I found out today in talking to someone that in the UK if you have a mental health problem or history of this type of problem the midwife automatically calls social services for an assessment. Its just an assessment of your current circumstances and they tend to then offer up more contact with the midwife and an extra scan. Unless there are current problems, at which point I expect they would refer to a psychiatrist for more assessment and go from there.
Not many people are considered risk enough for social services to formally 'step in', most of the time if there is a problem, they seek to offer more support and guidance.
The person I was speaking to said to me that because of my history, if at any point in the future I planned to get pregnant I would have to expect my mental health to be questioned and in her opinion it'd be wise to talk to social services before they would inevitably contact me.
Talk to your care co-ordinator and express your concerns, wishes and ask questions. It is very much an individual case thing, but you will have some form of risk assessment at some point should you become pregnant, or before hand if you speak to them about planning pregnancy and from that they will decide what sort of support to offer, and rarely, but if done before you conceive, they would warn you if they felt you were too unsafe, unstable or unwell to care for a young dependant. In which case you can work with them on becoming well so you can manage bring children into the world safely in the future.
Either way, its something you should discuss at length if you are seriously planning a pregnancy. Good luck x
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