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 femalesex 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.
The couple took the controversial step because Nancy had undergone a hysterectomy and they wanted a biological child.
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.
She already has two grown-up daughters from her first marriage.
He became legally male after undergoing sex change surgery in 2002 and hormone treatment, but opted to keep his female reproductive organs.
Beatie told Walters that they regard themselves as a normal, heterosexual family.
He said: 'We are a man, woman and child.
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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 femalesex 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.
Expecting again: Thomas Beatie, pictured while pregnant with his first child Susan, is expecting a baby in June
The couple took the controversial step because Nancy had undergone a hysterectomy and they wanted a biological child.
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.
She already has two grown-up daughters from her first marriage.
He became legally male after undergoing sex change surgery in 2002 and hormone treatment, but opted to keep his female reproductive organs.
Beatie told Walters that they regard themselves as a normal, heterosexual family.
He said: 'We are a man, woman and child.
Baby joy: Beatie with his baby daughter Susan Juliette in July
'It's ironic that we are so different but yet, we're just a family, just the same as anyone else.
I am my daughter's father, and that's all I'll ever be to her.'
He acknowledged that Susan, who was named after his late mother, may face teasing at school but said that was not a good reason not to have a child.
'We'll just have to raise her with enough strength and resiliency in order to with stand anything that the world throws at her,' he said.
'We're gonna raise her acknowledging that diversity exists in the world and be respectful of other people.
'I think that you're not living a full authentic life unless you're being true to yourself.
'And in this life, we got to choose who we want to be and how we're gonna live our lives.
'And that includes being a pregnant man.'
Beatie also paid tribute to his wife Nancy, who he married in 2003.
He said: 'Nancy is a very unique person.
'She loves and likes people because of who they are, on the inside.
'She was not attracted to me because I was female or male, but because I was just me.'
Nancy added: 'I don't like labels.
'You know, I'm just in love with this person. This person was female in the beginning and is now male. This is who I'm attracted to.'