Claim: Pre-eclampsia occurs between 26 and 32 weeks into pregnancy.
Fact-check: Pre-eclampsia doesn't only occur 26 to 32 weeks into pregnancy - Full Fact
Verdict: this was actually the timing for recruitment for the study the mirror was reporting on. the nhs says that pre-eclampsia can occur from 20 weeks into pregnancy until a few weeks after delivery.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Daniella De Block Golding
Date published: 2021-09-23T00:00:00