I wanted to go off meds during pregnancy to reduce any chance of harm to my baby. This was because I was not educated on newer research and was misinterpreting data.My OBGYN & psychiatrists were adamant that bipolar women need to stay on meds in pregnancy.The reality is most bipolar meds are safe for pregnancy (less for breastfeeding) with the exception of lithium, depakote, tegretol and their generics which can cause miscarriage and severe birth defects. Even those medications are sometimes pre