I’m so confused.
If this news isn’t already as old to you as Hillary confusing accepting flowers from a child with sniper fire, here goes…
Thomas Beatie and his wife, Nancy, are going to have a baby. Only Nancy had a hysterectomy some time ago.
So did theyadopt? No
Find a surrogate? No.
Attempt a uterus re-installation? No.
They decided…no problem…THOMAS will have the baby ( a girl). And, so far, there’s no evidence to indicate he’s considering a C-section.
Thomas, who is constantly referred to as a native of Hawaii, and I fail to understand the media’s fascination with his island status, is a transgendered male who moved to Oregon. His sex change from Tracy to Thomas involved chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy.
So, despite his hairy underarms and flat chest, Thomas, as Mr. Rogers would say, is still fancy on the inside (boys, of course, are fancy on the outside). And because two X chromosomes do not a baby make, Thomas used a home insemination kit. Hmm. That alone is curious. Where does one purchase such a thing? The kit does not supply prepackaged Y chromosomes because the couple used a sperm donor.
At first I thought this was a delayed April Fool’s joke, but then I read the couple’s making an Oprah appearance, so it HAS to be true. In fact, here’s the latest news from news.com.au:
And, here’s what I’m trying to wrap my brain around. . .maternity clothes for men.


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