You read it right - a man (albeit a man who was a woman and is married to a
woman at this time) is 22 weeks pregnant while his infertile wife helps him
through his pregnancy. Published in
the National GLBT Magazine "The Advocate", this man does his best Demi Moore
pose for the cover, belly and all. Thomas Beatie was once a woman who
decided that deep inside "she" was really a "he." After starting the process to
become a man, he didn't rule out the desire for children. Despite being legally
declared a male, Thomas is 22 weeks along in his first pregnancy. This is the
second pregnancy for him. The first resulted in an ectopic pregnancy and the
three babies were sadly lost.
"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."