Dr. Casey Means' confirmation hearing for surgeon general was scheduled two days after her due date. Ben Curtis/AP

The Senate hearing for President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means , is postponed as the nominee goes into labor with her first child, according to a Senate Health, Education Labor and Pension Committee spokesperson and a person familiar with Means.

As it was planned, Means would be the first nominee to ever appear virtually before the HELP committee, owing to her pregnancy.

The hearing was scheduled two days after Means’ due date, per the person familiar.

Trump nominated Means, author of the best-selling “Good Energy” and an avatar of the ‘Make American Healthy Again’ movement, this May after withdrawing the nomination of Dr. Janette Neshei

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