A FATHER of a miracle baby is 'overwhelmed' by the support of the community after raising thousands to support families going through miscarriages. 

Charlie and Lynette Bathgate organised an open-for-all family fun day at Dalton Cricket Club on Sunday, August 25.

Lynette gave birth to baby Faith after suffering the heartbreak of six miscarriages.

As a way of helping other families going through the same, the family raised money for charities Tommy's and Miscarriage Association to thank them for the support they received.

Despite the torrential weather, over 100 people attended the event and they were able to raise over £3,000 which will go directly to the charities.

"Considering the rain that we had and we could not play cricket which was one of the main things and we could not have the bouncy castle because of the weather it turned out to be a brilliant day," said Charlie.

"I'm overwhelmed, thankful and grateful to everybody who has donated money and to everybody who has given prizes and everybody who has given the time to attend the day as well.

"When I started planning it in January I wanted to raise £1,000 so to have raised over £3,000 is just absolutely overwhelming."

The couple have been trying to have a child for eight years.

Mr Bathgate said the couple had been 'very lucky' to welcome their daughter into the world in December.

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"My wife has polycystic ovaries so it was hard to get pregnant as well," he added.

"But every time we went to the fertility clinic in Manchester and saw the doctor it would give us hope. We would come out with hope every time that something would happen eventually.

"The last time we went they said we were getting to the point now where the next option was going to be full IVF.

"They also mentioned taking these injections. So my wife tried them and they worked the first time and she fell pregnant."

Mr and Mrs Bathgate, who were 41 and 42 at the time of the birth, decided to name their child Faith.

"We kept the faith," said Mr Bathgate. "We always had faith it would happen eventually so we called her Faith."