The ‘Pregnant Man’ Is Having Another Baby
Four months ago Thomas Beatie, the transgendered person more famously known as the “Pregnant Man”, gave birth to his first child with his wife Nancy Beatie. Susan Juliette was born on July 3 to much fanfare and was introduced to the world about 3 weeks later. This week, the Beaties show off little Susan Juliette to Barbara Walters on ABC’s 20/20 and share a bit of exciting news — the “Pregnant Man” is pregnant again:
Thomas Beatie, the controversial “pregnant man” who gave birth to a daughter earlier this year, reveals to Barbara Walters in an exclusive interview that he is pregnant again with his second child. Thomas Beatie, a transgender, welcomed a baby girl, Susan, June 29. Since sharing the story of Susan’s birth with ABC News, he and his wife, Nancy Beatie, hadn’t spoken to the media until they sat down last month with Walters. Thomas Beatie, who is in his first trimester, tells Walters he did not go back on the male hormone testosterone after Susan’s birth so he could have another baby. “I feel good,” he said. “I had my checkups with my hormone level, as far as the HCG. And everything is right on track.” He says the baby is due June 12. Thomas Beatie also spoke to Walters about Susan’s birth, which was not via Caesarean section. He was in labor for 40 hours; Nancy Beatie cut the umbilical cord.
I mean … why not, right? It sounds like the Beaties are very interested in having as normal a family life as they can (with the 2 1/2 children and all) considering the man in the relationship is the one having the kids. They look really happy and it goes to show that the power of love knows no bounds. I gotta say that I think the fam should be commended for keeping out of the public spotlight for as much as they have. Except for the handful of interviews they’ve done with ABC, People magazine, etc. they’ve really stayed out of the limelight (this is the first we’ve heard from the family since the baby’s birth in July). It gives me great pleasure to be among the first folks to congratulate them on the impending arrival of their second child and wish them all the happiness in the world!!
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Tags: '20/20', Barbara Walters, Nancy Beatie, Susan Juliette Beatie, Thomas Beatie
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November 13th, 2008 at 8:56 am
I think it’s fantastic and I wish them nothing but the best. But, I do kind of think their children will grow up being teased and ridiculed–which may or may not happen. I hope their kids love their ‘Dad’ unconditionally.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Shouldn’t it technically be ” I knocked HIM up again?”
November 13th, 2008 at 9:18 am
A man didn’t have a baby! It is so strange to me that the coverage on this is labled “Pregnant Man” etc, because in all realness A MAN did not get pregnant and give birth..that is something only women are capable of. I think it’s silly that this is being reported this as “Man Has Baby”. I’m happy that this couple can live their dreams and have children together but lets leave it at that!
November 13th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Congrats. This story is facinating!
November 13th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Irish twins. . . . I just had a kid and I would not want to be pregnant again in as little as four months. How come Jamie Lynn was getting crap for possibly being pregnant again so soon (aside from her age) and they are being congratulated? Also, aren’t they doing a show on TLC? I thought I saw a commercial for it.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:20 am
i really dont agree with this at all. it’s damn confusing for me. how will it be for his kids? Thomas Beatie wants to world to accept him as a man. i have. i would never discriminate against him at all.
then…thomas beatie decides to get pregnant. so…does he still want me to accept him as a man? because men dont get pregnant. its a fact. i dont feel like you can have your cake and eat it too. i guess for me, it comes down to fairness. he’s not playing fair.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:26 am
To I don’t agree, why does he have to play by your rules? I’m sure in his game of life he’s playing fair.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:33 am
All of you need to accept diversity and get over the fact that Thomas was born a woman. It’s life. Yes, it will be VERY weird for his children but we won’t know that. Only he will. Families come in all different ways and lifestyles. Angelina Jolie is allowed to have kids when everyone knows she has a knife obsession and wore blood vials around her neck. Go figure.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:37 am
I think the bottom line is that the family neither care nor worry very much about what anyone thinks about them. Sounds like an amazing way to live.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Congrats to them - although I really wish the world would stop labeling it as “Pregnant Man” - how about “Transgender man-who-was-born-a-woman is pregnant”?! Nevertheless, I wish them the best and glad that their little bundle of joy will have a brother or sister to play with.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Trangender or not, is it healthy to get pregnant again that quickly?
