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The Former 'Pregnant Man' Debuts His Baby
It's been three weeks since his blue-eyed baby debuted in this world, but Thomas Beatie – better known around the world as the Pregnant Man – can already say this about his daughter's personality: "She's easygoing and mellow and intelligent."
On June 29 at 8:55 p.m., Beatie, 34, a former female beauty pageant contestant, made cultural history as perhaps the first legally transgender male to give birth, bringing into the world a 9 lbs., 5 oz. baby girl named Susan Juliette.
"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 – named after Thomas's mother and conceived through artificial insemination with donor sperm – 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!"
At home, the couple is adjusting to their new nightly schedule: Nancy breastfeeding (by induced lactation, a process using hormones and physical stimulation with a breast pump) and Thomas keeping company while watching TV.
Crows Thomas, "Susan is a miracle! And we're finally the family we've been dreaming of."
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SweetTooth
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Re: The Former 'Pregnant Man' Debuts His Baby
He used to be a beauty pageant contestant?
The baby is very cute!
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| Posted 7/23/08 10:41 AM |
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Re: The Former 'Pregnant Man' Debuts His Baby
sure, Thomas never got a stretch mark !
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| Posted 7/23/08 10:42 AM |
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CCMommy
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Re: The Former 'Pregnant Man' Debuts His Baby
Yes he was Miss Hawaii ( I think in the teen USA pageant)
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| Posted 7/23/08 10:54 AM |
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Re: The Former 'Pregnant Man' Debuts His Baby
I have to tell you it just grates on my nerves that they call HER a pregnant man. Its a chick with a beard. So freaking annoying. Cute kid the ladies have.
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| Posted 7/23/08 10:57 AM |
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Re: The Former 'Pregnant Man' Debuts His Baby
Posted by JennZ
I have to tell you it just grates on my nerves that they call HER a pregnant man. Its a chick with a beard. So freaking annoying. Cute kid the ladies have.
Same here - I always see him / her? as a very masculine lesbian. Sorry. No offense meant to anyone.
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| Posted 7/23/08 10:59 AM |
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Re: The Former 'Pregnant Man' Debuts His Baby
Posted by JennZ
I have to tell you it just grates on my nerves that they call HER a pregnant man. Its a chick with a beard.
Totally! She call call herself whatever she wants, she is still just a bearded lady!!
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| Posted 7/23/08 11:00 AM |
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Posted by JennZ
I have to tell you it just grates on my nerves that they call HER a pregnant man. Its a chick with a beard.
Totally! She call call herself whatever she wants, she is still just a bearded lady!!
just a bearded lady!!
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| Posted 7/23/08 11:04 AM |
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Posted by JennZ
I have to tell you it just grates on my nerves that they call HER a pregnant man. Its a chick with a beard.
Totally! She call call herself whatever she wants, she is still just a bearded lady!!
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| Posted 7/23/08 11:10 AM |
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Re: The Former 'Pregnant Man' Debuts His Baby
And I wonder how much She got paid for the "interview". 
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| Posted 7/23/08 11:21 AM |
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Posted by CCMommy
Yes he was Miss Hawaii ( I think in the teen USA pageant)
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Wow, she was gorgeous!
It seems strange that after doing something so feminine you would want to be a man. I wonder if someone forced her to do the pageants?
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| Posted 7/23/08 11:22 AM |
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"I weigh two pounds less than I did before I got pregnant," adds Thomas. "And I don't have a single stretch mark!"
B!tch.
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| Posted 7/23/08 11:29 AM |
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Posted by JennZ
I have to tell you it just grates on my nerves that they call HER a pregnant man. Its a chick with a beard.
Totally! She call call herself whatever she wants, she is still just a bearded lady!!
OMG!!!!!
