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'Pregnant man' expecting second child: report
Updated Thu. Nov. 13 2008 2:59 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Thomas Beatie, known around the world as the "pregnant man" who gave birth to a girl, is carrying another child, says a report.
In an interview with ABC News, Beatie said he is currently in his first trimester and his baby is due next June 12.
Born a woman, Beatie underwent hormone therapy and had his breasts removed to become a man in the late 1990s.
However, he kept his female reproductive organs and stopped taking his twice-weekly doses of testosterone ahead of his first successful pregnancy.
Beatie said in the interview that he did not start taking testosterone again after the birth so that he could get pregnant again.
He gave birth to a baby girl, named Susan, on June 29 of this year.
He decided to get pregnant the first time because his wife, 46-year-old Nancy, could not become pregnant. She had a hysterectomy as a result of endometriosis.
Beatie, 34, was impregnated through artificial insemination, using donor sperm and his own eggs. He has said he had a natural birth, not a C-section.
Beatie has written a memoir, which goes on sale this week, called "Labour of Love."
The couple also sold exclusive photos to Getty Images and were paid for their appearance in a British documentary, ABC News reported.
However, Beatie told ABC's Barbara Walters that money isn't their motivation.
"We've turned down about $2 million altogether from people wanting to do all sorts of things with us. But as far as you know, doing it for the fame, I have to say I'm infamous. I mean, who wants to be unpopular, controversial and despised?"
Beatie has now been pregnant three times, but his first experience was an unsuccessful ectopic pregnancy, which was hampered by medical complications.
Beatie has said that it was a "life-threatening event" which resulted in the loss of three embryos (he was expecting triplets) and his right fallopian tube.
He made those revelations in an interview last March with The Advocate, which is a magazine for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people.
"How does it feel to be a pregnant man? Incredible," he told the magazine.
"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 started his sex reassignment therapy about a decade ago and lives with his wife in Bend, Oregon. The couple operates a T-shirt printing business.
Updated Thu. Nov. 13 2008 2:59 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Thomas Beatie, known around the world as the "pregnant man" who gave birth to a girl, is carrying another child, says a report.
In an interview with ABC News, Beatie said he is currently in his first trimester and his baby is due next June 12.
Born a woman, Beatie underwent hormone therapy and had his breasts removed to become a man in the late 1990s.
However, he kept his female reproductive organs and stopped taking his twice-weekly doses of testosterone ahead of his first successful pregnancy.
Beatie said in the interview that he did not start taking testosterone again after the birth so that he could get pregnant again.
He gave birth to a baby girl, named Susan, on June 29 of this year.
He decided to get pregnant the first time because his wife, 46-year-old Nancy, could not become pregnant. She had a hysterectomy as a result of endometriosis.
Beatie, 34, was impregnated through artificial insemination, using donor sperm and his own eggs. He has said he had a natural birth, not a C-section.
Beatie has written a memoir, which goes on sale this week, called "Labour of Love."
The couple also sold exclusive photos to Getty Images and were paid for their appearance in a British documentary, ABC News reported.
However, Beatie told ABC's Barbara Walters that money isn't their motivation.
"We've turned down about $2 million altogether from people wanting to do all sorts of things with us. But as far as you know, doing it for the fame, I have to say I'm infamous. I mean, who wants to be unpopular, controversial and despised?"
Beatie has now been pregnant three times, but his first experience was an unsuccessful ectopic pregnancy, which was hampered by medical complications.
Beatie has said that it was a "life-threatening event" which resulted in the loss of three embryos (he was expecting triplets) and his right fallopian tube.
He made those revelations in an interview last March with The Advocate, which is a magazine for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people.
"How does it feel to be a pregnant man? Incredible," he told the magazine.
"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 started his sex reassignment therapy about a decade ago and lives with his wife in Bend, Oregon. The couple operates a T-shirt printing business.
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