D.I.D and parenting

Hi

I have got to know a gentleman on another forum who has a D.I.D. diagnosis. One of his alters can be quite angry, and talk about drinking blood etc. However this is talk not action, and is a reflection of when he is feeling very stressed and poorly.

He has been married for a little over a year, and he and his wife were delighted that they were expecting a baby. Sadly, the baby was removed from their care immediately she was was born, on the grounds that my friends condition placed the baby at risk

Mum and Dad have separated in the hope that her daughter will be returned to her care.

We are trying to encourage my friend to seek help from voluntary sector agencies, but we feel sure that the decision of social services is at least in part due to their total lack of understanding of D.I.D., we are trying to identify other D.I.D parents and other social workers actually positively supporting a D.I.D. family. Can you help at all?

sallybee wrote:Sadly, the baby was removed from their care immediately she was was born, on the grounds that my friends condition placed the baby at risk

I doubt his diagnosis was the actual reason.

In any event, this couple would be wise to consult an attorney who specializes in family law. If they cannot afford one, there are various social service agencies that will help with legal problems for free or at low cost.

I agree; its probably not the main reason baby was removed they would have assessed first and certainly not jumped straight to that, would have suggested baby stays with mum, or supervised at all times with mum if they live together etc etc before removing.

If you're friend isn't getting help/therapy for DiD then I suggest he tries to see someone and request that information is shared with social services, the pottergate centre and PODS work and understand dissociation and have a lot of info and could be contacted regarding this problem but really you don't know the whole story and can only suggest these things to them, if the unlikely chance baby was removed purely because they freaked out over the diagnosis then they should be ringing anyone and everyone and showing social services as much info as possible, finding a lawyer and a psychologist/psychotherapist who can send them info about the diagnosis too.

For them to remove a child means there has been found an immediate risk to that child's safety, they would have had meetings during the pregnancy regarding discharge and come up with a plan from the information and presentation of the parents, if its temporary so they can assess until they have a better understanding of the diagnosis then they should be doing all they can to show them as much into and finding a psychotherapist who can then assess him and send info to social services