Im bipolar1 and pregnant.whats the chances my baby will turn out bipolar?!
Question: Im almost 4 months pregnant with bipolar 1 disorder mainly manic not too much depression.Im not medicated i was but now that im pregnant i stopped to make sure my baby is safe.
Answers: Im almost 4 months pregnant with bipolar 1 disorder mainly manic not too much depression.Im not medicated i was but now that im pregnant i stopped to make sure my baby is safe.
Hi there, firstly bipolar is not hereditry (cant spell it!).
im bipolar and had 3 children before i was diagnosed. i had a long chat about this subject with my Psychiatrist as i was anxious about my children.
the chances of your child having it is only 5-10%. that is the latest stats.
hope i helped, it eased my mind knowing that!
xx
This is something that I know I'm going to have to go through when I'm pregnant. The chances of your child being bi-polar or having other mental problems depends on your family and the baby's father family's medical history. Just from you, there's a about a 50/50 shot since the baby has 1/2 of your genes.
I am not sure of the exact percentages but a genetics counciler could help you get the answers you need. They may even be able to test for it ahead of time but I am not sure of that.
Please stay in the care of a mental health professional during your pregnancy. Hormone fluctuations can make even the most "sane" of us a little crazy and post partum can be a nightmare for many.
For your sake and the baby's make sure you are complely honest with your doctors at all times.
Good luck to you.
As far as I know, a relative of someone with bipolar disorder has 1.5 to 3 times greater odds of having a mood disorder than someone who has no relatives with bipolar disorder.
That's kind of confusing, but I guess you could narrow it down and say that the odds are about twice as great that of someone who has no family history.
I have Major Depression, my brother has Bipolar Disorder. My father may have had some depression, but he was never treated for it. I have a few cousins with depression and at least one with bipolar disorder. But I have maybe twenty or thirty cousins who don't have either one (or at least I don't know for sure that they do).
I have friends with bipolar or schizophrenia who have relatives who also have the same thing. It seems like sometimes relatives get it and sometimes they don't.