RE: the commotion about Thomas Beatie.

[met_amphetamine]

AFAIK, from a medical point of view this is unprecendented. I sorta wish I knew more about it. I kinda want to see what happens

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[kawaii_emily]

from what i can tell (and being SURROUNDED by FTM's all moments of the day, i've heard about this non-stop for days), this sort of thing happens a lot, but isn't publicized this way. and the publicity he's gone for is what has a lot of FTM's riled up.

[christinaathena]

How does it work with hormones and the like? It seems to me that the intrauterine environment couldn't help but be altered by the hormones used in transition.

[met_amphetamine]

That's what interests me about the case. I really wish I knew more about this stuff :\. From what I've heard, he stopped the hormonal therapy for the duration of the pregnancy, but I imagine (not sure on this point) that it would be built up in his system.

I also didn't know it happened often. o_o;; so much for "unprecedented". I wish I could see case studies on it.

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[rinkori]

IIRC he actually stopped taking testosterone for two years before he became pregnant--he stopped as soon as they decided to have a child, in order to bring on menstruation again.

[rinkori]

It's happened before. Pat Califa's partner carried their child; Califa wrote a book about it.

[met_amphetamine]

I had no idea. :\ I feel kinda dumb about it now. But I'm still sort of fascinated by this from a scientific/medical perspective. Is that bad?

[rinkori]

I didn't know about it either haha, it's just that I've seen Thomas Beatie stuff all over 932749845 communities that I watch, including useless_facts, booju_newju, sf_drama and totally unrelated comms, haha. Anecdotally I know of at least a dozen FtM guys who have had their own children in early- or mid-transition. But AFAIK there's been no organized effort to study the physical effects on either the men or their children.