Prominent urban pediatrician Audrey Hayes anticipates a joyful maternity after years of medical training and a peaceful marriage to Colin. That tranquility evaporates when Colin welcomes his domineering rural mother Agatha into their apartment, unleashing suffocating feudal beliefs and vicious domestic harassment under the guise of prenatal supervision.
Tragedy strikes when Agatha secretly feeds Audrey an unverified folk concoction intended to guarantee a male heir, triggering a devastating medical emergency. Facing Colin's spineless cowardice as he defends his mother's lethal ignorance, Audrey draws a line in the sand. With her brother's unwavering support, Audrey initiates aggressive legal proceedings to punish the guilty clan.
