giving a WHOLE new meaning to 'mpreg'

[mickeym]

Have any of y'all seen this? Transgender dad is 6 months pregnant after artificial insemination

I just...wow, y'know? I think it's very cool, and that'd certainly be one way to do it. There's still a part of my brain blinking and going, "um. Whoa!" Heh.

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[ephemera.livejournal.com]

isn't it fantastic? (and all the doctors who wouldn't help them on the grounds it would be 'unethical' appear to be using the words 'unethical' and 'unusual' interchangeably) <- sorry - porting in rant from earlier conversation elsewhere

[nopseud]

I guess it depends on exactly what those grounds were. Possibly just the doctors being prejudiced idiots, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were perfectly legitimate medical ethics concerns about someone who's been taking testosterone treatments for so long trying to become pregnant -- as maybe supported by the fact that their first attempt led to an ectopic pregnancy. Of course, that could easily be just a coincidence.

Plus, in the US, obstetricians are extremely wary about lawsuits. It's one of the most heavily sued branches of medicine, and doctors tend to shy away from taking high-risk patients.

[kaelie.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I caught a glimpse of the headline and the picture and for a moment I totally thought it was a graphic for an mpreg fanfic from some unknown fandom. :) As you say, "um, whoa!"

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, saw that about a week or so ago. It's um. Mind boggling? I mean, hooray for them and all, but it's still a bit of a mind bender.

[rainbow.livejournal.com]

i saw that a couple weeks ago -- i think they live in bend, not that far from here. i think it is so very neat that they can do that.

[gillianinoz.livejournal.com]

There was an article about it in the paper today, here in Oz - probably because he's been on Oprah, which kind of makes it acceptable news here. It was a very even handed article, not taking a side one way or another.

After an intial shock when I first read about it a few weeks ago, I'm very happy for them. Babies belong with people who really love & want them - and perhaps if every couple who want a child had to overcome so many hurdles, there'd be less unwanted babies in the world.

Best of luck to them!