Has anyone been on medication during pregnancy? Were you able to breast feed or come off medication to breast feed?

I take Lithium for my diagnoses of Bi-polar 1. It was an unplanned pregnancy, so we didn’t find out until 5 or 6 weeks in. They advice to not take over 900 mg especially in the first trimester but I was on 1200 mg.

I’ve successful been able to come down to 300 mg and am now in my second trimester. I also see a Naturopath for Homeopathy. Ideally I would love to come completely off of the Lithium and just be on Homeopath remedies. The main reason is so I can breastfeed!

My psychiatrist and OB-GYN have advised against coming off of Lithium. I feel like it is doable though seeing as I’ve gone from 1200 mg to 300 mg in a matter of weeks with little to no relapse. They are concerned about a relapse and that I might end up back in the hospital.

My OB-GYN seemed to think it would be okay to breastfeed since the baby has already been exposed to Lithium, but is that worse than not breastfeeding at all?

I just love the idea of being able to bond and connect with my baby in that way and it breaks my heart to think that I might not get that opportunity because of the state of my mental health.

Is there anyone that has gone through something similar?