Baby pictures from family of the ‘Pregnant Man’ [video]
”Thomas rode out the first 24 hours [of labor] at home. His wife, Nancy, was his coach and then they wen to the hospital where a midwife delivered the baby. It was not a C-section: It was a vaginal birth. Susan comes from Thomas’ mother’s name. Juliette is his wife’s middle name. She weighed 9 lbs 5 ounces. Perfectly healthy…. [Thomas wife, Nancy,] is actually breastfeeding the child through a process called a processed called ‘induced lactation….”’
Patrick Rogers of People Magazine speaking with Good Morning America about the baby girl, Susan Juliette Beatie, born to F2M transgender father Thomas Beatie.. (Towleroad)
”She’s so precious, I just can’t stop staring at her. Just holding her is the best feeling in the world…. Susan is a miracle! And we’re finally the family we’ve been dreaming of.”
Thomas Beatie, speaking to People Magazine after giving birth to his daughter at Bend, Oregon’s St. Charles Medical Center. (People)
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