The White Pearl
04-07-2008, 11:44 PM
Thought this was intresting......
In interview with Oprah, pregnant man says baby will be a miracle
News Wire Services
Thursday, April 3rd 2008, 3:13 PM
http://www.nydailynews.com/img/2008/04/04/amd_thomas_beatie.jpg Fame Pictures Pregnant man Thomas Beatie - who was a woman before his sex-change operation and kept his female sex organs - had an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey today.
CHICAGO (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Chicago) - A transgender man who is six months pregnant said in an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Oprah+Winfrey) on Thursday that he always wanted to have a child and considers it a miracle.
"It's not a male or female desire to have a child. It's a human desire," Thomas Beatie (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Thomas+Beatie) said. "I have a very stable male identity," he added, saying that pregnancy neither defines him nor makes him feel feminine.
Beatie, 34, who lives in Oregon (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Oregon), was born a woman but decided to become a man 10 years ago. He began taking testosterone treatments and had breast surgery to remove glands and flatten his chest.
"I opted not to do anything with my reproductive organs because I wanted to have a child one day," he confided to Oprah. Beatie's wife Nancy said she inseminated him with a syringe using sperm purchased from a bank.
Now, he said, his size 32 jeans are getting a bit tight and his shirts are a bit stretched.
Nancy, to whom he has been married for five years and who has two grown daughters by a previous marriage, also appeared on the show, saying the couple's roles will not change once the baby is born.
"He's going to be the father and I'm going to be the mother," she said. Their marriage is legal and he is recognized under state law as a man.
The couple was shown on video provided by People Magazine (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/People+Magazine), which collaborated with Winfrey on the show, showing the room that will be the baby's nursery. Beatie said the little girl was going to be "daddy's little princess."
The couple was also filmed in their hometown of Bend, Oregon (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Bend+(Oregon)), where he underwent an ultrasound showing the baby in his womb.
"I can't believe it. I can't believe she's inside me," Beatie said while watching the ultrasound image. "We see her as our little miracle."
His obstetrician, Dr. Kimberly James (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Kimberly+James), who practices in the Oregon town, told Winfrey, "This is a normal pregnancy."
She said Beatie stopped taking testosterone two years ago and his levels of the hormone are normal.
"This baby is totally healthy," she said. "This is what I consider a normal pregnancy."
The couple said they decided to go public with the pregnancy because they wanted to control the way the news got out. "We're just going to have the baby now," Nancy said. "If we have to, we'll go hide."
Winfrey called the development "a new definition of what diversity means for everybody."
In interview with Oprah, pregnant man says baby will be a miracle
News Wire Services
Thursday, April 3rd 2008, 3:13 PM
http://www.nydailynews.com/img/2008/04/04/amd_thomas_beatie.jpg Fame Pictures Pregnant man Thomas Beatie - who was a woman before his sex-change operation and kept his female sex organs - had an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey today.
CHICAGO (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Chicago) - A transgender man who is six months pregnant said in an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Oprah+Winfrey) on Thursday that he always wanted to have a child and considers it a miracle.
"It's not a male or female desire to have a child. It's a human desire," Thomas Beatie (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Thomas+Beatie) said. "I have a very stable male identity," he added, saying that pregnancy neither defines him nor makes him feel feminine.
Beatie, 34, who lives in Oregon (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Oregon), was born a woman but decided to become a man 10 years ago. He began taking testosterone treatments and had breast surgery to remove glands and flatten his chest.
"I opted not to do anything with my reproductive organs because I wanted to have a child one day," he confided to Oprah. Beatie's wife Nancy said she inseminated him with a syringe using sperm purchased from a bank.
Now, he said, his size 32 jeans are getting a bit tight and his shirts are a bit stretched.
Nancy, to whom he has been married for five years and who has two grown daughters by a previous marriage, also appeared on the show, saying the couple's roles will not change once the baby is born.
"He's going to be the father and I'm going to be the mother," she said. Their marriage is legal and he is recognized under state law as a man.
The couple was shown on video provided by People Magazine (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/People+Magazine), which collaborated with Winfrey on the show, showing the room that will be the baby's nursery. Beatie said the little girl was going to be "daddy's little princess."
The couple was also filmed in their hometown of Bend, Oregon (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Bend+(Oregon)), where he underwent an ultrasound showing the baby in his womb.
"I can't believe it. I can't believe she's inside me," Beatie said while watching the ultrasound image. "We see her as our little miracle."
His obstetrician, Dr. Kimberly James (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Kimberly+James), who practices in the Oregon town, told Winfrey, "This is a normal pregnancy."
She said Beatie stopped taking testosterone two years ago and his levels of the hormone are normal.
"This baby is totally healthy," she said. "This is what I consider a normal pregnancy."
The couple said they decided to go public with the pregnancy because they wanted to control the way the news got out. "We're just going to have the baby now," Nancy said. "If we have to, we'll go hide."
Winfrey called the development "a new definition of what diversity means for everybody."