About the Authors

Lucy H. R. Whitaker

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom

Jen Reid

Affiliation The University of Edinburgh Medical School, Chancellor’s Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, United Kingdom

Alex Choa

Affiliation The University of Edinburgh Medical School, Chancellor’s Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, United Kingdom

Stuart McFee

Affiliation The University of Edinburgh Medical School, Chancellor’s Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, United Kingdom

Marta Seretny

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, United Kingdom

John Wilson

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, United Kingdom

Rob A. Elton

Affiliation Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, United Kingdom

Katy Vincent

Affiliation Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom

Andrew W. Horne

andrew.horne@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LW AH SM. Performed the experiments: LW JR AC. Analyzed the data: LW MS JW KV AH RAE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LW AH. Wrote the paper: LW JR AC SM MS JW KV AH RAE.