Intellectually goaded doctorial pupil Rosamund Stacey, while undertake alumnus work at the British Museum, become pregnant after a brief matter with a telecasting news reader. Against the advice of her best friend, Lydia, Rosamund choose to maintain the babe and adjust her life to include both her survey and her gestation. nevertheless, when the babe is bear, an unanticipated complication endanger the self-sufficing life Rosamund plan for herself.