Thomas Beatie, a man, is pregnant
Well, not really a man, Beatie is a transgender man.
Beatie, who was born a woman named Tracy Lagondino, had reassignment surgery to appear as a man outwardly, but he never surgically altered his reproductive organs, he said in the article. He only had chest reconstruction and began taking testosterone, Beatie said, meaning he still has ovaries and a uterus.
Beatie broke the story to The Advocate a gay-sexual magazine.
Beatie who was born a woman, but started the process of becoming a man decided to carry his baby after his wife Nancy could not have children because of a hysterectomy.
Beatie says he, “stopped taking [his] bimonthly testosterone injections. It had been roughly eight years since [his] last menstrual cycle,” he also claims he did not need the aid of any fertility drugs.
Beatie also says that his decision was met with some discrimination:
“”Doctors have discriminated against us, turning us away due to their religious beliefs. Health care professionals have refused to call me by a male pronoun or recognize Nancy as my wife,” he added, “most of Nancy’s family doesn’t even know I’m transgender.”
But Beatie’s case, while uncommon, is not unique. Another transgender man has given birth before, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center obstetrician Dr. Lisa Masterson said on “Good Morning America” today.
“A transgender man can be pregnant because he has the same organs as a woman,” she said, adding that Beatie should have no problem having a baby.
But Masterson said there are some health risks with this kind of pregnancy.
“It’s really important that he doesn’t take any testosterone early on in the pregnancy and later on,” she said. “That can cause male-type characteristics in the female baby.”
