Brónagh Diamond: Are ye wise? Making the case for baby number five

WOMEN are remarkable creatures, though most of us are too knackered to make much of a song and dance about it.That was my main conclusion on reading about Clare Hart, a 40-year-old Abertay University student who found herself facing the sort of dilemma no careers adviser ever puts in the brochure: would she make it to graduation, or would the baby get there first? Her due date had been July 3, but young Sol MacIntosh Hart-Gordon, already showing a healthy disregard for anybody else’s plans, arrived at 5.15pm on July 9, weighing 6lb 11oz.By the next day, Clare felt well enough to attend the ceremony – which is impressive, given that I need a sit-down and a cuppa after trying to get parked near the Lisburn Road. If I’m honest, the story landed with me as inspiration given how, at 39, I have