November 13th, 2008 at 9:42 am
I agree with Trent on that one..if we all didn’t care what someone else thinks of us, we’d all be a bit happier perhaps? But I still think their children will have a tough time later on in life, ie in school. However, that’s years down the road and again, they’ll have all the love in the world from their Father.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Yeah, its perfectly healthy. My brother and I were born 10.5 months apart.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Brit Brit had her sons’ 1 year apart, almost to the day. Hopefully they will be (mentally) healthy!
November 13th, 2008 at 9:59 am
I am all for same-sex marriage and equal rights for all. And I am sure those children will have a fine upbringing. Having said that, I really don’t like this story. It is confusing to see someone who obviously felt that they were born in the “wrong” gender turn around and embrace one of the most defining characteristics of that gender; the ability to develop and give birth to another human. I feel like it’s very….ironic? an oxymoron?? not sure, just rubs me the wrong way….
November 13th, 2008 at 10:01 am
I wish the nothing but happiness! They are happy as they are, and that is what matters in the end.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:10 am
This “Man” has a vagina, uterus, ovaries, and a “womans” anatomy overall. Therefore, a WOMAN had this baby! Ugh!!! This “Man” isn’t even a transexual! He can’t do it to his wife, because he has no penis! Please!!!
November 13th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Look at it this way-from what I understand his wife is not able to bear children and had miscarriages?
How many loving husbands would volunteer to be pregnant if they physicaly could, after witnessing the emotional and physical trauma that miscarriage and infertility can cause?
Maybe it is an extreme, but regardless of him living as a man-he still has the goods and his body is able to do what his wife is not.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:19 am
I think it’s a joke to call him a man. I mean he/she/it still carries the XX chromosome even if he takes hormones to look like a man. I still think they can do whatever they want but lets call a spade a spade folks. I just hope the Mormans don’t get wind of this then we may have to fight Mormans against Tranny Babies.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Regardless of who it is having the babies, I question the judgement of the doctor who agreed to IVF again this quickly after the 1st birth. They must have gone in for IVF 2 months after their little girl was born! The body needs more time to heal than that!
November 13th, 2008 at 10:33 am
To Matt- #1, it is spelled MORMONS. #2- You clearly are ignorant if you are still Mormon bashing after the whole Prop 8 thing. The church itself did not spend a dime for Prop 8. They were also instructed NOT to give political opinions in church and to vote as they wanted. The people who voted their different ways and donated money out of their own pockets to fund different things did so on thier own accord. 2 words- Fact Check. It helps if its from legit sources, too, and not Perez Hilton.
Secondly, I think it is strange that they consider this a “man” when he still has a vagina and is able to give birth naturally. He is still genetically and physically male, even if he no longer has breasts and is on hormone therapy, he is not a male yet. It perplexes me. Granted, I am happy that there are loving people in this world having children. I have no problem with him having kids (and yes, I am Mormon, in case anyone wanted to bash on us and our “beliefs”). I wish more loving couples, gay or straight, were raising kids, as I think its a major problem in society that kids are growing up without loving guidance. However, I do have a problem calling this person a man when he is not. At least not yet.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:50 am
This moron is NOT a man. MEN cannot get pregnant - it is physiologicaly impossible. Men lack a uterus - at last check, it was a fairly important component of being pregnant. This is just another cry for attention from a sick person.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Sorry coco about the typo. I was just stirring the pot a little. I really don’t care either way about Prop 8 or who contributed or didn’t. I’m not getting married so it really has no effect on me.
November 13th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Um I don’t understand how these two can be legally married and other gay couples cannot…So if you grow a little facial hair, but keep your vagina, then it’s okay to marry another woman?
November 13th, 2008 at 11:10 am
It’s NOT a man…a man can’t get pregnant. I am not sure why she is labeled as a ‘man’. If she can pop out kids, she’s a woman.
November 13th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Thank you! Apology accepted :)
November 13th, 2008 at 11:50 am
A MAN DID NOT HAVE A BABY!! Just because SHE has facial hair and wants to be a man doesn’t make it so. If they truly wanted to live a normal life as man and wife then they wouldn’t be making a mockery of the birth of their child. They are just trying to make money off of their freak show!!
