A woman with depressive symptoms after the birth of her first child was unable, when she began treatment, to follow classical procedures. Before the termination date was set, the analysis was chiefly concerned with penis envy, fear of sadistic wishes, and other phallic matters. Setting a date for ending brought forth the powerful anal sado-masochistic material and the deeper wish to be reunited with the mother. The analysis meant to her, at bottom, the longed-for union, by perpetual pregnancy, with mother.