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Of the bridge playing community approximately 50% will never have a baby. I suspect that of the other 50% very few have brought babies to a bridge match, whether they be in utero or otherwise. Being a confirmed member of the never having one in utero category, the nearest I ever came to mixing babies and bridge was when my first wife wanted to go out and insisted I take my 10 month daughter. I never took her again - she tried to eat the queen of spades. It was in dummy! .... dummy, baby - get it? I'll get my coat.

In today's deal, not only was declarer within three weeks of giving birth to her first child, at the time she was playing in the final of most prestigious event in the British calendar - the Gold Cup.
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