Shoud schizophrenc have children

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This is a common point of discussion. I recommend you read the past discussions too:

Am I crazy to want a baby when I'm schizophrenic?

One woman’s story:

Motherhood and schizophrenia - compatible?

I am sitting with a little dilemma. My husband would prefer to have a child, but I don’t really. I would want a child, but I am worried with us both having an illness, it would make things difficult. I am worried about how I would cope as a schizophrenic mother. I am almost constantly depressed and fearful and lack motivation in life, its often so hard to keep going. And I have phobias about sicknesses, and children have them a lot. I don’t know how I would cope because I hate germs. At the moment I dread having to nurse sick children more than I would love to play with healthy children. Its crazy. I have no experience of babies as I was the youngest in my family. I don’t know if I even hav…