Posted on 06/11/2020 1:48:42 PM PDT by Ennis85
Andie Hosch, 23, and his partner decided to try for a baby one year ago - while he was transitioning with the use of hormones and undergoing surgery.
"But I started seeing some other transgender people getting pregnant that and I started exploring the idea and unlearning the internalized transphobia that told me I couldn't be a man who could birth a child.
"A part of me was me feeling as though I shouldn't want to carry a child because of internalized beliefs about what it means 'to be a man' and that somehow carrying a child invalidated my gender."
"But I started seeing some other transgender people getting pregnant that and I started exploring the idea and unlearning the internalized transphobia that told me I couldn't be a man who could birth a child.
"A part of me was me feeling as though I shouldn't want to carry a child because of internalized beliefs about what it means 'to be a man' and that somehow carrying a child invalidated my gender."
"I did in fact loose some people I considered friends over my decision to get pregnant because they believed I was 'loosing myself,' since in their minds I couldn't possibly be a man who wanted to carry a child."
"I've also experienced a few internet trolls, nothing too over the top or hard to handle.
"I had one person continue to make new accounts after blocking each one, I ended up with a block list of 10 of the same persons different accounts - mainly people telling me I'm 'not a real man.'
"Strangers in public were more confused than anything, especially the regular customers I had at work, when I told them I was pregnant they were confused."
Regardless of what his friends and strangers think, Andie believes that by becoming pregnant his "sense of identity and confidence in my gender has only been strengthened."
On April 27 2020, after 30 hours in labor, Andie gave birth to his 7lbs 10oz son Taylor Terry Hosch-Azevedo during the pandemic.
However, even during his labor the dad was misgendered multiple times and one nurse even left the birth.
"The first nurse I had misgendered me, I had to correct her a few times and then she ended up excusing herself from my labor since she didn't believe she would be able to use the correct pronouns and parental terms for me," Andie said.
"My obstetrician doctor and I made sure it was front and center on my chart and I created a sign for the door as well.
"Everybody else did an amazing job and I was so grateful to all of them."From then on I was called 'dad' and they utilized the correct pronouns."
In 2018, Andie started taking testosterone and had "top surgery" to remove his breasts in July of the same year.
When he began trying for a baby, he had to stop taking the hormone so that he could become pregnant, but hopes to return to the prescription next week.
"We have to wait until my body is healed and then since I have had top surgery and will not attempt to chestfeed at all, there is no need to wait longer," he explained.
The new dad also said that he is not sure if he will ever have further surgery to remove his female genitalia as he would like to have the option of having more children.
He said: "Personally I'm not sure if I'll want to have any more surgeries and for the time being on testosterone will make me perfectly content for now.
"I'm not sure if I'd like to have more children yet, but I'm definitely open to the idea of having more - which I didn't think would be the case prior to getting pregnant."
Andie believes that cutting ties with people who disagreed with his decision and finding the most understanding doctors were key to making him feel comfortable.
He would advise other transgender men who are looking to start a family to "build yourself a great support network - there are going to be people who disagree with your decision but my strong support network who were there for me made all the difference."
He added: "Also find a doctor you like and if you have one you don't like get another one, there is nothing wrong with switching doctors if they aren't 100 percent for your best interest.
"The bottom line of all of it, is if carrying a child is something you want to do, then do it.
"It has been the biggest blessing of my life to be able to bring a life into this world and I am eternally grateful I made this decision."
This article had to gall to act as if this entitled woman was the victim in all this. That poor nurse, I mean their jobs are hard enough without having to be subjected to this ****.
Just read it and the article is confusing he, she she and he, man woman, woman man , male , female Good grief these freaks are out thanks to obama and his cross dressing, bathroom agenda
“A part of me was me feeling as though I shouldn’t want to carry a child because of internalized beliefs about what it means ‘to be a man’ and that somehow carrying a child invalidated my gender.”
Female privilege on full display here.
Andie is a girl’s namr
Andy is a boy’s name.
When a trans gets a DNA test, and it comes back a gender different than how they identify, who is ignoring science?
Why does the world want to change reality to fit the fantasy of a person with a clear mental issue? If someone identifies themselves as a penguin, does that make them a penguin? This crap has to stop or we are doomed.
If a man wants to dress up like a woman for some reason, so be it. Don’t try to convince me he is a she because it is objectively untrue.
So pregnant women should not smoke or drink alcohol or use recreational drugs, but hormones to induce sex change is oke dokey. must be a miracle hormone.
A woman who became a man to then become a woman who gave birth - is now a man again? Or something?
God approved of his message. . . NOT This is probably one up on what was going on in Sodom and Gomorrah.
Our world has become a giant freak show.
That is the single most ridiculous, demented, disgusting statement I have ever read. God’s wrath inches closer.
SHE gave birth. So? Because she is a freak this is news. Was the delivery thru “his” vag? Does he have periods? Going to breast feed?
Just puke....
I, I, I. Feeling, Feeling, Feeling, Me, Me, Me
And this person just brought a baby into this world that it will be completely dependent on, and will establish its initial identity from?
The Narcissism is horrible to watch
so I was not the only one who had a hard time understanding this crap.
It's that simple.
No such thing as transgender. It’s a non being made up by people with sever emotional problems.
Eliminating the left’s hold on the educational system and any governmental power would eventually eliminate the problem because common sense would prevail.
Queue the skit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail!
Pity the poor child.
She is very obviously a woman. A small boned self obsessed woman.
As best I can tell, the biological female of the previously heterosexual couple decided to “transition” into a male and her biological male partner was OK with that, then the biological female, now with breasts amputated and sprouting body hair from the testosterone decides to have a baby, and her biological male partner obliged in impregnating her.
I think?
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