Nineteen-year-old Bambi is upset when her husband is late arriving to see their new-born child, especially when she discovers that the wine he has brought is not intended for her.
A dangerous game of oneupmanship develops between three women - a wife, her mother, and her mother-in-law - when they gather around the newest born addition to the family.
After his wife miscarries, a Doctor hires on a private live-in nurse to look after her. As their marriage becomes more strained, the relationship between the two women gets unwholesomely close.