Pregnant Man From Oregon Is Expecting A 2nd Child

By Diane Smith
19:21, November 13th 2008
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Pregnant Man From Oregon Is Expecting A 2nd Child

Thomas Beatie, the woman who turned man and then got pregnant and delivered earlier this year, is pregnant again. The 34-year-old womanly man is reportedly pregnant in his first quarter.

Beatie welcomed a baby girl named Susan on June 29. Thomas and his wife Nancy shared their experience with ABC News back then and have never spoken to the media since then, but reportedly gave Barbara Walters a tell-all interview recently. The interview called "What Is a Man, What Is a Woman? Journey of a Pregnant Man" will air Friday at 10 p.m. ET.

"Hiding a pregnant man is like hiding an 800-pound gorilla," Beatie told Walters. "Nancy and I wanted to tell our story from our own mouths before it got out."

Mr. Beatie was born Tracy, but chose to undergo gender transformation to become Thomas. A few years later Thomas and his wife Nancy decided they wanted kids. It didn’t come without difficulty. Nancy had a hysterectomy, but, luckily, Thomas still has his female parts, and he became the pregnant father.

The two spouses insist that they are a normal family with a father, mother and children. Thomas is 34 and Nancy 46 of age. Beatie labeled as "incredible" the experience of carrying the pregnancy for his wife.

Beatie told Walters that he did not resume taking testosterone after his daughter Susan's birth so he could become pregnant again. The interview with Barbara Walters is the couple’s first since the one they gave People Magazine in June.

"I was shocked that it looped around the world in 24 hours," said Beatie. "I mean, it was on Chinese Web sites and, you know, Web sites in Romania and Russia and Brazil."

However, this kind of exposure doesn’t come without a flipside. The Beaties received several death threats and are still receiving hate messages. The couple has been keeping a low profile in Bend, Oregon since the news of a “pregnant man” broke out and they are a bit fearful for their safety.

Beatie acknowledged the fact that he and his wife are facing the anger of some people who feel offended by their decision. Among those feeling offended by this were doctors, health care professionals, receptionalists, friends and family.



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