Pregnant Man Gives Birth to Son
Wednesday June 10, 2009
Thomas Beatie made headlines last year as he gave birth to his daughter, Susan. Born a woman, he had gender reassignment surgery but kept his female reproductive organs. He and his wife, Nancy, decided to have children. She was unable to conceive so Beatie carried the baby, while Nancy breastfed. She intends to breastfeed their unnamed as of yet son.
Susan was born vaginally after 40 hours of labor, though that sounds really weird to say when we're talking about a man. This baby is said to have been born via "natural childbirth." Thomas had discontinued testosterone in order to get pregnant with Susan, who is celebrating her first birthday this month, and stayed off in order to get pregnant again.
No such thing as a pregnant man.
Really? Well thank you for clearing that up. As if ANYONE in the free world hadn’t already heard that this “man” was once a woman and still had his/her female reproductive organs!
Yes, it’s a bit strange and shocking – this is not “normal” as we were brought up. But neither was healing various illnesses, etc. Medical technology is amazing and we may not always agree with the things they do with it or what others choose to do with their own bodies.
That’s life – deal with it and be respectful.