Pre-eclampsia and high blood pressure in pregnancy

Profiles - Women in the study

Abigail

Abigail was pregnant with her first daughter. She is an IT consultant.

Aileen

My name is Aileen; I am 40 years old and a nurse. I am married and have two children, one daughter aged 7 and one son aged 5. I identify as Filipino.

Amy

Amy is married with two children.

Angela

My name is Angela, I am 36 and a nurse. I am married and have one daughter. I identify as White British.

Betty

My name is Betty, I am 38 years old and a marketing manager. I am married and have one son. My ethnic background is Chinese.

Claire

My name is Claire; I am 39 years old and a call centre manager. My husband, Stewart, also took part in the Health Experience Insightsstudy about high blood pressure in pregnancy. We have one daughter, aged 6 months. I identify as White Scottish.

Dominie

My name is Dominie; I am 25 years old and a midwife. I am married and have one son. I identify as White British.

Elaine

Elaine is a nurse. She was pregnant with her first child.

Emma

My name is Emma, I am 38 years old and a scientist. I am married and have two sons, aged 4 and 1. I identify as White British.

Hanna

Hanna is married with two young children. She is Somalilander and works as an operations representative. Her daughter was born in 2012 and her son was born in 2013, both by caesarean section.

Helen X

Helen X is a physiotherapist. She has one son and lives with her partner. This was her first pregnancy. White Australian.

Helen Y

Helen is a hospital manager. This was her first pregnancy.

Ify

Ify was born in Nigeria and has lived in the UK for 8 years. She a nurse, married with three children.

Janine

Janine has one daughter aged 13 and a baby son. She is a homemaker and her partnerwho works as computer software engineer.

Josie

My name is Josie, I am 43 years old and runs a children’s bookselling business. I am married and have one son, aged 6. I identify as Mixed ethnicity.

Julie

Julie is a research and performance manager for a local authority. She is married with one daughter. White British.

Kat

Kat is a probation officer. This was her first pregnancy.

Kate

Kate is a teacher. This was her first pregnancy. She lives with her partner and son. White British.

Kay

My name is Kay, I am 42 years old and a bus driver. I have two daughters, aged 18 and 4. I identify as White British.

Kelly

Kelly has two children. She is a customer service officer, living with partner, who works as a forklift driver. Ethnic background: White British (English).

Komal

Komal was pregnant with her first daughter. She is married and was a physiotherapist in Pakistan before moving to the UK.

Linda

Linda is a recruitment consultant, married with one child.

Lyndsey

My name is Lyndsey, I am 39 years old. I am married and have one son, aged 5. I identify as White British.

Mairi

My name is Mairi, I am 36 years old and a teacher. My husband, Stephen, also took part in the Health Experience Insightsstudy about high blood pressure in pregnancy. We have two sons, aged 7 and 5. I identify as White British.

Melissa

Melissa is a hairdresser and her partner is an IT engineer. They have one child, aged 8 months at the time of interview. Ethnic background: White British.

Munirah

My name is Munirah, I am 27 years old and an administrator. I am married. Our son died before birth following severe complications from pre-eclampsia. I identify as being Asian.

Nicola

Nicola is a full-time mother and her husband is a solicitor they have one child aged 15 months at time of interview. Ethnic background: White British.

Olivia

My name is Olivia, I am 32 and a social care worker. I am married and have one son, aged 4. I identify as White British.

Paige

My name is Paige, I am 20 years old and a university student. I live with my partner and have one daughter, aged 13 months. I identify as White Welsh.

Philippa

Philippa was pregnant with her second child. She is married, a business systems analyst.

Ruth X

Ruth is married and was pregnant with her second son. She is a research manager.

Ruth Y

Ruth works as a Knowledge and Innovation manager. She is married with one child.

Sally

Sally works in marketing. She was pregnant with her first child.

Samantha X

Samantha X is a pension’s consultant. She is married with one daughter. White British.

Samantha Y

Samantha was pregnant with her first child. She is a shop floor manager.

Sarah

Sarah is an office manager and her husband a printer. They had one child aged 4 at time of interview. Ethnic background: White British.

Tracey

My name is Tracey, I am 39 years old and a catering manager. I am divorced and have two children, a daughter aged 10 and a son aged 5. I identify as White British.

Vicki

Vicki is a finance manager, married with two children.