<H1 class="">PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: The Former 'Pregnant Man' Debuts His Baby
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By Champ Clark
Originally posted Wednesday July 23, 2008 09:15 AM EDT
Thomas Beatie, with daughter Susan Juliette Photo by: Regine Mahaux / GettyIt's been three weeks since his blue-eyed baby debuted in this world, but Thomas Beatie – better known around the world as the Pregnant Man – can already say this about his daughter's personality: "She's easygoing and mellow and intelligent."
On June 29 at 8:55 p.m., Beatie, 34, a former female beauty pageant contestant, made cultural history as perhaps the first legally transgender male to give birth, bringing into the world a 9 lbs., 5 oz. baby girl named Susan Juliette.
"She's so precious, I just can't stop staring at her," Thomas tells PEOPLE in his first interview since he and wife Nancy returned with their bundle from Bend, Oregon's St. Charles Medical Center. "Just holding her is the best feeling in the world."
Susan – named after Thomas's mother and conceived through artificial insemination with donor sperm – arrived after 40 hours of labor, with Nancy at Thomas's side acting as his coach.
"When Susan finally came out, it was like in slow motion," says Thomas. "I was full of wonder." Echoes Nancy: "There were tears of joy."
Both father and daughter came through the birth in perfect health. "I weigh two pounds less than I did before I got pregnant," adds Thomas. "And I don't have a single stretch mark!"
At home, the couple is adjusting to their new nightly schedule: Nancy breastfeeding (by induced lactation, a process using hormones and physical stimulation with a breast pump) and Thomas keeping company while watching TV.
Crows Thomas, "Susan is a miracle! And we're finally the family we've been dreaming of."
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yeah I imagine it's going to be an attractive child. Thomas Beatie was a very attractive woman, so if the little girl gets any of those genes, she's set. It's nice to see a transgendered person accepted and viewed in such a positive light in such a mainstream magazine.
do you have to put pregnant man in quotation marks like that in the title? Thats kinda offensive. If you want to put pregnant transman or something along those lines in the title it would be better.
I found the the term "Pregnant man" offense because a man cannot be pregnant..I put it in quotes,because that is someone else title for her/him, not mines.All I can say is the baby is cute
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Last edited by inhirnamy137 : 03-08-2008 at 02:19 PM.
Sigh.. I hesitate to call Thomas Beatie the first pregnant man as he is only legally a man, not biologically. However, the baby is adorable and healthy which is all that matters, and will be lucky to be brought up in a loving home. I had this discussion with my dad and I could not stress enough to him how I'd rather have a million Thomas Beaties having children they will raise and love unconditionally than "regular" folks who raise their children in abusive and poor environments. It's only people who are intolerant of people like Thomas Beatie who we don't need in our society. That's my two cents.
It's been three weeks since his blue-eyed baby debuted in this world, but Thomas Beatie – better known around the world as the Pregnant Man – can already say this about his daughter's personality: "She's easygoing and mellow and intelligent." 
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