Sudden guilt in pregnancy

[Notallwhowanderer]

So I'm 5 weeks pregnant today. I really wanted to get pregnant and I was really happy. But I had an awful conversation with a GP this week where he was incredibly critical of me for being on the mood stabilisers I am on and said I needed to 'have a good think about if its worth risking my babies health' given that I do not have a 'real' condition.

I did a lot of research prior to conceiving on my medication and have done everything to ensure I'm avoiding any risk, also my normal GP has reassured me that there is not a high risk with this medication and its more important I not get ill.

This combined with the fact that I have just tipped over into the weight category to possibly have a high risk pregnancy is just making me feel like I'm an atrocious parent already and I've only known for a week.

I think this aggression from the GP has just suddenly made me feel extremely to blame for anything that could go wrong.

Any solidarity/tips?

That GP sounds like an arsehole. I presume the medication you take is prescribed? Therefore a medical professional has deemed it necessary. So what condition is he doubting the existence off.

Yes, of course it's possible that some medication is not advised in pregnancy and you'd need to consider something else as an alternative. But a GP can say that without suggesting you are being selfish. And it sounds like that's not even the case with this medication anyway.

Well, that's mightily unhelpful of your doctor.
What's the medication?