If you haven’t found a hero this week, get ready to meet Australian Senator Larissa Waters, who made history by being the first person to breastfeed in the country’s Parliament.

Larissa returned after a 10-week maternity leave and decided to nurse her baby during a vote. According to the Courier Mail, she was a lead voice in the passing of a rule allowing for members to breastfeed in the senate chambers.

“Well I think it’s slightly ridiculous that feeding one’s baby is international news — women have been breastfeeding for as long as time immemorial,” she told the BBC. “But in another sense, this is the first time this has happened in our Parliament in 116 years, so it’s definitely world history-making. I had hoped to not only feed my baby, but also to send a message to young women that they belong in the Parliament, and that they can be both Parliamentarians and be moms.”

She also said reaction was mostly positive, except for a few elder members. “Perhaps I’m biased but she is a very cute baby, so there’s lots of smiles and it’s been quite the mood lightener,” she added.

She continued: “Lots of women thanking me for doing it, not just for normalizing breastfeeding, which is itself an important issue, but there’s still a little bit of stigma in some corners of society. But it’s been lovely to hear from the young women and the other moms who’ve said, this is a role model for my daughter or for myself, to know that we can aspire to this sort of occupation.”

So proud that my daughter Alia is the first baby to be breastfed in the federal Parliament! We need more #women & parents in Parli #auspol pic.twitter.com/w34nxWxG0y

— Larissa Waters (@larissawaters) May 9, 2017