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| US 'pregnant man' has baby girl | US 'pregnant man' has baby girl |
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| An American man who was born female but underwent gender realignment surgery, has given birth to a female baby, US media have reported. | An American man who was born female but underwent gender realignment surgery, has given birth to a female baby, US media have reported. |
| Thomas Beatie, 34, is legally male but kept his female reproductive organs after having breast surgery to remove glands and flatten his chest. | Thomas Beatie, 34, is legally male but kept his female reproductive organs after having breast surgery to remove glands and flatten his chest. |
| Both Mr Beatie and his daughter are reported to be doing well in a hospital in Bend, Oregon. | Both Mr Beatie and his daughter are reported to be doing well in a hospital in Bend, Oregon. |
| He was inseminated using sperm from an anonymous donor. | He was inseminated using sperm from an anonymous donor. |
| The birth was natural, a source at St Charles Medical Center in Bend told ABC News, and took place on Sunday. | The birth was natural, a source at St Charles Medical Center in Bend told ABC News, and took place on Sunday. |
| According to some reports, Mr Beatie had had a Caesarean section. | According to some reports, Mr Beatie had had a Caesarean section. |
| Former model | |
| Mr Beatie, who sports a wispy beard, made headlines around the world when he revealed in April that he was pregnant. | Mr Beatie, who sports a wispy beard, made headlines around the world when he revealed in April that he was pregnant. |
| He told chat show host Oprah Winfrey it had been his dream to one day have a child. | |
| "I opted not to do anything with my reproductive organs because I wanted to have a child one day," he said. | |
| Mr Beatie grew up in Hawaii as Tracy Lagondin and was a Girl Scout, model and finalist in a teenage beauty pageant. | |
| He began to live as a man when he was in his 20s and officially changed his gender, he told People magazine. | |
| He has been married for five years to wife Nancy. | |
| Mr Beatie's obstetrician, Dr Kimberly James, told Oprah Winfrey in April: "This baby is totally healthy. This is what I consider a normal pregnancy." |