This is Sick!!!!

Dudess

People don't like the unusual, the "abnormal" - they're afraid of it.

AckwelFoley

This is rather odd.

Id say its a spoof, but then again there are weird and unusual things out there.. like Monkeyfudges Hat collection

Adam

snyper wrote: »

This is rather odd.

Id say its a spoof, but then again there are weird and unusual things out there.. like Monkeyfudges Hat collection

You say that like it's a bad thing!

Nevyn

snyper wrote: »

This is rather odd.

Id say its a spoof, but then again there are weird and unusual things out there.. like Monkeyfudges Hat collection

It is not a hoax.

http://advocate.com/issue_story.asp?id=52664&page=1

Labor of Love
Is society ready for this pregnant husband?
By Thomas Beatie
From The Advocate April 8, 2008
Labor of Love

To our neighbors, my wife, Nancy, and I don’t appear in the least unusual. To those in the quiet Oregon community where we live, we are viewed just as we are -- a happy couple deeply in love. Our desire to work hard, buy our first home, and start a family was nothing out of the ordinary. That is, until we decided that I would carry our child.

I am transgender, legally male, and legally married to Nancy. Unlike those in same-sex marriages, domestic partnerships, or civil unions, Nancy and I are afforded the more than 1,100 federal rights of marriage. Sterilization is not a requirement for sex reassignment, so I decided to have chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy but kept my reproductive rights. Wanting to have a biological child is neither a male nor female desire, but a human desire.

Ten years ago, when Nancy and I became a couple, the idea of us having a child was more dream than plan. I always wanted to have children. However, due to severe endometriosis 20 years ago, Nancy had to undergo a hysterectomy and is unable to carry a child. But after the success of our custom screen-printing business and a move from Hawaii to the Pacific Northwest two years ago, the timing finally seemed right. I stopped taking my bimonthly testosterone injections. It had been roughly eight years since I had my last menstrual cycle, so this wasn’t a decision that I took lightly. My body regulated itself after about four months, and I didn’t have to take any exogenous estrogen, progesterone, or fertility drugs to aid my pregnancy.
Our situation sparks legal, political, and social unknowns. We have only begun experiencing opposition from people who are upset by our situation. 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. Receptionists have laughed at us. Friends and family have been unsupportive; most of Nancy’s family doesn’t even know I’m transgender.

This whole process, from trying to get pregnant to being pregnant, has been a challenge for us. The first doctor we approached was a reproductive endocrinologist. He was shocked by our situation and told me to shave my facial hair. After a $300 consultation, he reluctantly performed my initial checkups. He then required us to see the clinic’s psychologist to see if we were fit to bring a child into this world and consulted with the ethics board of his hospital. A few months and a couple thousand dollars later, he told us that he would no longer treat us, saying he and his staff felt uncomfortable working with “someone like me.”

In total, nine different doctors have been involved. This is why it took over one year to get access to a cryogenic sperm bank to purchase anonymous donor vials, and why Nancy and I eventually resorted to home insemination.

When I finally got pregnant for the first time, I ended up having an ectopic pregnancy with triplets. It was a life-threatening event that required surgical intervention, resulting in the loss of all embryos and my right fallopian tube. When my brother found out about my loss, he said, “It’s a good thing that happened. Who knows what kind of monster it would have been.”

On successfully getting pregnant a second time, we are proud to announce that this pregnancy is free of complications and our baby girl has a clean bill of health. We are happily awaiting her birth, with an estimated due date of July 3, 2008.

How does it 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. In a technical sense I see myself as my own surrogate, though my gender identity as male is constant. To Nancy, I am her husband carrying our child—I am so lucky to have such a loving, supportive wife. I will be my daughter’s father, and Nancy will be her mother. We will be a family.

Outside the local medical community, people don’t know I’m five months’ pregnant. But our situation ultimately will ask everyone to embrace the gamut of human possibility and to define for themselves what is normal.

Once a person has surgery to alter their gender they can legally apply to have their recorded gender changed. A person born female who has their breasts removed and has hormone treatment can then apply to have their recorded gender changed and is legally male and can get married as such.

I would suggest that everyone read the full article.

This couple have worked hard to be able to have a child and it seems it will be born to a married couple and into a loving and caring relationship and will be cherished which is what should be wished for all children.

Toto Wolfcastle

Thaedydal wrote: »

It is not a hoax.

http://advocate.com/issue_story.asp?id=52664&page=1

The recent one is not a hoax (not that we know of anyway!), but the man who started the website linked to by the OP started his one as a hoax in 1999. (He's still pregnant apparently!)

Roxyb

I think that it is great that science has matured that much. I think that everyone should be respected for their individuality. If evey one in this world is the same it would be boring. Even though i am a mother to a beautiful daughter. I feel for those men who would like to be parents through this way. there are some people who feel that they were born in the wrong sexed body and that can tear them up inside. So if they have the opportunity to do something that they always wanted to be and bring life into this world. Then i support them all the way and i support science of this sort. Yes people have religion and their religion guides them as they see best through their life, As humans we are not born with a rule book. But in this time and age we are given the one think that we all deserve and that is choice. Choice as indivuals.

Quazzie

Roxyb wrote: »

I think that it is great that science has matured that much. I think that everyone should be respected for their individuality. If evey one in this world is the same it would be boring. Even though i am a mother to a beautiful daughter. I feel for those men who would like to be parents through this way. there are some people who feel that they were born in the wrong sexed body and that can tear them up inside. So if they have the opportunity to do something that they always wanted to be and bring life into this world. Then i support them all the way and i support science of this sort. Yes people have religion and their religion guides them as they see best through their life, As humans we are not born with a rule book. But in this time and age we are given the one think that we all deserve and that is choice. Choice as indivuals.

Wow it took you a real long time to type that post!!

Xiney

http://www.snopes.com/pregnant/malepreg.asp