Amongst problems with her ungrateful children and ex-husband, a middle-aged mother deals with a burgeoning mid-life crisis — until she realizes that she has become miraculously pregnant.

A nanny for newborns takes care of a mother with postpartum depression and her child. Against her own rules, she finds herself getting attached to the baby.

Over dinner, an observer reflects on mothers and their omnipresent prevalence in children’s lives.

A woman grapples with how quickly time slips by with a new baby, and how to protect her, as her partner stresses over the doom and gloom of the news.

On Mother's Day, a group of mother-less women go to a pub to enjoy each other's company. One of them is pregnant, and another is planning to adopt. A woman contemplates her pregnancy at a dinner with her friends on Mother's Day. All the women's mothers have passed away.

A man tries to understand the relationship between his aging mother and her African caretaker, attempting to evade his own prejudices in order to better comprehend their connection.

A woman's complicated relationship to her mother is captured in three vignettes: one from directly after her death, one from when she is still alive, and one from years after she is gone.

In the late 20th century, an aging couple's daughter returns to live with her parents in an attempt to flee her failing marriage. While the mother easily slips back into her maternal role, the arthritic father struggles to empathize with his youngest child, and, in his increasing frustration, commits an unforgivable act that isolates him from his family.

After a tumultuous and difficult upbringing, a woman contemplates whether or not she should give up her newborn child for adoption.

A wife and mother struggles with her mental health as she endures immense stress from trying to fix up the family's new house while preserving her marriage.