Many were euphoric the night Barack Obama was elected US President. The day after, a few bloggers wrote about their greatest hope: that they would have an “Obama baby”.

- Many claimed that they could have conceived a child on November 4 after a night of celebration. With exit polls showing that Obama had won over 66 per cent of people aged 18-29, the young were particularly ecstatic. As a result, there could be a boom in births on or around August 4, 2009 – which is the President’s 48th birthday. Indeed, it is possible that Obama himself was conceived on November 8, 1960 – the night John F. Kennedy was elected.

- UrbanDictionary.com already has this entry for “Obama baby”: “Conceived after Obama was proclaimed President, by way of celebratory sex.” American newspapers have started collecting anecdotes of happy couples enjoying an election-night fumble. One Milwaukee man said he and his wife made love as soon as the result was declared. Echoing Obama’s campaign slogan, he told the Chicago Tribune: “Yes, we can.”