Well last night I was on facebook and looking at the numerous Epilepsy support groups there and on one of them (can't remember which) someone asked about whether women with E had discussed women's issues and having children with their dr. A number of women said that they were considering adoption because they didn't want the epilepsy or the medication potentially harming their child. Others had considered having to change their medication or trialling being off their meds for a time before becoming pregnant. One woman however said that as an epileptic she could not encourage any woman with E to raise a child/children if it's at all possible to avoid as they would have to witness their mothers ill health. I understand that this woman may have had a difficult experience but I was just shocked to hear someone almost discouraging women with Epilepsy not just not to bear their own biological children but also to not even raise children of their own through adoption or other means. I have 3 biological children of my own - I became pregnant naturally, stayed on my meds (Epilim) throughout all 3 pregnancies and went through childbirth like any other pregnant woman. There are others who adopt and I have a friend whose mother is one of them. She does have seizures now and then but she's a wonderful mother and I couldn't imagine telling her that she should avoid raising children if possible. Am I taking this too seriously?????