2.2. Participants and Recruitment
RECRUITMENT
This study was delivered through the Brisbane MMH antenatal clinic across 2019–2020. Eligible women were women who entered pregnancy with a BMI ≥ 25 kg/mEligible women were identified through numerous channels, i.e., the MMH online registration form completed by some women attending the publicly-funded antenatal services, recruitment advertisements in the MMH antenatal clinic and/or social media accounts (Instagram and Facebook), invitation by antenatal health professionals (dietitian, obstetrician, and midwife), a link provided on the Mater Research Institute’s clinical trials site, and direct SMS invitation to participate during the hospital registration process. An initial prospective control (PC) group who received usual care (advertised as the ‘Healthy Living in Pregnancy’ survey for interest, HLIP) was planned to be recruited (n = 150). Following this, it was planned that women (n = 150) would be recruited into the txt4two intervention. Following consent, details were then provided to administrative services to book women into the MMH dietitian’s antenatal clinic. Women who chose not to participate in the txt4two program received antenatal care, including dietetics referrals and reviews, as clinically appropriate. 