Following the birth of Grace on the 17th October 2009, Rachel returned to training with the Ladies Team on the 5th November 2009, a mere 19 days later.
Rachel is still insistant that she will be back, ready to play before Christmas.
However, it's not really surprising that Rachel has returned to training so soon, as she played for the first 4 1/2 months of the pregnancy, as we weren't aware that she was pregnant, which took her to the end of the season and then didn't stop coming to and participating in training until she was 7 1/2 months pregnant.