# Senator Duckworth to be the first US Senator to give birth while in office **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-duckworth-to-be-the-first-us-senator-to-give-birth-while-in-office/807349 "2018-01-24T05:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-duckworth-to-be-the-first-us-senator-to-give-birth-while-in-office/807349/1 "2018-01-24T05:39:51Z")
Congrats to her and her family! One more step in normalizing pregnancy and taking it out of “disease” status. (Congrats also to the Kiwi PM who is apparently also pregnant). Countdown to Trump tweeting something grossly inappropriate and insulting… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-duckworth-to-be-the-first-us-senator-to-give-birth-while-in-office/807349/2 "2018-01-24T05:49:01Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Congrats to her and her family! > One more step in normalizing pregnancy and taking it out of “disease” status. > (Congrats also to the Kiwi PM who is apparently also pregnant). > > **Countdown to Trump tweeting something grossly inappropriate and insulting…** I predict something about the baby missing legs. Toss-up between he really believes it or a bad attempt at a joke. Or the first and he claims the second after it blows up in his face. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-duckworth-to-be-the-first-us-senator-to-give-birth-while-in-office/807349/3 "2018-01-24T07:31:09Z")
Congrats to the Senator, but I hope that Dumpf doesn’t kick up a stink that it is born at nine months. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-duckworth-to-be-the-first-us-senator-to-give-birth-while-in-office/807349/4 "2018-01-24T14:57:55Z")
Best wishes to the Senator and her family. Their older child is about three or four, which is a good spacing for children IME. OTOH Sen. Duckworth is almost fifty - I can’t imagine dealing with two small children at that age. Still, all the best to her. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-duckworth-to-be-the-first-us-senator-to-give-birth-while-in-office/807349/5 "2018-01-24T17:17:39Z")
I’m in a certain place in life where it’s much needed to have women like Duckworth as role models. I feel like thanking her more than congratulating her. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-duckworth-to-be-the-first-us-senator-to-give-birth-while-in-office/807349/6 "2018-01-24T19:01:28Z")
May the kid be healthy and a good sleeper. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-duckworth-to-be-the-first-us-senator-to-give-birth-while-in-office/807349/7 "2018-01-25T14:35:47Z")
“Senator Duckworth to be the first US Senator to give birth while in office” Um, couldn’t she go to the hospital to give birth? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-duckworth-to-be-the-first-us-senator-to-give-birth-while-in-office/807349/8 "2018-01-25T14:59:34Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > “Senator Duckworth to be the first US Senator to give birth while in office” > > Um, couldn’t she go to the hospital to give birth? 😉 Heck, she should deliver right on the floor of the Senate. It would certainly make for better C-SPAN ratings. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-duckworth-to-be-the-first-us-senator-to-give-birth-while-in-office/807349/9 "2018-01-25T15:07:57Z")
Might also be the only time all year anything productive gets done on the floor of the senate this year. ---
**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 25, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-duckworth-to-be-the-first-us-senator-to-give-birth-while-in-office/807349/10 "2018-01-25T21:46:55Z")
Nah, the opposition would filibuster and the kid wouldn’t be born until he’s 12.