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| Posted 7/23/08 11:40 AM |
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Re: The Former 'Pregnant Man' Debuts His Baby
i was never sure why many of you were refering to "him" as a "her" on other posts. i had taken it for granted that "he" was a "he" who had just kept the uterus and ovaries... (which i saw as odd, but ok)
today, on good morning america (yes, i watch religiously  ) they talked about the baby. ok, i'm watchin' and thinking the baby is cute.
THEN I HEAR.... THE BABY WAS DELIVERED VAGINALLY!!!!!!!??????
that ain't a pregnant man!!!!!!
that's a woman with no boobies and a beard!
now, i understand.
sorry, i can be so dense, sometimes 
beautiful baby, by the way
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| Posted 7/23/08 11:49 AM |
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Re: The Former 'Pregnant Man' Debuts His Baby
Gorgeous baby. He was a really beautiful woman. Strange that someone who is so conflicted about their gender would do beauty pageants 
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| Posted 7/23/08 11:54 AM |
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Re: The Former 'Pregnant Man' Debuts His Baby
This story is so ridiculous.....He was not a pregnant MAN, and he is not a FATHER.....
He is a WOMAN no matter how you slice it.
If you can carry a baby, deliver it VAGINALLY and BREASTFEED.....then by golly, you are a freakin WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is exploitation at it's best....
Message edited 7/23/2008 12:48:37 PM.
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| Posted 7/23/08 12:29 PM |
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Re: The Former 'Pregnant Man' Debuts His Baby
this story both confuses me and grosses me out. just being truthful.
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| Posted 7/23/08 12:32 PM |
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Yeah, I thought he was having a c-section???
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| Posted 7/23/08 12:33 PM |
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Posted by libby2595
that ain't a pregnant man!!!!!!
that's a woman with no boobies and a beard!
Sorry but that made me
Basically if I stopped waxing my lip and chin that could be me too!
Lord knows I have no boobies to speak of and I could SO grow a beard if I tried hard enough! 
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Posted by libby2595
that ain't a pregnant man!!!!!!
that's a woman with no boobies and a beard!
Sorry but that made me
Basically if I stopped waxing my lip and chin that could be me too!
Lord knows I have no boobies to speak of and I could SO grow a beard if I tried hard enough!
Maybe you can use it for publicity and make $ too?
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Posted by JennZ
I have to tell you it just grates on my nerves that they call HER a pregnant man. Its a chick with a beard. So freaking annoying. Cute kid the ladies have.
OMG- YES!!! This is NOT a pregnant man- it is/was a pregnant woman who LIVES as a man. If you still have ovaries and a uterus- you are a WOMAN biologically.
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Posted by curliegirl
This story is so ridiculous.....He was not a pregnant MAN, and he is not a FATHER.....
He is a WOMAN no matter how you slice it.
If you can carry a baby, deliver it VAGINALLY and BREASTFEED.....then by golly, you are a freakin WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is exploitation at it's best....
Aren't they going to confuse the kid by calling Thomas the father? Are they going to lie and say the wife gave birth?
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Posted by Goobster
Posted by anonttcer
Posted by libby2595
that ain't a pregnant man!!!!!!
that's a woman with no boobies and a beard!
Sorry but that made me
Basically if I stopped waxing my lip and chin that could be me too!
Lord knows I have no boobies to speak of and I could SO grow a beard if I tried hard enough!
Maybe you can use it for publicity and make $ too?
I'm considering it!
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| Posted 7/23/08 12:59 PM |
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Posted by JennZ
I have to tell you it just grates on my nerves that they call HER a pregnant man. Its a chick with a beard. So freaking annoying. Cute kid the ladies have.
OMG- YES!!! This is NOT a pregnant man- it is/was a pregnant woman who LIVES as a man. If you still have ovaries and a uterus- you are a WOMAN biologically.
ITA! It really bothered me that they called him a pregnant man. They SHOULD be saying that he is a transgender man who is pregnant if anything....
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Posted by leighla
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"I weigh two pounds less than I did before I got pregnant," adds Thomas. "And I don't have a single stretch mark!"
B!tch.
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