Well, I'm almost 33 and I have 3 kids (one is a baby!) and a job and a husband and a pretty normal life, I'd say.

You have to take care of yourself, learn your triggers, learn when to ask for help, etc. I just love being a mom, I feel it's the only thing I really do well everyday vs. I'm only good at some things on certain days. I was very suicidal in my teens and twenties and that has subsided a lot. I contribute that to the fact that I want to be around to see my kids grow up. I have a goal. I have something in life to look forward to. I want to see my grandbabies and be the crazy old grandma who spoils the kids rotten.

Relationships are what you make them. If you're aware of your illness and taking steps to be well, it's easier than people who have no idea and just get washed along in the tide.

Bluemountains is right, there is always a risk of having kids that something will be passed along. It may be cancer, diabetes, MS, bipolar... so many illnesses in this world. Life is a risk. But it's a risk I am happy I took because I love my family and my kids very much. I wouldn't be who I am now without them. They've done so much for me just by being alive.