News

14th November 2008

A man who was
born a woman but gave birth after having a sex-change operation is expecting a
second child.

American Thomas Beatie had his breasts removed, lived outwardly
as a man and legally changed his gender to male.

Once known as Tracy Lagondino,
the 34-year-old said he retained his female sex organs because he intended to
give birth one day.

Beatie and wife Nancy, of Oregon, US, made worldwide
headlines earlier this year when he announced his pregnancy in gay magazine The
Advocate.

In June, Beatie gave birth to a daughter, Susan Juliette, having
been inseminated at home by his wife Nancy, 46, with sperm from a donor.

Veteran
US broadcaster Barbara Walters exclusively interviewed Beatie and wife Nancy for
a special show aired on Friday night on ABC.

But Walters revealed that
the couple are expecting another child.

She said: ‘I asked him if he was
taking testosterone again and he said no. Because he was pregnant again.’

ABC
confirmed that Beatie, 34, also told Walters: ‘I feel good. Everything is right
on track.’

During the interview, Beatie revealed that he had a natural
birth on June 29 this year and that his wife cut the baby’s umbilical cord.

Nancy,
46, has been able to express milk and has been breastfeeding the baby.

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