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of 7:43.
Lowri Dearsley and her partner Matt Rigby welcomed their eldest daughter Ella into the world at 7.43am on October 10, 2005, at Salford Royal Hospital.
Two years later Evie came along on December 26 at exactly the same time but in the evening.
Lowri and her partner Matt have a tattoo that says 7.43 and have changed their lottery numbers after Harrison was born.
Finally on January 20 last year the couple’s baby boy Harrison stunned doctors and midwives after he was delivered at exactly the same time as Ella.
Lowri, (26), who works for RBS bank, said the staff at the hospital already knew about the girls being born at the same time and were gobsmacked when Harrison kept things running like clockwork as well.
Ms Dearsley, who lives in Greater Manchester with the her timely brood and police officer partner Matt, said the numbers 7:43 had no special meaning for them before the babies were born.
She said: “I didn’t have a dream or a premonition about the numbers before the girls and Harrison were born, but now both I and Matt have tattoos with the numbers on our arms.
“It was amazing in the hospital when Harrison was coming because the nurses and the doctors all knew about the time the girls had been born.
“The doctors had to induce me at 5pm on January 19 and then after 14 hours of labour Harrison was finally on his way.
“Matt was there and he said ‘oh my God, I can’t believe this, it’s 7.41.”
Two minutes later Harrison was born weighing 8lb 3oz.
“I was something of a celebrity afterwards, people were all talking about it and I said to a nurse it’s a shame we didn’t have a bet on it.”
All the children’s birth certificates has the time of birth is registered, with Evie’s birth time of 7.43pm written in the 24-hour version of 19.43.
Matt, (30) said the family’s lottery numbers had definitely changed since the astonishing run of birth times.
He said: “Sadly we haven’t won yet with those numbers but who knows it’s worth a go, maybe we’ll win three times.
“People see my tattoo and ask me what the number mean, when I tell them they can’t believe it.”
Bookmakers William Hill said the actual odds of having three babies all born at the same time would have been millions to one.
A spokesman said: “Obviously mathematically the odds of this happening are millions to one.
“But if mum had come to us after she had two children at the time 7.43, we would have happily of given her the odds of 743 to one to have a third at that time.
“And if she ever decides to have a fourth we’d be more than happy to offer those odds again.” – Daily Mail.