A transgender couple from California are expecting a child.
Scott Moore and his husband, Thomas Moore, are expecting a baby boy, whom they plan to name Miles. The couple is legally married because Scott has a female birth certificate.
Both Scott and Thomas have changed their gender from female to male. Thomas had a hysterectomy and gender reassignment last year, but Scott, who has been taking male hormones since he was 16 and had his breasts removed, still had his female organs and chose to carry their child.
A male friend donated the sperm for the couple and Scott became pregnant last June via insemination.
Scott has warned the staff at the local hospital of his gender saying,
We didn’t want everyone to be shocked when a man turns up to give birth. We found it very difficult to get a doctor and midwife at first. It was hard when people didn’t want to treat me. No pregnant person should be denied healthcare just because they are a man. I’m looking forward to giving birth now. With Thomas at my side everything will be just fine.
Miles is due next month and will be Thomas and Scott’s third child. Thomas fathered two children, Gregg–12 and Logan–10, with a former female partner.
Thomas Beatie, the world’s first “Pregnant Man,” has given birth, naturally, to his second child, a baby boy, on Tuesday according to ABC’s 20/20. Thomas and his wife Nancy have not yet decided on a name.
Beatie announced last November that he was expecting his second child, telling Barbara Walters that he did not go back on the male hormone testosterone after his daughter was born so he could have another baby.
“I feel good,” Beatie said at the time. “I had my checkups with my hormone level, as far as the HCG. And everything is right on track.”
Beatie’s wife, Nancy, is reportedly planning to breastfeed the couple’s newborn, as she did with their 1-year-old daughter, Susan Juliette.
The world’s first pregnant man Thomas Beatie is pregnant again and how can you blame him for wanting more children, just look at how beautiful his daughter is.
The happy family was spotted at an airport in Madrid, which is one of their many stops for their international promo tour. You can see all the cute pictures at babble.com.
Yep, you read that right. Pregnant Man, Thomas Beatie, is pregnant again! His first daughter was “born” on June 29th of this year. Baby #2 is due on June 12th; meaning only 4 months later, and bam! He’s preggers again!
These kidlets will be less than a year a part! I guess at the age of 34 he doesn’t want to waste much time–maybe? Or maybe, more likely, has to do with him not taking testosterone pills while going through pregnancies–keep the female hormones raging all at one time rather than swinging back and forth.
See the Barbara Walters Exclusive interview with the Pregnant Man here. She’s allowed into their home and has great footage of their family life. She asks some tough questions on what is a man/woman and what will they tell their little baby girl Susan when she grows up.
Next Tuesday, the 18th, you can see the ONLY documentary on Thomas, his wife, and the final weeks of his first pregnancy on Discovery Health. The documentary is called, you guessed it, “Pregnant Man.” It will air at 9:00pm ET/PT.
Just three weeks ago, on June 29th, Thomas Beatie became the first legally recognized transgender man to give birth. Thomas and his wife Nancy welcomed a 9lb 5oz baby girl into their family. They named her Susan Juliette, after Thomas’ mother. Thomas told People magazine that,
She’s so precious, I just can’t stop staring at her. Just holding her is the best feeling in the world. Susan is a miracle! And we’re finally the family we’ve been dreaming of.
She is very precious, but how do you think Thomas would react if his beautiful daughter decided to become a man too?
Thomas Beatie, a.k.a. the “Pregnant Man,” has finally given birth to a girl! In case you have been under a rock for the last 6 months, Thomas Beatie is a female to male trans gender. He had his breasts removed and began taking male hormones years ago, but opted to keep his female reproductive organs.
“I feel it’s not a male or female desire to have a child,” he told Oprah Winfrey.
“It’s a human need. I’m a person and I have the right to have a biological child.”
According to a source, Thomas had his baby naturally and earlier rumors of a planned Cesarean were false.
Wonder how much the magazines are going to pony up for the first shots…
With only four weeks left until he gives birth, Thomas Beatie does an interview with News of the World.
The world’s first pregnant man talks about his pregnancy, getting ready for the birth of his daughter, and having more children. Here is a little excerpt from the interview.
On being pregnant: Everything has been excellent. I have been so lucky. I didn’t have any discomfort or ailments. In fact when I found out I was pregnant I went online and read how a lot of women suffer back pain but I haven’t had any. It has been remarkably easy.
Do you think that the fact that he doesn’t have any breast contributed to the lack of back pain? Most pregnant women’s breast greatly increase with pregnancy and all the extra weight can cause back pain. I guess that is just one benefit of being a pregnant man.
On preparing for his daughter: I’m 36 weeks now and almost due. I feel fantastic. Every day Nancy and I think about how we just cannot wait to hold our daughter for the first time, to finally touch her and see her face. We have her nursery ready and her diapers are lined up in her bedroom. Everything is ready to go. We have even picked a name which we are both love – although we’re waiting until she is born before we tell anyone.
On having more children: All the people who really know us an love us, our family and family, have been incredibly supportive. So much so we might even have more children. We will just see what the experience is like with our daughter’s arrival first and then give it some thought.
I wonder how much money the first photo of a child born from a man gets? I know it wont even be close to what the Jolie-Pitt twins first pics will get, but I am sure it will be a pretty good chunk of change.
Tell me what you think. Was this transsexual’s pregnancy worthy of all the media attention it received? And do you think a second child will get the same attention as the first?
Click here to read the full interview and see updated photos.
Pregnant man Thomas Beatie has decided to write a memoir.
Beatie’s memoir, titled Love Makes a Family: A Memoir of Hardship, Healing, and ExtraordinaryPregnancy, is schedule to be released on September 30, 2008. In his memoir, Beatie talks about female-to-male gender reassignment surgery and his experiences as a pregnant man.
Beatie maintains that being pregnant doesn’t make him any less of a man. In a recent interview on Oprah, Beatie said,
It doesn’t make me want to go and shave my legs or something. I’m a man, I just happen to be a pregnant man.
Beatie is due to deliver his baby on July 3, via ceaseran.
Transsexual Thomas Beatie isn’t going to let a pregnancy keep him from doing his manly chores.
Even though Thomas Beatie is just weeks away from giving birth, he was recently spotted trimming the grass at his Bend, Oregon home.
Thomas made headlines a couple of months ago for being the first recognized pregnant man. Born a woman, Thomas decided to undergo sex reassignment surgery when he was in his twenties, but chose to keep his reproductive organs. He stated in an interview earlier this year that, “Wanting to have a biological child is neither a male nor female desire, but a human desire.”
Thomas Beatie’e baby girl is due to be born on July 3 via cesarean.
Odd side note: notice that he still has a beard even though he hasn’t been taking testosterone for months now…I found that intriguing…maybe you will too!