Transgender woman breastfeeds baby in first recorded case, study says(Hurl alert)

BBC News ^ | 15th February 2018 | Alex Therrien

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A transgender woman has been able to breastfeed a baby in the first recorded case of its kind, researchers say.

The 30-year-old wanted to breastfeed after her pregnant partner said she did not want to do it herself, according to the Transgender Health journal.

She was able to breastfeed after taking a course of drugs and breast pumping, the US case report said.

A UK expert said the "exciting" research could lead to more cases of transgender women breastfeeding. The woman had been on hormone replacement therapy for six years, but had not gender reassignment surgery, when she approached doctors with the aim of breastfeeding the child.

Before the baby was born, doctors put her on a three-and-a-half-month course of treatment to help her artificially produce milk, usually given to women who have adopted babies or who have them via surrogates.

This included breast pumping, taking hormones produced by biological mothers, a drug which can stimulate milk production and a male hormone blocker.

As a result, the woman was able to produce a "modest but functional" amount of breast milk - some 8oz a day.

Researchers said this was the baby's only source of nutrition for its first six weeks, during which time her growth, feeding and bowel habits were "developmentally appropriate".

After this, the baby also started having formula milk because not enough breast milk was being produced.

The baby is now six months old and she continues to be breastfed as part of her diet, the study's authors said.

Dr Channa Jayasena, a senior lecturer at Imperial College who specialises in reproductive endocrinology, said the research was an "exciting development".

He said he had heard of a few cases in the UK of transgender women being helped to breastfeed, but until now no report has been published.

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Thanks for the website reference to the fact that this tranny lies. I read another website that said male breast milk has no,colostrum, which means there is absolutely no reason for this pervert to be feeding this infant his drugged breast milk. I’ll print it later if you’re interested.

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You are welcome, and thank you for the offer of the additional article but I am good. The less I think about this freak and what he is doing to a newborn the better. I thought 8oz a day was very low for newborn to feed upon, and I see that I was correct. The entire situation along with the co-conspirators make me sick.

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I’m sure the ingested chemicals will be a non-issue for the newborn! Not!

That was my thought as well. Can't be anything good. These hormones are powerful and inappropriate for a newborn.