Ever since I became diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I've been thinking about my options when it comes to having children. My doctors have told me that it is totally possible to become pregnant and have a healthy baby, but that my health is more important and that I would have to stay on my medications whether it is full dosage or half dosage or however the arrangements will be.

If you have children and a mental illness, how did pregnancy work for you? Did you have to stay on your medications or a lower dose of your medication? If you were on medication, did this affect the fetus or the baby in any way? How did pregnancy affect your symptoms? As someone with bipolar, the symptoms worry me because I know what it's like to have depression and mania, but I also know that pregnancy adds to the hormonal side and could make it worse. Did you have post-partum depression? What were your MI symptoms like after giving birth? Thank you.