Hi, I have 4 children. I was only diagnosed in Jan of 2008. I got pregnant with the 4th in March of the same year. I had to stop my meds for the first trimester, I take lamictal and it can cause cleft palate. I went back on my meds the first week of my 2nd trimester.
I am going to be honest and say that this is the first pregnancy/birth I have truly enjoyed. Hell yes it is work and you feel loopy/anxious when you get sleep deprived. We can't live our lives being controlled by a disorder. Every time I look at my children it is a reminder to stay on my meds and stay healthy. I know at times I have been so selfish with the why me attitude. I refuse to live like that any longer. No amount of mania or foolish behavior would ever be worth losing my children over.
Hell yes it is doable, you have to want it and you have to not give in to impulses. Most of all stay on your meds.
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Mother's with bipolar....and the first few months w/baby
Posted on 03/08/09, 05:31 pm
Hello, I'm going to post this question here and there, so if you see it twice I need answers is why!!!
okay, sometimes I feel like my bipolar is the worst out there....If I don't get enough sleep it's like I'm hungover, nervous, sometimes panicky, generally just out of it a bit......
here's the deal, I want to have a baby....I need help from mother's that we're already diagnosed and on meds before they got pregnant......
I know i could handle the pregnancy, my concern is the first few months with the baby, how do you do it when you don't get enough sleep? also if postpartem kicks in? My bipolar has been fairly extreme in the past though if I take care of myself I do pretty well.....
Can I hear the experiences of the mother's out there whom have truly struggled with bipolar symptoms? what do you think? I want this, but I don't know if I have faith that it's doable struggling with this illness....
I have been hospitalized in the past..on occasion.....good news is I have a great guy that I know would help.
I am just wondering since I have been so bipolar, lol....if this is a doable goal in my life? it's really, really stressing me out.....
thank you for your help!
~m
okay, sometimes I feel like my bipolar is the worst out there....If I don't get enough sleep it's like I'm hungover, nervous, sometimes panicky, generally just out of it a bit......
here's the deal, I want to have a baby....I need help from mother's that we're already diagnosed and on meds before they got pregnant......
I know i could handle the pregnancy, my concern is the first few months with the baby, how do you do it when you don't get enough sleep? also if postpartem kicks in? My bipolar has been fairly extreme in the past though if I take care of myself I do pretty well.....
Can I hear the experiences of the mother's out there whom have truly struggled with bipolar symptoms? what do you think? I want this, but I don't know if I have faith that it's doable struggling with this illness....
I have been hospitalized in the past..on occasion.....good news is I have a great guy that I know would help.
I am just wondering since I have been so bipolar, lol....if this is a doable goal in my life? it's really, really stressing me out.....
thank you for your help!
~m
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Reply #1 03/22/09 3:57pm
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