Pregnant Man Thomas Beatie on Oprah
Filed under: News, TV Shows | By: Kerry
Posted on: April 4, 2008 | 42 Comments
Pregnant Man Thomas Beatie appeared on Oprah last night with his wife Nancy.
Thomas who is a transsexual man said that he is excited about the upcoming birth of his “miracle” child.
Thomas underwent gender reassignment surgery but kept his female reproductive organs. Thomas said that he “opted not to do anything to my reproductive organs because I wanted to have a child one day”.
During the show they broadcasted the ultrasound images and the audio of the baby’s heartbeat.
Thomas told Oprah that “I can’t believe it. I can’t believe she’s inside me. This is a miracle. We see this as a miracle. I see pregnancy as a process and it doesn’t define who I am. It’s not a male or female desire to want to have a child, it’s a human desire. I’m a person and I have the right to have my own biological child. I think that people will be shocked because no-one’s ever heard of a man giving birth before. I guess it’s a shocking concept, but in this day and age that’s possible. And it’s happening now.”
Thomas’s doctor Kimberley James, said that “This baby’s totally healthy and this is, I consider, an average pregnancy,”
What were your views of the show?
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Thomas is still a woman, wether he wants to admit it or not. It is not physically possible for a man to become pregnant. I feel sorry for the child who is going to be raised by a mother that’s really messed up in the head.
Dear Oprah, If “Thomas” still has female reproductive organs, and had/has monthly periods, I think “Thomas” is not a man. “Thomas” may want to be a man but men do not have vaginia’s, nor do they have a uterus, fallopian tubes or ovaries. This is not rocket science. It is basic biology. You and your TV show is way to classy to have this kind of material aired on it. Of course that is my opinion. Thank you for listening. Karen
Couldn’t agree with kristina more…talk about a confusing conversation when the kid asks the age old question ‘daddy, er, mommy, where do babies come from?’
Kristina: Did you note that he also has a wife? The child will have both a “mother” and a “father.” children have all sorts of challenges growing up. Let’s just hope that other children (and adults) are not cruel enough to treat Thomas’s child different because of who the parents are.
And, for that matter, treat Thomas differently because of his physiology.
I’m surprised by the responses so far. He may be different, and the situation is different, but it will only be people like in the previous letters who will be mean enough to make things hard for that child. This life should be celebrated just like any other.
I think what Thomas is a huge miracle and I support what he is doing. There is no such rule that women are the only ones to be pregnant. Where does it say women are the ones to have children only? Exactly. What people don’t realize is that further into the future, women won’t be able to have children because they won’t be able to reproduce. Why can’t men have children? Besides I have known many people who once were women and wanted to men. Also the other way around. Who are we judge? Just like we don’t interfere with other cultures, we should let Thomas and his family do as they please by having this baby. It’s not everyday we can see a man pregnant with a baby. This way men can know how a woman feels when having a baby. Everyone has the right to do what they please and who are we to stand in the way. WE SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
I totally agree with veronica
Veronica,
I don’t think people really care whether this guy has his baby or not. More power to you Thomas. What people are saying is that he technically and biologically IS NOT a man.
I also have NO idea what you are talking about when you say “in the future women will not be able to reproduce”. That is just silly.
How can men know what it is like to have children? “Thomas” is not a man, has never been, and will never be. She had to discontinue her testosterone therapy to have a child! “Thomas” was not born a man, with the male genitalia and still does not have one. It is wrong what they are doing to that child. Wrong. Oprah did disappointment me. Oh, and one more thing, “Thomas” had to get rid of her chest to be a man.
Men will never know what it is like to have a baby because they are not women. ‘Thomas’ is a WOMAN no matter what he thinks, he is not a man giving birth to a child, she is a woman giving birth to a child. Everyone has the right to do as we please? Are you serious? If that is where the world is heading then why punish people for what they feel is right for them. This is a slap in the face to basic biology. I fear a world where my child has to grow up with no sense of the role of a man and the role of a woman.