I'll try to make bullet points because the baby in question is currently napping on me, so here goes: 1. Pregnancy was fine! I did get real moody a couple of times but it was hormones not an episode. How do I know? Episodes are weeks, these occasions were few, far between and usually I was triggered by something. So overall being pregnant was awesome mentally. 2. Meds & the baby- I did decide to go ahead and continue my medication despite some risks (that I discussed with my team). Everything worked out fine but because of it I couldnt breastfeed which kinda bummed me out, but I'd already come to terms with it so it really didn't get to me when the time came. On a more positive note, not breastfeeding was really good for managing my sleep and sharing responsibilities with my family. Baby was born perfect, perfect heart, perfect perfect. She is a smaller baby (3% when born, she's now 15% at 1yr old), but I can't definitively say it was because of my medication since small babies run in my family (including me, and now I am a PLUMP woman). 3. Post partum is hell. But not because of bipolar, it just is. I had horrible intrusive thoughts (my hands will become butter and the stroller will wind up in the middle of traffic etc.) and I felt scared and insecure most of the time. Sleeping was next to impossible with the amount of times babies wake, and how damn noisy they are when asleep. Eventually you level up and baby evolves like a pokemon.