Pregnant
Man Thomas Beatie Expecting ... Again

In an interview with Barbara Walters, pregnant man Thomas Beatie revealed that he and his wife are expecting another child. Beatie announced he was pregnant the first time around in an exclusive article written for The Advocate.

Beatie, who was born biologically female, is in his first trimester. He told Walters that after giving birth to his daughter, Susan, he stayed off the male hormone testosterone so that he could have another baby.

"I feel good," he told Walters. "I had my checkups with my hormone level, as far as the HCG. And everything is right on track."

Beatie said he and his wife, Nancy, are expecting their second baby in June.

Beatie was talking to Walters as a part of a Friday night ABC special report, What Is a Man, What Is a Woman? Journey of a Pregnant Man.

In April of last year Beatie sent an e-mail to The Advocate announcing his pregnancy. That e-mail became an article which made national news, leading to Beatie appearing on prime-time news specials and talk shows, including Oprah, speaking as the world's "first pregnant man."

In the article Beatie wrote for The Advocate, he explained, "Sterilization is not a requirement for sex reassignment, so I decided to have chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy but kept my reproductive rights. Wanting to have a biological child is neither a male nor female desire, but a human desire."

Beatie's announcement created a firestorm of media coverage of the Oregon couple. September Films announced in July that it had secured a global rights deal to film a documentary about Beatie and his pregnancy. The film is slated to air on the BBC's Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and the Discovery Channel in the United States. (Ross von Metzke, The Advocate)