To make it possible for women to combine work and family, the state provided comprehensive child care, and a year off for each baby.

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The family's youngest child, Isla, was born prematurely and spent six weeks in a special care baby unit earlier this year.

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Having been born somewhat prematurely, the child was transferred to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where the baby came under the experienced and skilled care of pediatrician Dr. Hannah Gay.

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Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in 2011 was the first conference that I noticed had child care in the same building and wished that I had known because I left my nursing baby at home with his Dad.

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