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Pregnant Man Gives Birth
Thomas Beatie — a.k.a. the "pregnant man" — gave birth to a baby girl on Friday, ABC News reports.
Beatie, 34, who was born a woman, had his breasts surgically removed and legally changed his gender from female to male, he revealed on The Oprah Winfrey Show in April.
Although he took hormones and lived as a man, he said he kept his female sex organs in hopes to get pregnant one day.
He said his pregnancy was a "human desire" and that as a person he has "the right to have my own biological child."
Being pregnant, said Beatie, did not make him feel more feminine.
"It doesn't make me want to go and shave my legs or something," he told Winfrey. "I'm a man, I just happen to be a pregnant man."
The most important message, said Beatie: "Different is normal and love makes a family. And that's all that matters."
He is currently at work on a memoir, Love Makes a Family: A Memoir of Hardship, Healing and an Extraordinary Pregnancy, due in September.
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Re: Pregnant Man Gives Birth
I'm glad they are happy.
He's still a she..
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she's baaccckkkk ;)
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was there a reason his wife didn't get pregnant instead?
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Re: Pregnant Man Gives Birth
If "He" felt the desire to be PG then HE is still a woman.
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Re: Pregnant Man Gives Birth
Posted by Ophelia
was there a reason his wife didn't get pregnant instead?
Maybe she was a HE? 
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Posted by Ophelia
was there a reason his wife didn't get pregnant instead?
i believe she had fertility issues.
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"It doesn't make me want to go and shave my legs or something," he told Winfrey. "I'm a man, I just happen to be a pregnant man."
Noooo - you're a woman - get over yourself
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Posted by GossipQueen
Being pregnant, said Beatie, did not make him feel more feminine.
"It doesn't make me want to go and shave my legs or something," he told Winfrey. "I'm a man, I just happen to be a pregnant man."
So why then did he do all those feminine shots in the pg poses, in the bathtub, etc?
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Posted by Ophelia
was there a reason his wife didn't get pregnant instead?
Probably would have cost a lot more as she appeared much older and would have needed much more fertility tx I suspect, whereas he was younger and was able to ovulate fairly easily with hormones.
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Re: Pregnant Man Gives Birth
i'm glad they're happy
but...
he's still a woman... jmho
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Re: Pregnant Man Gives Birth
Posted by Ophelia
was there a reason his wife didn't get pregnant instead?
Is his wife got pregnant Oprah wouldn't care and his memoir would mean a damn thing to anyone -
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Posted by libby2595
i'm glad they're happy
but...
he's still a woman... jmho
I agree. The fact that this has gotten the publicity it has annoys me a little, though.
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Re: Pregnant Man Gives Birth
Posted by Bri
Posted by libby2595
i'm glad they're happy
but...
he's still a woman... jmho
I agree. The fact that this has gotten the publicity it has annoys me a little, though.
I agree. Looks like someone was trying to cash in on a lil something.
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Posted by statusquoscreenname
Posted by Ophelia
was there a reason his wife didn't get pregnant instead?
i believe she had fertility issues.
Yes, and I think she may have even had a hysterectomy.
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Posted by Dani922
Posted by statusquoscreenname
Posted by Ophelia
was there a reason his wife didn't get pregnant instead?
i believe she had fertility issues.
Yes, and I think she may have even had a hysterectomy.
I was just going to say that. The wife had a hysterectomy so there was no possibility of her carrying a baby.
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Posted by Ophelia
was there a reason his wife didn't get pregnant instead?
Is his wife got pregnant Oprah wouldn't care and his memoir would mean a damn thing to anyone -
ITA
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Posted by Ophelia
was there a reason his wife didn't get pregnant instead?
Fertility issues...
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Posted by libby2595
i'm glad they're happy
but...
he's still a woman... jmho
ITA but I am glad they have a healthy baby.
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Posted by MrsRJP
Posted by libby2595
i'm glad they're happy
but...
he's still a woman... jmho
ITA but I am glad they have a healthy baby.
Same here!!
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