November 13th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Karen, do you not realize that Jamie Lynn is 17 years old?! Of course everyone was givng her flack about possibly being preggs again!! This couple is married and stable and evidently full of love so why shouldn’t they grow their family while they have the chance?! Yeah, lets give support to a 17 unmarried, immature CHILD having her second child. UGH.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
STOP calling her a man. It is a chick with a ’stache.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I agree with you Lady J. These kids are going to cop it when they get to school. Even though the times are a-changing, albeit slowly, people will always talk and ridicule and I think these little kids are really going to have to have thick skins later on in life.
I also believe you can’t have it both ways. If you want to be a man, then be one. Get rid of all of the female bits you’ve obviously hated. You can’t be both man and woman. Just my opinion.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
To Crystal: I do realize that Jamie Lynn is 17 years old. That is why I put aside from the age comment. People also gave crap to Britney and a lot of other people who give birth so soon after have a child. I was just commenting because people were saying it was because Jamie Lynn was stupid and young that she was having another kid so close to the birth of her other child. What about the Beaties? They aren’t young and they needed IVF to get pregnant so it could not have been a ‘mistake.’ There are studies that show it healthy for mom or baby to have kids so close together. BTW I didn’t say that I supported Jamie Lynn Spears or young unmarried teenagers getting pregnant.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
I find this truly disgusting and that’s all I’m going to say.
November 13th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Gross…
November 13th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
This story would not be such a big deal if the media would just stop headlining every story about these people with ‘pregnant man’. I blame OPRAH!! She introduced them on the show by saying “a man is pregnant” (and of course the audience gasped). Instead of just EXPLAINING the issue of transgendered people (to an ignorant public), she exploited this story and set the tone for the way the media talks about this.
November 13th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
not healthy to have babies so close together for any woman or person capable of having children. they should have waited two years and then done it again. but oh well. good for them if this is what they want. best of luck to them all. they look very happy and the baby is adorable.
November 13th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
I agree with Joanne. He is transgendered - a person who was born female, now living their life out as a man. I think it’s kind of rare for someone who is taking male hormones to actually WANT to carry and give birth to a baby. It’s a pretty unique story. It is confusing but at the same time, it challenges me to think outside of these constructs and labels we are so rigid about. They look happy. The baby is beautiful and healthy. They’re doing something right. I worry more about the Jolie-Pitts children constantly being chased by the Paps, parents moving them all over the place, different people in and out of their lives. I bet you their lives are going to be a lot harder!
November 14th, 2008 at 5:40 am
I have absolutely no problem with these two having children. More power to them.
What I DO have a huge problem with is the way they are whoring themselves out to the media. That’s probably why they’re having another baby so soon- the money stopped coming in. I’m sure there’s already a book deal in the works too.
November 14th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Not a man. But good luck anyway!
November 14th, 2008 at 9:24 am
trent…i can’t believe you are commending these people for be sick in the head. a “man” having a child!!!! those poor kids are screwed up for life. as for the staying out of the spotlight comment, have you not seen the articles, pictures, interviews, etc that went on for months and months now suddenly are back after the birth to announce they are havingh yet another child in this sick twisted situation! expect many more invterviews, pictures and magazine covers as these people are only doing this for the MONEY!!! hello!!!!! how stuipd are people!!!
November 14th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Guys…SHE is not a man…SHE can only get pregnant as a woman…this is ridiculous…its one thing to have a child in this unusual way but its another thing to parade this in the media and still trying to portray yourself as this “normal” family. This is so not kosher.
November 14th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Seems like a story out of the National Enquirer that came true.
November 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
The number of people that take offence to this person being labelled as a man scares me. He identifies as a man, therefore he is a man. Gender is psychological, sex is biological. And sex is not even as cut and dried as many people seem to think. Not every baby is born as either male or female; they can be born with ambiguous genitalia, appear outwardly as one sex but have internal organs of the opposite sex, or physically appear as one sex but psychologically identify as the opposite. There are many many many variations of human sex characteristics. Maybe the real problem is that society has such a narrow view of gender and sex; there aren’t enough options for people that don’t fit the mold.
November 14th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Thank you, make me smile, you said exactly what I wanted to but I couldn’t figure out how to word it.