AN obstetrician has declared the pregnancy of transgender man Thomas Beatie "normal" and says the baby he is carrying his healthy.
As Mr Beatie and his wife appeared on Oprah this morning, his doctor gave the first medical confirmation of the pregnancy, which has made headlines around the world.
Mr Beatie told TV host Oprah Winfrey he always wanted to have a child and considered his situation a miracle.
"It's not a male or female desire to have a child. It's a human desire," the thinly bearded dad-to-be said.
"I have a very stable male identity."
Pregnancy neither defined him nor made him feel feminine, he said.
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