Tammy Duckworth gives birth to girl: First senator to have baby while in office

[brooklynite]

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., on Monday gave birth to a daughter, Maile Pearl Bowlsbey, becoming the first sitting senator to have a baby while in office.

Duckworth, who turned 50 on March 12, is one of only 10 women in the history of the nation to give birth while in Congress, with the other babies born to members serving in the House.

This is the second child for Duckworth and her husband, Bryan Bowlsbey. Daughter Abigail was born Nov. 18, 2014, when Duckworth was 47 and in the House, representing a suburban Chicago congressional district.

Maile was born in a hospital in suburban Washington.

Read more: https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/tammy-duckworth-birth-girl-first-senator-have-baby-maile-pearl-bowlsbey-office/

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Congrats!

[NastyRiffraff]

2. Lovely!

Congrats to Tammy & family.

[shenmue]

3. Yay!

[efhmc]

4. This is wonderful!!

[Ohiogal]

5. Wonderful news!

[Danmel]

6. Mazel Tov to Senator Duckworth and the entire Bowlsbey family

Wishing you all a lifetime of happiness and good health!

[niyad]

7. '"welcome to the world, baby girl"

[brooklynite]

8. "Now, get back to work!"

If she takes maternity leave, she can't vote or introduce legislation. If she doesn't, she can't take her baby on the Senate floor.

[FakeNoose]

10. Moms will be breastfeeding in the US Capitol, soon enough

[tclambert]

9. They aren't counting all the eggs laid by Mitch McConnell

[GopherGal]

24. I think that's because turtle babies don't count (eom)

[sdfernando]

11. Congratulations to Senator Duckworth and her husband Brian! /NT

[sarge43]

12. Welcome on board, Maile Pearl

Well done, congrats to your mom and dad.

[murielm99]

13. K&R for my Senator!

[pandr32]

14. Wonderful news

[onecent]

15. Wonderful news for Tammy Duckworth...

[Devil Child]

16. Wonderful news and a historic first!

[Deb]

17. Happy Birthday Maile Pearl

You've been given a beautiful name.

[mcar]

18. Congratulations to the happy family!

Long life and good health to their precious daughter.

[world wide wally]

19. Congratulations, Senator

[cp]

20. Congratulations!

[flying_wahini]

21. Guess I am a real softie. Made me puddle up. Sniff.

I have a very dear friend Maile and she is a strong and beautiful woman!

[IronLionZion]

22. Congrats!

[brer cat]

23. K&R

[Botany]

25. Something is in my eye

Link to tweet

[gopiscrap]

26. Congrats to Mom and Dad!!!

[Gothmog]

27. From Senator Harris

Link to tweet

[CTyankee]

28. my grandmother's name was Pearl.

Nice, old fashioned name.

Not sure how to pronounce Maile. Is it may-lee?

[Hekate]

31. The "ai" in Hawai'ian is elided. You can come close enough by pronouncing it as in "I"... "My"

Maile is a fragrant vine; that is, the leaves are fragrant, I don't even know if it has a flower. It is very popular to drape over the shoulders of brides, grooms, graduates -- either alone or in conjunction with flower leis.

[CTyankee]

32. lovely. It is wondeful. Thank for that...

[Hekate]

29. How perfectly lovely

[Stuart G]

30. Wonderful story..I love the key word.."baby" makes me smile..a new person arrived. 4/9/18