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Published 13:05 4 Oct 2012 BST
New research has revealed that suffering from high blood pressure during pregnancy can affect a child’s thinking skills throughout their life.
The study, which was published in The Irish Independent, analysed 398 men born between the years 1934 and 1944, whose mothers’ blood pressure during pregnancy was recorded.
The research revealed that men whose mothers’ suffered from high blood pressure when with child, did not have the same language skills, maths reasoning, visual ability and spatial ability as those whose mothers’ had a normal blood pressure reading. 
High blood pressure during pregnancy affects a child's brain power
In fact, they scored 4.36 points lower than their counterparts when tested at the age of 69.
The scores of the men whose mothers’ suffered from high blood pressure also experienced a rapid decline in their scores when tested throughout their lives.
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