Post Partum Papers is one woman's personal account of life after the birth of her third and last child, covering the period from March 1972 to November 1973. It is a period of transition when she comes to terms with the fact that she will have no more children. She feels that her role is to create a happy home life for her family, to create a context in which each one can grow and develop his or her potential as fully as possible. As the emotional center of her family, how does she negotiate a balance between living as a wife and mother and living as an individual?