I was also thinking about adoption at one point because I don't do pregnancy well. I get hyperemesis gravidarum so going through a pregnancy is like going through my own mini hell. I decided to go through with my second pregnancy because I was afraid that I would get denied because I have a mental illness. The friends I have that have adopted, US adoptions, had to go through a mental wellness evaluation. I'm not sure if that was what it was called exactly, but basically their mental states were evaluated.

Pregnancy wasn't easy, but then again my point of view is skewed because of other factors. It was suggested if I ever got to severely depressed that I do ECT because it is safe for the baby, but I refused due to the possibility of memory loss. I went with no bp meds during the pregnancy and after the birth went back on them and felt just fine. Remember, while making your decision, that pregnancy is only 40 weeks so whether it goes good or bad it won't last forever and that helped kept me going.