Gay and pregnant
Can Men Get Pregnant?
With our understanding constantly evolving, it’s significant to honor the fact that one’s gender doesn’t settle whether pregnancy is possible. Many men have had children of their retain, and many more will likely perform so in the future.
It’s crucial not to subject those who do grow pregnant to discrimination, and instead uncover ways to propose safe and supportive environments for them to build their own families.
Likewise, it seems feasible that uterus transplants and other emerging technologies will make it possible for AMAB individuals to bring and give birth to children of their own.
The top thing we can do is to support and tend for all people who choose to become pregnant, regardless of their gender and the sex they were assigned at birth.
KC Clements is a homosexual, nonbinary writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Their work deals with queer and trans identity, sex and sexuality, health and wellness from a body positive standpoint, and much more.
TrystanReese’strimmed black beard frames his beaming smile as he rubs his protruding belly and listens to his partner, Biff Chaplow, utter , “Love and sex has a lot less to do with body parts than we believe it does.”
But Reese isn’t rubbing a beer belly ― he’s transgender and eight months pregnant with the couple’s first child. The couple, who experienced a miscarriage in 2016 could not be happier about the pregnancy.
The couple’s family will be growing once again with the arrival of the novel baby. Reese, 34, and Chaplow, 31, are currently raising Chaplow’s niece and nephew, whom they adopted from an unstable and abusive home.
Since the announcement of the pregnancy, the two contain been making headlines, with many people in awe and shock of their journey and story. But Reese himself will announce you this isn’t a unique occurrence. There are many non-binary men like him who hold given birth ― they just aren’t in the news.
The Portland couple proudly defy all gender, relationship and societal norms... and it’s beautiful. I recently sat down with them to discuss the pregnancy, gender and much more.
How did you approach to realize you wanted to become pregnant?
Trystan:
Ways to change into a parent if you're LGBT+
There are several ways you could grow a parent if getting pregnant by having sex is not an option for you.
Possible ways to become a parent include:
- donor insemination
- IUI (intrauterine insemination)
- surrogacy
- adoption or fostering
- co-parenting
There are also several ways that could help people with fertility problems have a infant, including IVF (in vitro fertilisation).
IUI and IVF can sometimes be done on the NHS. This depends on things like your age. Check with a GP or local integrated care board (ICB) to discover out about what might be accessible to you.
Surrogacy is not available on the NHS.
All these options can be explored by anyone, including single people and same sex couples.
Donor insemination
Sperm is put inside the person getting pregnant. This can be done at house, with sperm from a licensed fertility clinic, a sperm bank or someone you know.
If you choose donor insemination, it’s better to go to a licensed fertility clinic where the sperm is checked for infections and some inherited conditions. Fertility clinics can also offer support and legal advice.
If the sperm is not from a licensed
The dad who gave birth: ‘Being pregnant doesn't alter me being a transitioned man’
Freddy McConnell takes out his phone and shows me a film of his baby snoring contentedly. Jack is gorgeous, with blond hair, blue eyes and heavy eyelids, and McConnell is the classic doting dad – albeit more hands-on than most. It’s many months since he gave birth to Jack, an experience he describes as life-changing. He has also made an intimate and moving movie about that experience, from the decision to hold a baby, through pregnancy and the delivery. Everything is documented in close-up, including Jack’s arrival in a hospital birthing pool.
You might expect McConnell to be an extrovert; an exhibitionist, even. In reality, the Guardian multimedia correspondent is reserved and confidential in a rather old-fashioned, stiff-upper-lip English way. So why on earth would he want to reveal himself like this?
McConnell admits the whole thing is counterintuitive – that he, too, cannot think of a person less likely to put his confidential life on screen. But, he says, he also felt a responsibility to tell his story. He talks about how sensationalised film and TV documentaries about trans people contain tended to be, and