# NZ PM preggers! Any political ramifications/repercussions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 19, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nz-pm-preggers-any-political-ramifications-repercussions/806939 "2018-01-19T02:37:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nz-pm-preggers-any-political-ramifications-repercussions/806939/41 "2018-01-22T20:38:58Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > I’m guessing running Pakistan is often a bit more stressful than running New Zealand though. 🙂 More danger of running into a sheep than an assassin, for example. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nz-pm-preggers-any-political-ramifications-repercussions/806939/42 "2018-01-23T03:11:32Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > I’m guessing running Pakistan is often a bit more stressful than running New Zealand though. 🙂 Yes. And at that time, especially. Dealing with the collapse of Communism, all Indian provinces on the border in full insurgency, Iran emerging from war and Afghanistan being Afghanistan. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nz-pm-preggers-any-political-ramifications-repercussions/806939/43 "2018-01-23T14:45:25Z")
She is well and truly screwed. [sub] Sorry, I waited as long as I could to post that comment.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nz-pm-preggers-any-political-ramifications-repercussions/806939/44 "2018-01-23T18:58:11Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > She is well and truly screwed. > > [sub] Sorry, I waited as long as I could to post that comment.[/sub] I try to avoid LOL posts without at least including something substantive, but that was some funny shit. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nz-pm-preggers-any-political-ramifications-repercussions/806939/45 "2018-01-24T01:31:02Z")
Senator Tammy Duckworth is also pregnant. She’ll be the first senator to give birth while in office. Tammy Duckworth Announces She’s Pregnant. It Will Make Her the First Senator to Give Birth in Office - TIMEhttps://apple.news/ArEq2FuOpQI20zfcjjpv0Vg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nz-pm-preggers-any-political-ramifications-repercussions/806939/46 "2018-01-24T01:39:23Z")
I was just about to post [that](https://www.buzzfeed.com/salvadorhernandez/tammy-duckworth-is-pregnant-will-become-the-first-us?utm_term=.iyj22YqmkX#.bwZnnz51ea). ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nz-pm-preggers-any-political-ramifications-repercussions/806939/47 "2018-01-24T19:44:27Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Prime Minister Mulroney of Canada’s youngest son was born while he was in office. Justin Trudeau, the current Prime Minister of Canada, was born while his father Pierre Trudeau was PM. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nz-pm-preggers-any-political-ramifications-repercussions/806939/48 "2018-06-21T22:47:44Z")
Not anymore [she isn’t](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/jacinda-ardern-new-zealand-prime-minister-birth-baby-girl). ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nz-pm-preggers-any-political-ramifications-repercussions/806939/49 "2018-06-21T22:51:54Z")
Yay! ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nz-pm-preggers-any-political-ramifications-repercussions/806939/50 "2018-06-23T12:08:29Z")
Will there be a birth haka performed by some group? Seriously, that would be cool. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nz-pm-preggers-any-political-ramifications-repercussions/806939.md?page=2)