I agree in regards to the time & was actually suprised to read of the players that were or were not by their partners side at finals time for the birth of a baby. I guessed it would be encouraged to DTD after finals LOL.....it's amazing how many AFL players get married come Oct, Nov etc. But like most people would know, esp on here that they are not always planned, or you can try & try for so long that you are not going to stop just for that. Guess that's where you make the decision, do you be there, miss it or get induced! She could go a week over for all we know I guess they are not willing to take any chances. Perhaps she's been told she is likely to go early.......we only get from it what we've read & that was a completely one issue article. We don't know that they have been ill informed, we can only presume from the way it read IYKWIM. We don't know what info they have been given.

To me it's a little like the argument for or against bottle/breast.....or to circumcise or not to, cloth v's disposables. We all have reason for what it is we choose, they are not always considered right & sometimes choices are made on poor information, lack there of or just personal choice. Either way these things are all available, so if they are available then they are available IYKWIM (did that make any sense LOL). Anywho that's just IMO.

FWIW I don't agree with how early they are choosing but YES I was induced with DS due to my husbands work. It was not a choice we made lightly but we had many things to factor in & considre & that is what worked for us.