Thomas Beatie, Baby Pose for Exploitive Picture

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Thomas Beatie, aka “the world’s first pregnant man,” debuted daughter Susan Juliette this week, and said the 9lb, 5oz newborn is “easygoing, mellow, and intelligent.”

The baby was conceived through artificial insemination, and carried to term by Thomas, a legally transgender male. Thomas gave birth in Oregon on June 29.

“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 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!”

Nancy does breastfeeding for couple through induced lactation, a process using hormones and physical stimulation with a breast pump, which I had no idea was even possible, so yay for science!

Published 7/23/08.

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  • i hope that giving birth to two kids help this person turn to his FEMALE side, which is the real one. but the question remains: who impregnented her??
    Anonymous 6/10/09 Reply
  • so glad that you apparently speak to god directly and can tell all of us pee-ons what he really thinks. You've a HUGE amount of audacity to assume that you know what God would have to say about this. If God didn't want that baby born the way she...
    Anonymous 11/20/08 Reply
  • This situation is certainly one that (obviously) no human brain has had to process before this man became pregnant. I find all of the criticism of this family to be excessive. Look at all the babies born into a "traditional" family who will have a...
    Anonymous 11/20/08 Reply
  • "God" has never SAID anything. Ever. Have you ever heard him/her? No. But you CAN see. You can see that Thomas is a man. Beard, Adam's Apple, muscular tone, body shape, etc. Had there been no coverage, you wouldn't have known the difference. This...
    Anonymous 11/9/08 Reply
  • since he has female genital organs who then impregnanted him, his wife or who?????
    Anonymous 8/7/08 Reply
  • I am glad to see the baby is healthy & beautiful, but why become a man if you want to have a child. The whole thing is a little weird & makes a few I know wonder if it was all for a little fame. I hope the child can endure the shock when she hears...
    Anonymous 7/26/08 Reply
  • his baby is soo cute and that picture is the most manly thing ever
    Anonymous 7/26/08 Reply
  • did anyone film the labor and delivery i know it,s private but you could be a rich parent, i would pay to see this, this is the first of a kind, no disrespect intended, i happy you and baby are healthy and congrats to you and your family...she's...
    Anonymous 7/26/08 Reply
  • I feel this is such an abomination unto the Lord...when you stand before the Lord one day who will you be? How will he recognize you? Because are not who he created you to be...so who are you really??? This whole thing is mockery to the creation of...
    Anonymous 7/26/08 Reply
    • God will recognize him because we are all children of his. Regardless of what we do to the vessels (our bodies) which carry our souls, God sees us for our soul. I pray that all of the judgmental and cynical characteristics are erased from your soul...
      Anonymous 11/20/08
  • Congrats to the Beatie family! May their life be blessed.
    Anonymous 7/26/08 Reply