Baby Ever After

Choosing to have another baby after suffering from prenatal or postpartum depression can feel overwhelming and hopeless. It doesn’t have to. Exploring existing options, complex emotions, and personal accounts, Rebecca Fox Starr takes readers on a thoughtful exploration of what choosing to have, or not have, another baby means to women and families.

Rebecca Fox Starr is an author, writer, blogger, wife, mom, and mental health advocate. She created her internationally-read blog, Mommy, Ever After, in 2010, and her first book, Beyond the Baby Blues: Anxiety and Depression During and After Pregnancy was released in early 2018. Rebecca writes candidly about her life as a mother, survivor, advocate, singer/songwriter, dance-partier and studded-shoe collector. Her story has been featured in The New York Times, HuffPost, on ABC News and other media around the world. Rebecca lives and writes with her husband, daughter, son and two dogs in the suburbs of Philadelphia. More about Rebecca can be found on her blog at www.MommyEverAfter.com and on social media outlets @rebeccafoxstarr

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: A Hard Story Prologue Chapter 1: My Shop is Closed Chapter 2: Or is it? Part II: A Hopeful Story Chapter 3: Grand Re-opening Chapter 4: Blueprints: Pregnancy After Postpartum Depression Chapter 5: 24/7, 365: Adoption after Postpartum Depression Chapter 6: Open for Occupancy: Surrogacy After Postpartum Depression Chapter 7: How to Hang the "Closed" Sign: Choosing Not to Expand the Family After Postpartum Depression Chapter 8. When You Leave the Door Ajar, the Weather is Always Windy: When You Just Aren't Sure Chapter 9: Holding the Keys Bibliography