New Mom Goes Back to Work ... Running the Country

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern underwent a very public pregnancy and endured some cringeworthy questions before giving birth to daughter Neve in June and beginning a much-discussed maternity leave. Now, six weeks later, Ardern is heading back to work, reports the Guardian, which she says she's "ready and very keen" to do. "I'm privileged, I'm very, very lucky," Ardern says, calling maternity leave a "gift." "I have a partner ... who's taking up a huge part of that joint responsibility because he's a parent, too, he's not a babysitter." Baby Neve is going to start racking up the frequent-flier miles soon: Ardern will take her to New York in September to address the United Nations. "I always expected ... there would be a real tension there between making sure I was meeting all of her needs and of course my responsibilities. ... [but] we will absolutely make it work." (More Jacinda Ardern stories.)