Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 216
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Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼
978-1-5381-2737-7 • Hardback • January 2020 • $32.00 • (£25.00)
978-1-5381-2738-4 • eBook • January 2020 • $30.00 • (£25.00)
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
Rebecca Fox Starr shares her intimate journey through severe postpartum depression related to childbearing and infertility, including voices from other moms when thinking about subsequent pregnancy. Her second book highlights the internal biological struggle of asking ‘maybe we can’ balanced with questions about risks associated with medication regimens, adoption and possible surrogacy. A brilliantly written and straightforward lens of her internal journey to survive through two pregnancies while finding a way toward healing and health.
— Ginger Breedlove, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, March for Moms President, Author of "Nobody Told Me About That: The First Six Weeks"
As a survivor and perinatal psychologist, I’m delighted that Rebecca has boldly broken new ground with Baby Every After. With beautiful detail, honesty, engaging scenarios and even humor, she sensitively raises the many valid options for families following postpartum depression, including surrogacy and choosing not to have another child. As a fellow advocate supporting whatever feels right for each survivor, I applaud Rebecca and her new book!
— Shoshana S. Bennett, PhD, Author of books including "Postpartum Depression for Dummies", DrShosh.com
Baby Ever After, above all else, brings dark things into the light. Starr offers women insight into the calculated risks of growing a family after depression, but also extends grace-filled permission to acknowledge every feeling in the process. Using both research and raw personal reflection, Starr presents a compelling battle between desire and reality, logic and emotion—ultimately landing in a place where every reader can relate, that of surrender.
— Ashlee Gadd, Founder of Coffee + Crumbs
Rebecca Fox Starr's second book gives a brave and beautiful in-depth look at the decisions many women and their loved ones face regarding expanding their families after experiencing the emotional trauma of perinatal mood disorders. Her incredibly thoughtful and honest approach to the possibilities available to survivors invites readers to shine the light of knowledge on this historically off limits topic and to progress on their journey with tools other than fear and silence.
— Eva M. Greenberg, Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist Specializing in Reproductive Mental Health