Thomas Beatie is not your typical male. In fact he used to be a she. He has undergone chest reconstruction to eliminate his female breasts. He has also taken testosterone to deepen his voice and encourage the growth of body hair. For reasons only he can explain, he left his female reproductive organs intact and is now pregnant. He admits he had to quit taking testosterone in order to get pregnant.
Beatie is married to a woman named Nancy. No word on whether she was previously male and/or if artificial insemination was necessary. He reportedly suffered one ectopic pregnancy previously and had to have one ovary removed. This pregnancy is reportedly a healthy and uneventful experience and he couldn’t be happier. No word on why he opted to have the baby instead of his wife.
The photos are startling to say the least. The blessed event should occur around July 3, 2008.
well congrats.
source: bittenandbound.com
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Brian Atwood
WOW!!! imagine that!!
1I read about this earlier. There's an article in The Advocate that says his wife can't have children due to complications she's suffered. I find it sad that they're having trouble finding prenatal care for the baby due to the circumstances.
Here's the link to the article for that story: advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid52947.asp
2Slightly creepy...
3Wow! I saw this on news! Shocking!
4wow at first i thought it was fake, pretty interesting. i wonder how the delivery will be?
5Thanks for the link to that article, wynter... it's very touching. He and his wife sound so brave. I wish them a healthy baby girl!
6Hahah the kid will call him mada!! haha get it!!
yeah i know hella dumb
7well, I am almost at a loss for words! Good luck to them.
8OMG! I'm speechless
9I was thinking "WTF, a pregnant man?" when this showed up in my unreads. I guess since he still has female reproductive parts it's not as bizarre as it originally sounded.
10good luck to them and i pray that they are treated with respect
11Weird!!!
12While this is odd, I say congrats to them! It's a blessing for them since the wife couldn't have kids; now they can have their family.
13LOL @ what la dee da said
14just weirddddddd!!!!!!!!!!
15weird..
16i think she or he or what ever it is is a complete freak half man and half woman damm
that baby is going to be teased a lot at school
http://pregnant-man.wedding-review.info/pregnant%20man.html
17I cant believe some of you people believe that CRAP about a pregnant man!! Its a damn WOMAN that had her breast removed,, God, you can see the scars under HER boobs.She took hormone shots to grow the hair on her face etc,, Its already been on t.v this woman is a IDIOT to make people believe shes a man,, well, i guess shes NOT an idiot because some of you believe it......
18This is not a man! This is a woman who has chosen to look like a man, but reproductively act like a woman. This is quite disgusting
19I think that's pretty amazing. It must have taken him a lot of courage to do that. I mean. Think about it - you switch genders because you believe you are meant to be male, or just want to be, but then your wife can't have kids and you have to go back to doing what you didn't want to, to have a kid.. That's pretty insane and I wish them all the luck in the world. The kid is already ahead in life to be born into a loving two parent family.
As far as the hater's comments. He probably has had his license changed, so legally he would be male. As far as physiologically: his breasts have been removed, he was on testosterone.. the only thing keeping him in between is his lack of male genitalia.
Instead of being bitter and attacking others, you could just be happy for other people. I'll never understand why people react so strongly and hatefully to certain things.
Live and Let Live.
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