It’s a very, very, special day for Meg…

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It’s a very, very, special day for Meg…

What are the odds of having your birthday on Mother’s Day – in this case, May 12 – and having one of your children born on that same day? The reason for Meg’s maths manoeuvrings is precisely because last Sunday, Mother’s Day, was also her birthday. And also the birthday of her son, Hamish. “The odds are first by determined by calculating the number of days in a year, say 365,” she says, “then factoring in the possibility that Mother’s Day can oc…