Oregon Transgender Man Says He's Pregnant

wow thats a new one....BUT whatever works for them (the couple) HOWEVER one thing I find HIGHLY disturbing is the simple fact that the medical community won't do their damn jobs!! I think that is just HORRID and shameful in all honesty...We're talkign about the well being of a child AND the "mother" of that child and her (his) health.... "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," Beatie said. "Receptionists have laughed at us. Friends and family have been unsupportive" I find that absolutely REPULSIVE...its disgusting, cruel, hateful, narrowminded and they should ALL be damn well ashamed of themselves as far as I'm concerned!

Good for them, they love each other and want a baby, hmmm sounds like a lot of couples right? The person that is pregnant used to be a female, became a male but kept his uterus. He fell in love with a woman, who can't bear children, so he used his uterus to carry the baby. I must be very liberal cause it doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me! I think our society is too conservative for this situation, which is a shame. There is no law against such things, thank goodness, so it can't affect that.

I read over this report a couple of times to make sure I had everything straight in my head. Personally I think it takes a lot of courage for what they are doing. Considering how some will view them and how the medical field is giving them trouble. Personally all that really matters, in my opinion, is if the child will be loved and well taken care of. That is what is important. Now a days what is normal for a family? Most of my niece's friends don't come from the nuclear family most of us were raised to believe in. They come from single parents, divorced parents and so on. Some live with grandparents or with aunts/uncles while others have their mother and a step father along with father and a stepmother then there are some who have two mothers or fathers. I don't feel it matters so long as the child is raise with love and caring; their needs are taken care of and they are given support from their parent(s). The rest is just superficial nonsense. I think society as a whole needs to stop looking at the outer trappings and worry more about what really counts. Can they have this child and raise it in a healthy, safe, and loving atmosphere? If the answer is yes then leave them alone and let them do what needs to be done.

Ehh...yeah it's confusing but there are more confusing situations out there. These are two parents who obviously are very serious about becoming parents so what difference does it make who carries the baby? Honestly I bet a lot of wives wish their husbabnds could have that role anyway. It's sad that he is being treated so unfairly by the medical profession. I hope he continues to have a safe and healthy pregnancy. And as for how this affects the child...I don't remember sitting around with my friends talking about when my mom was pregnant with me or how I was conceived so unless other parents are gossipy and spread it around I don't see how it's going to be an issue. Society and laws? Society will have to get over it as I'm sure he's not the only one out there. There aren't laws in place now saying who is an appropriate parent or who is allowed to be pregnant so this shouldn't change anything.

I think it's awful that medical professionals are treating this family in any way that's less than professional. Whether or not a doctor approves of a person's lifestyle, should have no bearing on the care that doctor gives his patient. The article doesn't mention who is biologically the child's father. I'm assuming they went through a sperm bank, but I'd be curious to know. I understand a bit about how hormone replacement therapy works for transgendered people. Not an expert by any means, but a very good friend of mine is TS and I have helped her sort through her own research- I'd be concerned about stopping his injections the way he did. As I understand it, he could be taking some serious health risks and it can even radically effect his mental health. I'd guess that going from being chemically male to being not only female but pregnant as well and all of the hormone changes that brings about could be a very high risk and dangerous condition to be in- all the more reason doctors should be handling his care professionally and helping to protect his health.

That's just nuts. I can't even imagine a woman going along with such a thing. If he kept his female organs, then does that make his wife a lesbian or what? I'm totally confused. I can't imagine a child born of such an arrangement have hopes of being raised in any form of normalcy. How sad to distort a life in such a manner.

Haha this is soooooooo weird to me...I really pity the poor little child that is born into this family,and they wonder why kids are so messed up...People like this needs to have their heads examined .....Imagine what kind of mixed up values this poor child will face ....

I saw this on the news. It is pretty bizarre but technology and science have now made such things possible. I have no idea how this will impact the child as it has never been done. The child will have two loving parents and that will count for a lot. If anything will be harmful to this child it will be the media attention and other people.

This is amazing! How it does it happened? And how will the child will take it? I still go for the normal procedure of getting pregnant. So there will be no confusions. And the child will not suffer in the long run.

Wow. "Which way did he go, George?" Confusing is putting it lightly. I can understand why many doctors won't deal with him. And his/her family doesn't know that they have a trans-gender family member? If he cannot tell his family, how will he explain things to a child? WOW!

thats crazy he's originally a she but is a man , with a baby ? wow i hope and pray that kid gets a great deal of counciling lol and hope and pray they dont break out the birth pictures when the child gets up and age and starts to date like " Ohhh here's your father giving birth to you " with the dad with a full beard and all , i hate to say it but whats next ?

I think really this man has reverted to being a woman as he stopped taking the hormones to restart the female reproductive cycle. 'He' will be the natural mother and it is no different to any couple going for treatment at a fertility clinic where sperm has to be donated. I think the child will grow up in a normal loving family with a mother and a father. When the child is old enough I think it will be easy to understand that daddy was sometimes a woman and was able to give birth when his wife could not.

Ouch! I think if she has become a he then really that's that. For me this situation is like having your cake and eating it (if you'll excuse the expression!) I think it is wonderful that there is a possibility for the family to have children but honestly what is this going to be like for the kid when it grows up. The amount of confusion it will feel and can you imagine the bullying from other kids etc. - that is not a good start for the kid, I think it is going to be awful for it. As far as I'm concerned he made the decision to become a man and should leave it at that. I agree it is completley confusing. I'm still trying to get my head around the person being both the mother and the father, I was surprised that s/he could fulfill both roles! My goodness don't people today want everything and now medicine is allowing these situtations to confuse us.

I feel quite sorry for this person. I have knew a girl that was born with both sexes. There's a word for them but i cant think of it - sorry. I know she was forever taking hormones swing her body one way or the other, but she was always very confused. It was even harder when she started dating. I think shes more or less given up on that idea these days because it always ended in disaster. Then last year when I found out my friend was a cross dresser. I wasnt too surprised the reason he kept it secret was because society is still very narrow minded and Im sure his mother wouldnt be too happy to discover her beautiful little boy always wanted to be a little girl. Its just these two people has been driven to the point where they both nearly hit rock bottom because they become outcast once the truth is revealed. The gent in your story would've had his sanity tested again and again before the change. I agree with some of the comments as far as that he did make the choice, but from where im sitting, this is a pretty hard life and any bit of happiness should be welcomed. Hopefully his child would be an open minded, loving and understanding person. Dont you love diversity ?

It is very brave of them but let's face it, she is a she....for now, and later when the child comes, he will be a he. It is almost like why should people care, they are creating their family, why is it so hard to believe that he could not be the father? What about single moms, they play both roles usually right?

The poor bugger swallowed a water melon seed!

First thing I'd like to say is that the health care profession needs to deal with this guy if he's really pregnant because that would be a real baby that he is carrying that needs attention. Second, if he wanted to be male so much to go through all that he did, then he should have adopted a child rather than "temporarily" becoming a woman again. But, that's his choice and he and his family have to live with it. If they're fine with all that, then I don't really care. I also heard that this might be a hoax, so it will be interesting to see how this turns out because the truth always comes out.

outside he is a man with the insides of a woman, it is pretty complicated and I do not know how children deal with it, it is all very new these things were never done 50 years ago.

good for him. I'm sure the child will grow up with mum being the mum, and him being the dad, and all is well. this way they get to have a child that is biologically at least one of theirs, and if they have a good loving home for that child then you'd have to be pretty heartless to condemn it.

"Friends and family have been unsupportive; most of Nancy’s family doesn’t even know I’m transgender." unmmmmm they do now!