They were mostly to do with fitting a birth into a doctor's heavy schedule: Big golf game at 2.00pm so you'll be induced at 6.00am.

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Hockey lends balance to his hectic schedule, which these days includes awaiting the birth of his second child.

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Virne Beatrice Mitchell, known to her family as "Jackie, " entered the world ahead of schedule and weighed only a little over three pounds at birth.

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The assumption is there's no harm if modern medicine accommodates a busy obstetrician, a hectic family schedule or simply the mother's desire to get to the finish line and give birth.

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