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olympic
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Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:36 pm |
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The Pregnant "man" gives birth
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Thomas Beatie, who was born a woman but after surgery and hormone treatment lives as a man, has given birth to a girl at an Oregon hospital, People magazine reported on Thursday.
Beatie, 34, who kept female reproductive organs when he legally became a man 10 years ago, confirmed the birth to the magazine.
The baby, conceived through artificial insemination using donor sperm and Beatie's own eggs, was born on June 29 and Beatie and the baby are "healthy and doing well," People reported.
"The only thing different about me is that I can't breast-feed my baby. But a lot of mothers don't," People quoted Beatie as saying. He has had his breasts surgically removed.
He told the magazine that contrary to published reports, the baby was not delivered by Caesarean section, but no other details about the birth were given.
The thinly bearded Beatie told "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in April he began his sexual transformation about 10 years ago when he began taking testosterone treatment and had surgery to remove mammary glands and flatten his chest.
Upon deciding to have a child about two years ago, he halted his bimonthly hormone injections and resumed menstruating.
Beatie's wife, Nancy, 46, whom he married five years ago, was unable to conceive because of a prior hysterectomy. Otherwise, he has said, "I wouldn't be doing this." His spouse has two grown daughters by a previous marriage.
She said on Oprah's show their parental roles would be fairly traditional despite his transgender status. "He's going to be the father, and I'm going to be the mother," she said.
The couple, who operate a T-shirt printing business in Bend, Oregon, are legally married and he is recognized under Oregon state law as a man.
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| olympic
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Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:07 am |
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The pregnant man has finally given birth!
Former woman Thomas Beatie has delivered a healthy baby girl.
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| SideTracked
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Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:19 am |
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I've taught Human A&P for year (and years). Even with all modern inventions and interventions, I would never have thought of this scenerio when the students would ask if it was possible for a man to have a baby. . .
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| dithers
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| SideTracked wrote: | | I've taught Human A&P for year (and years). Even with all modern inventions and interventions, I would never have thought of this scenerio when the students would ask if it was possible for a man to have a baby. . . |
I hope you told them "no" because it isn't possible. This is not a man. It's a woman who had her breasts amputated.
One has to feel sorry for any child born into this circus - which is what it was IMO. Almost a publicity stunt since they've been going public with it ($$??) since the very beginning.
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