24 weeks pregnant with baby girl number 2 !#24weekspregnant is a milestone week. If baby was to come now she could survive outside the womb though it would be a very long Neonatal intensive care unit stay!

So baby girl we are not ready yet keep on growing !

This week was an emotional one for us with being in a car accident on Easter Sunday. We are ok thank god but are dealing with some soft tissue injuries and pain as well as other stressors. A deer hit us when we where coming back from family dinner. It was about 830pm and was getting dark. It happened so fast. We where very lucky though. Cole was driving, I was in the passenger seat , Madelyn and our dog copper where sleeping in the back.  The deer died on impact. My vechile, an SUV i bought just under a month ago is being written off by ICBC . Where the seat belt was below my belly is tender . I have some pain in my hips and low back so I got a maternity support band this week to help. I also have pain in my left shoulder and neck. Cole is having pain to but thank god baby and madelyn are both fine!

 

We had an obgyn appt and baby is still right on track.  I discussed the car accident with her and also emailed my midwife.  I am under alot of stress right now between dealing with ICBC, deciding what to do with my vehicle, trying to find a new one, dealing with the pain and my growing baby, managing my diet, managing my daycare, all our activities, and family stuff.  I am feeling more and more overwhelmed.  I am hoping things will settle down soon.

I have to get my antibodies checked with some blood work next week and a rogham shot , as I’m A- negative blood with RH + ( Cole ie A+ and Madelyn is A- like me ) and my midwife has booked some growth scans in the next few weeks as well.  One at 28 weeks and one at 32 weeks.  I follow up with my OBGYN again at 32 weeks just to check in and then if all is well she will discharge me to full care by my midwife again for delivery. 

I cant believe there is only 3 months left and I am 6 months pregnant already!

My last #phe level was 1.5 mg / dl so my tolerance was increased to 500 mg. Finally. It will continue to increase each week now until she is born then the day she is born it will go back down to my normal tolerance of 350 mg phe. I stayed off at 200 mg phe this pregnancy so its nice to finally see it moving high enough that I can start eating some real food.

Once baby is born she will be able to break down phe on her own as long as she does not have #pku. Chances are very low of her having it. Though she will be a carrier

So whatever i eat that’s transferred through breatsmilk will be safe for her and whatever i eat after will go back to only effecting me and my brain. Hopefully I can breastfeed this time as I wasn’t able to with Madelyn .

Baby girl is getting stronger and i can now see her movements from the outside that was new this week to ! Maybe in a few days Madelyn will be able to feel her to!

We had some mother daughter mother’s day photos taken of us today so I’m excited to see those ♡

#maternalpku #mpku #mpkumentor #pku#pheylketonuria #pkuawarness #pkuadult#lowprotein#lowphelevels #babynumber2

 

Here is what baby center.ca has to say about week 24 :

Your fetus weighs more than 1.3 pounds/ 600 grams. Though she still has little body fat and her skin is thin and fragile, she’s now well-proportioned. Her brain is growing rapidly, and she is starting to fill the space in your uterus. From crown to heel she could measure 11.8 inches / 30 centimetres. If you went into labour at this time, however, many obstetricians and midwives would make every effort to halt the progress of premature labour to enable your baby to continue maturing.

and here are a few of my social media posts this week you may have missed :

So what do you eat?

My daily #phenylalanine intake must stay under 500mg a day in order to keep myself and my baby safe. This is approx 10 grams of protein a day. 1 gram of protein is 50 mg phe.

Here is a day in my life for meals.

 

So what do you eat? part 2!

As I explained in my previous post I am aloud 500mg phe ( 10 grams protein ) currently and am 23 weeks 6 days pregnant. I had 3 grams at breakfast and 1.5 grams at lunch.

Here is my dinner. A low protein rice stir fry.

 

 

Yay! Finally broke 500 mg phe intake. Only taken till 23 weeks 5 days lol . Grow baby girl grow mama wants more food !for those of you who don’t understand #phe 500 mg of phe is 10 grams of protein a day.

#maternalpku #mpku #pku #pheylketonuria #pkuawarness #pkuadult#trimester2 #babynumber2 #babygirlnumber2

 

 

 

Every Monday and Thursday I wake up early and take my blood and place it on these filter papers. On Mondays I drive them to the lab and Thursdays Cole does. So they can be sent through the intra labs and courier to Vancouver to be tested. The lab tests my blood for levels of phenylalanine and reports it’s to my pku clinic . I need to do this to make sure my blood does not become toxic with to much phenylalanine as this can cause serious side effects to my baby. I have done this since I found out I was pregnant and I’ll do this untill the day she is born. After she is born I will test my blood weekly untill they re stabilize and then back to monthly. Once the baby is born she is at no risk from my pku or my our levels. Any phe she gets from my breast milk if I’m able to breastfeed she will be able to break down on her own. So the risks go back to souly effect my own brain. Pku is not a childhood disease it’s life long and there is no cure. Only life long treatment.

 

 

and a few photos of my SUV after our accident , Like i said it could have been so much worse. I am so grateful we are ok despite my vehicle being written off and the pain. I cant help but be sad for the deer and for my SUV. I just got it, it had everything I wanted and i love it!

 

 

check back next week for week 25 !