It's reflective of the fawning women get when they are first pregnant and then how care shifts from the well being of the mother to shut up and have a baby. Women had babies for centuries you have no reason to worry.
This is a woman with mental health issues who stress and health isn't managed. She goes through traumatic delivery and then sent home to go be a mom. She feels alienated from her husband, friends, and work. Once you have the baby you're suppose to be ok. You're suppose to act ok.
A person struggling mentally, during a high risk pregnancy, a traumatic delivery, and then no mental health after care leads to disaster like postpartum psychosis. The end isn't logical because the narrator is unreliable. She looked for help and either people swept it under the rug or washed their hands of her.
Lucy isn't relatable.... that's her problem. Work hard and be successful. Have a baby and that is your new identity. (Some people that works for, that's what I wanted). Lucy couldn't get pregnant how she wanted. Because of complications she couldn't give birth how she wanted. Even with selective reduction she didn't have the baby she wanted. She couldn't continue her career as she wanted. She felt wildly out of control and had mental health problems to start with.
Unlocking the safe, that was her mental health problems she fought to hide breaking free. Everyone she was mad at was everyone who told her there was nothing wrong. She broke because she did not receive appropriate mental health care and postpartum care.
Go be a mom now, be happy, and don't bother me with your mental health.
We see all the characters through her eyes. That is why people seem comical in their campy acting. Our narrator is not in touch with reality and no one is willing to address the problem. Stay home, work less, get the best doctor, get a midwife... non of these fixes addresses postpartum psychosis.
So in case you were not sure what the husband did wrong, he also ignored the seriousness of her mental state.
Funny side note even the main nurse has a nurse Ratchet design, another nod to inappropriate mental health care.
Many women had a baby, a difficult pregnancy, delivery, sent home and then told be happy you have a baby. So if you watched this movie and absolutely hated it, it's over. Shut up and be happy it's over.
