Mother-To-Be (De mère en fille)

Can a woman fully achieve self-realization while at the same time giving  herself to the role of wife and mother? This is one question raised in  this film documentary. Introspective, partly biographical, the film delves into the emotions of joy, anticipation and anxiety that a young mother experiences during the last several weeks before the birth of her second child. There is some footage from Czechoslovakia concerning maternity: a natural childbirth in a hospital delivery room and state nursery care for the children of working mothers. (NFB)