Later that night, she and her husband Steven share their good news: he has made a partnership at his firm and she is pregnant.

After moving and settling down in the countryside, Laura becomes haunted by the cry of a baby continuously and it often affects her emotional health.

One day while talking to her mother on the phone, she puts her dog in the basement but later it dies when it ingested rat poison that she had laid out for mice she had seen earlier.

Upon hearing the baby's cries, she trips and her water breaks, forcing her to drive herself to the hospital.

Her mother assures her that postpartum depression is very common and tells her to make sure that Steve is helping her with their baby.

Laura becomes frantic about preparing for the dinner event and panics when she sees some gray hairs.

She gets to the event improperly dressed but leaves almost immediately when she felt people were talking about her with an irate Steve taking her home.

At home, Laura's consciousness drifts in and out of reality, while still visibly bothered by baby cries throughout the house.