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Epilepsy is the most common serious neurological disorder in the UK with an estimated prevalence of between 0.7 and 0.8% [1,2]. The incidence is about 0.05% (50 per 1,000,000 population) per year [2] with incidence rates peaking in childhood and older age. Approximately 23% of people with epilepsy are women of child bearing age [3]. A population based study estimated that 0.33% of pregnancies involve active maternal epilepsy [4].