1. Learning the Basics: An Overview of Postpartum Depression
2. Living in the Real World: Realistic Expectations for the Postpartum Period
3. Evaluating Your Chances: Risk Factors for Postpartum Depression
4. Nutrition or Medication? Restoring the Body's Chemistry
5. Physical Factors: Medical and Hormonal Problems That Can Hinder Pre-and Postpartum Delight
6. Finding God in the Midst of Pain: The Spiritual Side of Postpartum Depression
7. Confronting the Worst-Case Scenario: Postpartum Psychosis
8. Not Just for Women: When Dads Become Depressed
9. A Dad's Role: Supporting Your Wife through the Postpartum Period
10. Becoming a Family: Postpartum Changes in the Husband-Wife Relationship
11. Postpartum Delight for the Whole Family: Helping Your Children with the Transition
12. When Life Gets in the Way: Emotional and Circumstantial Barriers to Postpartum Delight
Appendix 1. Symptoms of Postpartum Thyroiditis
Appendix 2. Symptoms of Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism