Shocking Bipolar Pregnancy Story

Hey,

I'm alive!

Sorry for the delay. So many things came up today
so I haven't had a chance to write. Plus it snowed
AGAIN today so I had to shovel.

Anyway, I just had to tell you this story REALL quick.

I seriously have to keep it short today :)

Yesterday someone how a woman got my cell phone
and called me at like 5:45am. I am not a big fan of
conversation in the morning but I listened half
asleep :).

She said she need 5 minutes and that she had
got my course at:

http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11
and was using the f.r.e.e question certificate
(note: for non medical and non legal questions).

She said she wanted to have a baby but her husband
had bipolar and she was afraid the baby would
get it.

She wanted to know if I, David Oliver, would have
a child if there is a risk of my kid having bipolar
disorder.

I told her absolutely I would. I am not genetic expert
but there is a risk that my kid or kids could inherit
bipolar disorder. I am not worried one bit however. Not
one bit. Why? Am I crazy? No.

As far as I am concerned bipolar disorder is manageable.
The people who have problems, generally do NOT follow
a system to manage it. They wing it. They don't:

have a doctor or go regularly
don't follow a proper treatment plan
don't take medication at all or regularly
and many other things I talk about in my
course at http://www.survivebipolar.net

The course for people with bipolar disorder.

NOW, before I get a bunch of emails telling me "Dave
that's not true. I have tried everything and it doesn't
work", I have found bipolar disorder is manageable. Whenever
I start asking questions and do my investigation into the last
episodes as I teach in my courses, I find people are not following
a good system. I have found that huge gigantic, life destroying
episodes are less about random chance and are more in a person's
control.

I have 8 people who work for
me and I can see what works and what doesn't work.

And no, I am not saying I know everything there is about
bipolar disorder but I am telling you, I believe one should
not fear a person with bipolar disorder or fear having a child
because of bipolar disorder. Again this is my opinion.

And it's my email list so I can say what I want :).

With that said, I do want to have kids and I am not worried
about bipolar disorder. But I can not tell you what to do.

If you don't want to have kids for fear of bipolar disorder,
that's up to you. But I would get the facts first.

The person that called me was making a decision with virtually
no information.

Last year I got this question over and over and I put
together some material at:

http://www.bipolarcentral.com/pregnancy/

I told her about my material which she is going to get and
I made her promise to write me her thoughts after she goes
through it and allow me to post it on my blog.

That was the least she could do since she woke me up at
5:45am. :)

If people saw what I see and worked with the people I work
with, they would not be so worried about bipolar disorder.

I have to run and will write more about this later.

Hey, I have to run, catch you tomorrow.

Your Friend,

Dave