baby

I have bipolar 1. I want to marry and have children, but I'm scared of
1. Whether my psychiatrist will agree to change or take me off my meds while trying/pregnant. I'm on lithium and ziprasidone (geodon). Both cause harm to the fetus. My psychiatrist never agrees with me whenever I point out the side effects of my medications. She always says my symptoms must be due to something else. I think she may have the same response when I tell her I want to go off my meds to have a kid.
2. Postpartum psychosis
3. How to avoid sleep loss while taking care of a baby. For me, sleep loss inevitably leads to a manic episode
I'm still figuring out if having bipolar disorder is a good enough reason to not have kids even if you really want them. If it's really bad then I'd have to change my priorities and marry someone who doesn't want kids either or already has kids and doesn't want any more.
Is there anyone out there who's had a bipolar diagnosis before having kids and it turned out alright? I'd really like to know.
If someone is child free by choice because of bipolar I would also like to know about it.
Thank you. #Pregnancy #baby #Child #Parenting

Do you sew clothing? Accessories? Blankets? Purses? I, personally, love to sew retro (50’s) style dresses, and am currently making #baby clothing for my bf who just had a little girl. I also LOVE to make t shirts with my #Cricut . Any fellow seamstresses/sewers out there?

Well here it is.... I lost a baby in September… No one in my family knew except for me and the babies father, we decided to keep it to ourselves until we were farther along… He was a good thing we waited, all of the stress from my life and with everything going on sadly we lost the baby.

The reason I’m even bringing this up and putting it on The Mighty is my sister now thinks that she is pregnant… She’s been calling me and texting me for the past two days, every time I get a text and a call from her it feels like I’m dying on the inside…

She thinks just because I am the baby sister that I know nothing about anything… Which is not the case… I know I could solve all of my problems by just telling everyone that we lost the baby but I can’t deal with the questions, “why didn’t you tell us you were pregnant? why didn’t you tell us you lost the baby? why? why ?why?”

I want to run and hide from this hell!
I can never catch a break…

I know I’m still grieving and I understand that it’s going to take time but at the same time why does it feel like my body hates me? Why does it feel like I wasn’t good enough to have a baby?

#baby #Stress #sad #hurt #Depression #Family #help #why

I have suffered with Anxiety and Depression clinically for around 10 years.

3 years ago, my partner and I welcomed our first little girl into the world. While I was still in a rough place mentally, we managed through as we could sleep at alternate times, taking turns with the little one. Fast forward to now, we have welcomed our second little girl 5 weeks early.

In the last 6 months I have moved onto a new medication which is the first I feel has truly worked with managing my anxiety and the symptoms of depression. Clomipramine is an older medication but works well for sleep, a little too well as I find myself in a very deep sleep.

The issue I am having is managing the medication and being a parent at the same time - for the moment I have reduced my dose to lessen the sleepy side effect so as to be available for my wife and kids, especially with feeding through the night, but I am also acutely aware of looking after my mental health as well. Changing medication now would be a last resort as it has taken this long to find a tablet that has worked plus the time it would take to come off this tablet and the new one to take effect.

I am already feeling a slip in my mood, partly through the stresses of dealing with the situation at hand let alone a new born and if there are any tips at all, I would welcome them with open arms.

TL;DR

tips on managing a newborn, 3 year old and anti-anxiety medication which helps with sleep

#Anxiety #Depression #NewBorn #Sleep #Stress #clomipramine #baby #Family

#childlessness #involuntary #unstable #relationship #Friendship

Life can be overwhelming, and sometimes even one day at a time is too much. After the loss of my husband, I have found it's OK to think about me and what will help me get through everything life throws at us. Baby steps are permissable, sleep is welcome, toxic people do not belong in my life anymore, and I have the believe that this life is temporary. Constant affirmations that I will be OK are said daily. I have a purpose; I just don't know what it is. Many times it feels too hard, but I work very dilligently to be strong and not give up. I am a different person now, and I know my husband is with me on this journey and helping guide me. I look forward to the day when we will be reunited.