This cause became personal to our family after experiencing firsthand how quickly pregnancy and postpartum complications related to high blood pressure can change what should be one of the happiest times of your life.

Before going through it ourselves, I don’t think we fully understood just how serious preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy can be, or how many moms and families are affected by them.

We started this team because we want to turn our experience into something meaningful. We’re walking to raise awareness, support other families who have faced similar experiences, and help fund the education and research that can make pregnancy and postpartum safer for moms everywhere.