I had both kids before I was diagnosed. My first pregnancy was great, with just the normal preg-related stuff, but my mood was over all pretty stable. I became manic afterwards and quit my job, convinced my husband to quit his, moved to the western part of the state where we went to school and started life all over again with a baby. I was also either manic or mixed and divorced my husband. After I got remarried my new husband and I wanted to have a baby together and that pregnancy was tough physically and emotionally. After that pregnancy, I was really bad, episodes all over the place, I was diagnosed and spent the next 4 years in and out of hospitals. I can't say it was the pregnancy that caused it or if it were going to happen anyway. My kids were worth everything I went through. I love my little men and I can't picture my life without them. (though sometimes I want to go far away, LOL)