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."