Defense Minister Gives Birth to Latest Power Baby

Madeline Holler — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:38:00 GMT

Sure, I follow celebrity pregnancies as much as the next semi-conscious parent blogger. But truthfully, I'm way more obsessed with pregnant women and mothers in powerful jobs. I think that in the same way startlets stepping forward with their baby bumps has made pregnancy not just tolerable but fashionable, powerful women with buns in the oven will make pregnancy and motherhood in serious, powerful, wheeling-and-dealing type jobs as normal as open-ended expense accounts, billable hours and approval ratings.

With that defensive caveat of my secret little hope and hobby, please allow me to introduce the newest little power baby:

Miquel, son to Carme Chacon, Spain's first female minister of defense. You'll recall, Mama Chacon made a splash shortly after her appointment to the top military job when she reviewed the troops in a nice, billowy smocked maternity blouse and fabulous slacks.

There was some outcry in the country over her appointment and "condition." And criticism of her response to the outcry -- she took off for Afghanistan and elsewhere late in her pregnancy. But who cares. Powerful woman, happened to be pregnant, eventually became a mom. See No. 20 in Babble's list of reasons to have a baby, now.

Who is your favorite pregnant and/or post-partum CEO?

Photo: IHT

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Defense Minister Gives Birth to Latest Power Baby