As the above have said - it depends on the person. However my CPN (wh ospecialises in pregnant & new mums) says that she has only had a small handful of women who have no tbeen able to keep their babies this year - out of hundreds (maybe not that much, can't remember how many she said, but it was a lot!) on their casebooks, and that's because they really, really were in no way able to keep their baby, even with intensive support fro mthe peri-natal psychiatric team (which does exist!) These women were seriously disturbed - very very ill. She says people with 'my' condition - bipolar I - are generally able to manage, with the right support etc.
I am lucky to live in an area which has a mother & baby inpatient ward, which I will be using.I have a fantastic peri natal psych, CPN & psychiatric midwife. My fiance and his family are also very, very supportive.
It depends what you think you will need, and how it is that you might not cope- I wouldn't be doing it without a loving, supportive family & friends network behind me. My fiance will be taking his paternity leave & holidays to look after the baby at first, and then I only have to cope through the day until he gets home at night. My CPN assures me I can go into the hospital for any length of period, whenever I want - either during the day, or over night during the week.
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