Verbatim extracts from women's responses about post-natal experiences

Everyone and everything else comes before me and my PKU even though it should be the other way around. In reality, my diet is the easiest thing to put to one side. My children, my husband, work, running around looking after everyone and everything. I cannot cope with the demands of day to day life and the time and emotional commitment needed to maintain good blood levels. I do have good support from my husband but that is not enough.

Went through a bad time after the baby was born had suicidal thoughts after the baby was born. Needed psychiatric help at the time and needed watching. Baby did have PKU.

It is a constant struggle to feed my family and then make a separate meal for me.

My diet as a busy working mum takes a back seat a lot as I am busy ensuring my family are cared for properly. It has been a real struggle to stay focused on diet since having both my children and there is very little support out there.

The diet is stressful and time consuming and with two children to raise, a full-time job and normal life stresses I just can't manage it successfully no matter how hard I try.