biostudies-literatureHarrison SBritish Heart FoundationNational Institute for Health Research (NIHR)e009282https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4654358biostudies-literatureUnknown5(11)<h4>Introduction</h4>Some specific pregnancy disorders are known to be associated with increased incidence of long-term maternal ill health (eg, gestational diabetes with late onset type 2 diabetes; pre-eclampsia with arterial disease). To what degree these later health conditions are a consequence of the woman's constitution prior to pregnancy rather than pregnancy itself triggering changes in a woman's health is unknown. Additionally, there is little prospective evidence for the impact of pre-pregnancy risk factors on the outcome of pregnancy. To understand the importance of pre-pregnancy health requires the recruitment of women into a long-term cohort study before their first successful pregnancy. The aim of this feasibility study is to test recruitment procedures and acceptability of pBMJ openOxfordshire Women and Their Children's Health (OxWATCH): protocol for a prospective cohort feasibility study.PMC4654358CL-2011-13-003Arnold LHiggins NSnelgar THarrison SPetkovic GRedman CKenworthy YLeeson PChevassut AHeneghan CBrook LGranne IBoardman HSelwood MfalseOxfordshire Women and Their Children's Health (OxWATCH): protocol for a prospective cohort feasibility study.<h4>Introduction</h4>Some specific pregnancy disorders are known to be associated with increased incidence of long-term maternal ill health (eg, gestational diabetes with late onset type 2 diabetes; pre-eclampsia with arterial disease). To what degree these later health conditions are a consequence of the woman's constitution prior to pregnancy rather than pregnancy itself triggering changes in a woman's health is unknown. Additionally, there is little prospective evidence for the impact of pre-pregnancy risk factors on the outcome of pregnancy. To understand the importance of pre-pregnancy health requires the recruitment of women into a long-term cohort study before their first successful pregnancy. The aim of this feasibility study is to test recruitment procedures and acceptability of p2015-01-01T00:00:00Z2015 Nov2025-05-31T23:31:00.403Z2025-05-31T23:31:00.403ZS-EPMC46543582655383710.1136/bmjopen-2015-009282