While I was out on maternity leave knee-deep in dirty diapers, I returned to find that I would serve as the primary editor for a Mental Health Clinician issue focused on psychotropic medication use during pregnancy and lactation. Ironically, I couldn't help but cringe. I was immediately reminded of my days spent as a psychiatric pharmacy resident. During residency training, each time a pregnant patient was admitted to the inpatient psychiatry unit, a feeling of trepidation overcame me. I frantically searched for articles on PubMed to enlighten myself on the use of medications in this patient population. I knew the