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.