Babies

In 2005 I met a woman at an ante-natal class whom I recognised from an Italian night class we both attended approximately 3 years earlier. Our due dates were different and we each subsequently gave birth (both overdue) - me to a boy on 5th November, she to a girl on 11th November. We remained in touch and two years later told each other excitedly on the same day that we were pregnant again, this time with the same due date. We consequently each gave birth (both overdue) - me to a boy on 5th October and she to a girl on 11th October. In the late 1990's I was at university training to be a speech and language therapist. My work placements were on Wednesdays and were rarely cancelled. But one day my placement was cancelled, so I stayed in to study instead. When I took a break I flicked on the radio to hear Libby Purves introducing my friend on R4's Midweek. She had just published her first book, but I had not known she was scheduled to appear on the show.