Hello pretty,

I can only give you one answer:  I know a woman with schizophrenia and a man with schizophrenia (not married to each other) who have non-peer husbands and wives and the woman and the man decided to have kids.  The woman has a healthy daughter and the man has a daughter with bipolar and anxiety.

Doggreenies answered this question for you by posting it as a Question so look in the Question section of this web site for her answer.

In my life I chose not to have kids because first of all from an early age I didn't want to have kids and I didn't want to live in the suburbs with a house and husband and kids.

So my own desire is very much different from yours because you do want kids.  I would disclose to your significant other (and to any guy you're dating) only after a level of trust has been developed and at the point where further intimacy is just about to happen.

You are a woman who has a lot to offer the right guy so please don't settle for someone who is not going to be compassionate and kind towards you.

It will take time to find the right guy.  All of us women have to date a lot of turkeys before Mr. Right comes along.

I believe doggreenies said that in some trimesters of pregnancy Geodon could be possibly taken.

HOWEVER: you must talk with your psychiatrist right now about your desire to have a kid or two kids and ask him or her what she feels your options are for continuing with the medication throughout the pregnancy or during certain trimesters.

I feel if you tried to go off your meds to live without them in the past and you relapsed it is not advisable to risk going off your meds again FOR ANY REASON.  That is how I feel.  If you feel strongly about having kids, ask your doctor what he or she thinks would be best given that you already tried to go off the meds and had a relapse.

Lastly: you might want to get a second opinion from another qualified psychiatrist if you feel this strongly about giving birth naturally.

Regards,

Christina