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- Beatie gave birth to baby girl July 3, 2008
- Some people have claimed this is a stunt or hoax, meant to coincide with April Fools' Day
- The show televised Beatie getting an ultrasound
- Beatie and his partner Nancy are legally married
- The Oprah interview is the first time Beatie has appeared on television
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Thomas Beatie, the man who claims to be pregnant and is going to bear a child, appeared on the April 3, 2008, episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Beatie showed Oprah his ultrasound to prove that he was truly pregnant.
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History
In an April 8, 2008 article published by The Advocate, Beatie told his story. He was born Tracy LaGondino, and had been a gay and lesbian activist in Hawaii. After falling in love with his current wife Nancy, Beatie underwent sex reassignment surgery, which included a breast reduction and testosterone treatments. Beatie, however, kept his female reproductive organs with the hopes of one day having a child.The couple obtained sperm from a sperm bank, and was expecting a baby girl around July, 2008. Beatie says, he made the decision to become pregnant because of his wife's infertility. Nancy previously had a hysterectomy due to endometriosis, leaving her unable to conceive.
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