First Lady Says She’s ‘Hoping’ for 2nd Child

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton says that “it would be terrific” if she and the president had another child and that they also have been discussing the possibility of adoption, according to a published report.

The first lady in the past has acknowledged difficulties having children and has been a strong activist on behalf of adoption.

But in an interview with Time magazine, she said she continues to hope for a sibling for 16-year-old Chelsea.

“I would be surprised but not disappointed. My friends would be appalled, I’m sure. But I think it would be terrific,” said the first lady about the possibility of having another child.

Mrs. Clinton, 48, said she and the president also “continue to talk about” adopting a child but that those talks aren’t likely to get serious until after the November election.

“There’s just too much going on in our lives right now,” she said in the interview. “I just think that giving a child a chance and sharing what you have with a child is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, as well as a child. So I hope something will come of our thinking about it.

“We’re hoping that we have another child,” she said.

Neel Lattimore, a spokesman for the first lady, said Saturday that her general interest in adoption is nothing new and that she and the president have discussed it “in abstract terms.”

“Are they working on adopting a child? No,” Lattimore said.

As for the first couple having a second child, Lattimore said, “Every nine months there’s speculation that she’s pregnant.”