Polo
$38.33
A. Gimon
A. GIMON AYUDAR A TODOS LOS PEQUEÑOS GUERREROS.
$35.50
Adrian Gonzalez
Don’t forget that you are the strongest heroes your daughter could ever have. Every time you walked into the NICU, every look you shared through the glass of the incubator, all of it was building the most powerful bond in the world. You are an inspiration.
$35
Laura Y Andrés
Enhorabuena por el objetivo conseguido!! Y por los km que ya casi tienes!! Te queremos Martina!!
$34.92
Julieta Piedrabuena
Mucha fuerza! 💖💖
$33.15
Dani Y Jano
Mucho ánimo, te queremos
$30
Marta Fredes
A ayudar a esos pequeños guerreros ♡♡♡
$27.81
Carmen Monsalve
¡CAMPEONAS! LOV U THREE
$22.58
Eva Del Rio
A por todas! Y a ayudar a esos bebitos :)
$22.58
Lu Gonzalez Armendariz
$22.58
Lu Gonzalez Armendariz
$22.58
Rhianne
$22.58
Grace Wichlinski
What an incredible journey! Martina is such little fighter and couldn’t have done it without her beautiful, strong and loving parents!
$22.58
Laura Alban
$22.58
Viyanna Leo
Well done! Such an incredibly worthwhile cause. My Leo was in NICU at birth, I know how hard it is xox
$22.10
Anonymous
$22.10
Claudia G
¡Por todos los bebitos que se merecen lo mejor!
$20
Lucy
This is a very worthwhile cause so thank you for drawing attention to it.
$20
Anonymous
¡Sois unos luchadores! Disfrutad de la bonita familia que habéis creado.
$20
Anonymous
Os queremos!
$15
Anonymous
No es mucho pero un poquito para todos esos neonatos que son unos valientes!
$11.65
Anonymous
Sois unos campeones!
$11.65
Silvia Aguado Muñoz
Por esos pequeñines
$10
Anonymous
Por los babies
$10
