Non-Trans man is pregnant too!

[expanding_x_man]

Well, we ain't the only guys out there getting pregnant. Thank goodness for that. Especially since the pregnant trans man news is now on major news outlets and people are quite, ah, perplexed.

Pregnant Trans Man story hits the national news

Here is a bit of info on a pregnant non-trans man:
Movie clip of pregnant non-trans man I was

Comments

[expanding_x_man]

Yes, very embarrassing for me. See next post. Oh well. I liked the idea.

[turkishb]

Yeah, this performance art is quite a few years old. I think a lot of the testosterone fears are a little unwarranted. Cisfemales sometimes have large doses of testosterone naturally. My gf, for instance, has PCOS and can't menstruate without medication. She may have a lot of trouble conceiving. But women with PCOS can and do have children, and it's not considered as vastly endangering the child afaik.

[turkishb]

I halfway take it back about the PCOS. It does increase the chance of miscarriage, but that's mostly due to implantation problems. Given he's 5 months pregnant that's not much of a problem.

I think people are also forgetting that you go off hormones, and your body is not permanently altered. Your cells are not twenty years old. They regenerate. Hormones either turn certain functions on or they don't. Again, afaik according to my endo, the biggest problem is the atrophy. But if this man conceived, than I doubt he's actually put his child at serious risk.

I think our fears might be a little over-blown and unwarranted. Testosterone is serious, yes, but it is naturally present in all ciswomen too. We're not shooting crack into the fetus' eyeballs.

[expanding_x_man]

I think people are also forgetting that you go off hormones, and your body is not permanently altered. Your cells are not twenty years old. They regenerate He was on T for eight years also. A long, long time. It is amazing in a way that this can happen at all

[dogboi]

Your cells are not twenty years old.
Unlike most cells in the body, eggs actually are fairly old! They are created during our early development and after that no more. Other health conditions for children sometimes arise as eggs deteriorate over time. So its not inconceivable that we could potentially tweak our eggs with T.
Not to mention many cells (beard, voice, etc.) are permanently altered. It seems unremarkable that some internal cells also have a similar shift in behavior after T is introduced.

That said, no guarantee's of health issues either! I mean, Matt Rice's kid seems just fine. I actually looked up the PCOS thing as well when i was wondering about all this and found at least one study that indicated children born to PCOS mothers were about as healthy as the general population.

[mr_flabulous]

Eh, I don't want to get pregnant and yes, the idea makes me queasy

[mr_flabulous]

p.s. I wasn't breast-fed. Perhaps that's my root?
Ha.

[expanding_x_man]

I think your opinions are interesting, but I would still advise a trans man, if they asked, to have their child first before transition. If you have a choice, why not choose the safest route

[dogboi]

The publicity is the one thing that irks me about this too. I am trying to withhold judgment till i learn more about the situation -- like you said, money might be an issue, or maybe being really visible will help protect them from some specific situation.

But, as i mentioned in ftm, in Oregon there is currently a petition drive for a ballot initiative to repeal our trans inclusive anti-discrimination law (along with sexual orientation anti-discrimination and domestic partnerships). This is going to make some good talking points for our opposition. Though fortunately, Beatie did talk about the discrimination he has faced as well