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28 March 2024

'Pregnant Man' and wife separate after 3 kids

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Thomas Beatie, is known across the world as 'The Pregnant Man', has split from his wife of nine years.

Beatie, 38, revealed the break-up from his wife Nancy during a taping of the syndicated CBS show 'The Doctors'.

He also admitted during the interview that he had undergone his final gender reassignment surgery from female to male.

Mr Beatie was born as a woman, Tracy Lagondino, in Hawaii in 1974, but says he always felt like he wanted to be a man.

When he was in his twenties he began having testosterone injections, giving him facial hair, a lower voice and altering his sexual organs.

In 2002 he had a mastectomy and legally became a man - but he chose to keep his other female organs so the couple could have children, as his wife had had a hysterectomy.

He posed for an infamous picture in 2007 which displayed him as heavily pregnant but with facial hair.

"Nancy hasn’t seen the new me yet,' said Beatie in a taping for the show which will be screened on May 7.

"Like all marriages, we have our ups and downs, and we’re going through a rough patch right now.

"At the moment, we’re separated."

He told Oprah on her show four years ago: "I wanted to have a child one day. I didn't know how. It was just a dream."

The couple bought sperm from an anonymous donor and Beatie underwent artificial insemination. After an ectopic pregnancy which led to emergency surgery, he eventually fell pregnant with Susan in late 2007.

He had his next two children in quick succession, as he only had a short window of not taking testosterone.

Beatie's  mother committed suicide when he was 12, and he and his father were never close.

He was born a girl and given the name Tracy, but says that he was always a tomboy.

In an attempt to feminise him, his father entered him in modelling and beauty contests. But Thomas rebelled.

He tried to appear on celebrity dance show Dancing with the Stars last year but was pipped to the post by transgender contestant Chaz Bono.