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'Pregnant man' gives birth to girl: reports
Thu Jul 3, 3:40 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A US man who was born a woman before undergoing gender realignment surgery has given birth to a baby girl, US media reported Thursday.
Thomas Beatie, who is legally male but decided to keep his female sex organs during chest reconstruction surgery and testosterone therapy, attracted worldwide attention in April after revealing his pregnant weeks aftera d pregnancy.
The 34-year-old gave birth to a baby girl at a hospital in Bend, Oregon, ABC News reported, without providing further details.
Beatie, who sports a beard, was dubbed the 'pregnant man' after appearing on Oprah Winfrey's television talkshow to discuss his pregnancy.
"I feel it's not a male or female desire to have a child. It's a human need. I'm a person and I have the right to have a biological child," Beatie told the chat show queen.
Beatie's unusual situation first became public when he wrote an article in the leading US gay magazine pregnant bbt weekw The Advocate in March, xxx pregnant entitled "Labor of Love."
"To our neighbors, my wife, Nancy, and I don't appear in the least unusual," he wrote, explaining that his wife was unable to have a child after undergoing a hysterectomy. So he chose to become pregnant by artificial insemination, he said.
"Our situation sparks legal, political, and social unknowns," Beatie wrote, paint and pregnant women adding the pregnant birth gallery couple had experienced opposition from health care professionals, friends and family.
One doctor refused to treat the couple, after consulting an pregnant hairy pussy ethics board.
"How does it quit smoking safe for pregnant women feel to be a pregnant man? Incredible. Despite the fact that my belly is growing with a new life inside me, I am stable and confident being the man that I am," Beatie wrote.
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