Again I know it's not the same as a human, but when I first got my dog at least for the first six months I was consistently panicking that I was doing something wrong and messing her up and should return her to the shelter. It was a lot to deal with. So if you have a good support system in place, even if you do become unwell, that doesn't take away the possibility of you being a parent.
I guess the other thing is that given you have uh... the organs to be the one to physically have the child (sorry I'm not sure of a good way to word this) then you are right that a lot of that physical burden falls on you in that respect. But that doesn't mean the rest of it has to, or that you can't utilize your support systems and humans if you struggle. Part of being responsible for another life is understanding that you cannot do it alone and recognising when you need help to do so, and setting that up.
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