Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth is used to making history.
When she was elected to Congress in Illinois in 2012, the Iraq war veteran was the first Asian-American woman to hold that office, and was the first disabled woman as well.
And yesterday, Duckworth, who’s 49, announced that she’s expecting her second child, which will make her the first U.S. Senator to give birth while in office. (Ten other members of Congress have given birth while in office, but they were members of the House of Representatives.)

Wanted to share some exciting personal news… pic.twitter.com/ZZyu9pG2nq
? Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) January 23, 2018

Becoming pregnant again is certainly a joyous outcome for Duckworth, who’s due to have a second daughter in April, but even more so given the lengths she’s had to go to get there. Duckworth will be turning 50 this spring, and as with her first child?Abigail, who was born in 2014?she endured multiple rounds of IVF to become pregnant. Duckworth has been remarkably open about her journey to conceive, revealing that she suffered a miscarriage while running for Senate in 2016.
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Duckworth is a retired lieutenant colonel who served ...