24 Weeks of Pregnancy in 24 Pictures

Photographer Ryan Marshall, with apparent permission from his wife, took one picture each week of her advancing through the stages of her pregnancy. Apparently, they were also doing some kind of fashion modeling for a clothing store called “American Apparel” who provided them with different outfits for the photo shoots. Whatever, this “maternity series” is beautiful.
The photos start at week 17 when the bulge began to show.





(Photos removed at owner's request)
Catch the rest of the series here

Read more »

1 Year Old Child is Pregnant

One year old child found pregnant in Saudi Arabia. Doctors says it’s a unique case for this world! Medical Science Report says : “When the mother of this child was pregnant, she had 2 fetuses inside her. But one of the fetus grew inside the other, this why this girl was born with the other fetus inside her womb.”
Meaning that the mother was pregnant with twins, the baby (shown in the picture) survived and grew. The twin died and attached to the live twin. As the baby grew it developed around the dead fetus. The fetus inside of the baby is no alive, and there are thousands of documented cases where things like this happen. 

Read more »

Are you pregnant?

Read more »

The World's First Male Pregnancy

The first man in history to become pregnant speaks up

New York, NY (AP) -- The world's first pregnant man is finally speaking up today after months of relative silence about his remarkable condition.

Officials at RYT Hospital-Dwayne Medical Center in New York today has confirmed reports that Mr. Lee Mingwei, a Taiwanese American artist who has exhibited at The Whitney Museum of American Art, will be holding a news conference today to answer questions about his historic pregnancy.
RYT Hospital's web site, MalePregnancy.com, has been online for a number of years during the early stages of their clinical trials with this procedure. Initial errors with the web site led some observers to believe that his pregnancy was a hoax.
"Americans are so gullible," wrote a visitor on the web site's message board. Several other web sites have also claimed to show proof that Mr. Lee's pregnancy was fictitious.
For better or worse, however, it seems that fertility experts have accomplished another unsettling achievement in the brave new world of human reproduction. The actual clinical data is currently being reviewed by outside sources, but initial findings seem to confirm the claims by RYT Hospital.
"Fertility experts have known for years that men could bear children," explains Dr. Elizabeth Preatner, a prenatal geneticist and embryologist at RYT Hospital. "With the success of delivering ectopic pregnancies in women, it has became clear that a uterus is not essential to childbirth. We have proven that within the proper biochemical environment, an embryo can indeed implant itself within a male abdominal cavity and thrive."
Dr. Preatner is already receiving requests from as far away as India to start creating pregnant men. "A woman from India asked me to fly over and impregnate her husband, who – upon hearing about male pregnancy – has insisted that he carry their second child."
Is this the next stage in the fight for gender equality? Stay tuned.

Copyright The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Read more »

Pregnant man Thomas Beatie: First picture of baby girl

Thomas Beatie, better known as the world’s first pregnant man, has sold a picture of his baby girl to an American magazine for a rumoured £150,000 ($300,000).

 By Matthew Moore

Published: 12:59PM BST 24 Jul 2008

Thomas Beatie with his baby: The labour lasted 40 hours Photo: GETTY IMAGES

Transgender Mr Beatie is shown cradling four-week-old Susan Juliette as she rests on a bed in the photo published on the front cover of the celebrity title People.

Wearing a white dress with purple and green detail and a large bow, the baby bears a striking resemblance to her father.

Susan Juliette was born at the St Charles Medical Center in Bend, Oregon on June 29 weighing 9lbs, 5oz, three months after news of her pioneering conception made headlines across the world.
"She's so precious, I just can't stop staring at her," Mr Beatie told the magazine, disclosing that the labour lasted 40 hours.
"When Susan finally came out, it was like in slow motion," he said. "I was full of wonder."
Mr Beatie, who was born a woman but is legally a man after undergoing partial sex change procedures ten years ago, fathered the child with sperm from an anonymous donor. He was able to do so because he had kept his reproductive organs.
His wife Nancy is breastfeeding the baby girl, using hormones and a breast pump to stimulate lactation.
But the couple have been criticised for embracing the publicity that their case has generated.
They have previously sold photos of Mr Beatie in the late stages of pregnancy to a British tabloid, and in April showed off his ultrasound scans during an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show.
Mr Beatie and his wife received around $300,000 from People for the baby photos, according to a magazine source quoted on the New York gossip website Gawker.
The sum, while substantial, is significantly less than is offered for the first photos of the babies of Hollywood A-list celebrities. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have reportedly sold images of their new-born twins for $11 million.

Source

Read more »

Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnant Arab Women – A Potential Health Issue for Mothers and Their Babies

Pregnant Arab women have an “extraordinarily high prevalence” of vitamin D deficiency – a potential health issue for them and their babies. According to Adekunle Dawodu, M.D., a physician in the Center for Global Child Health at Cincinnati Children “Vitamin D deficiency is common in Arab women, and its deficiency in pregnancy is detrimental to the health of both mother and child,”. Arab women have an “extraordinarily high prevalence” of vitamin D deficiency — a potential health issue for them and their babies.

Dr. Dawodu presented his study May 1 at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in Vancouver, Canada. “Vitamin D deficiency is the major cause of rickets around the world, but rickets may be just the tip of the iceberg,” says Dr. Dawodu. “Increasingly, research is revealing the importance of vitamin D in protecting against a host of health problems — not just those involving calcium and bone. It also may increase the risk of respiratory infection and chronic diseases after birth and later in life.”

Dr. Dawodu studied vitamin D status in 105 expectant Arab mothers participating in a prenatal, vitamin D supplementation study in the United Arab Emirates. Blood samples were taken at different times of the year. Dr. Dawodu found no seasonal variation in the rate of vitamin D deficiency.

Blood vitamin D levels in adults of less than 50 nanomoles per liter are considered deficient. In this study, 76 percent of the women had blood vitamin D levels below 25 nanomoles per liter — an amount considered very low by any standard. In addition, these pregnant women had low levels of dietary vitamin D intake and low rates of sun exposure outdoors. “Vitamin D supplementation and modest sun exposure require urgent attention,” says Dr. Dawodu.

source

Read more »

World's Second Pregnant Man Prepares to Give Birth (5 pics)

The world's SECOND Pregnant Man is 'blissfully happy' as he prepares to give birth to baby boy next month — A transgender couple have revealed they are expecting their first baby in a month’s time. Scott Moore - thought to be only the second ‘pregnant man’ to go public - is due to give birth to a boy in February, with husband Thomas by his side. The couple were both born girls and have undergone surgery to transform their sex.

Expecting: Scott Moore, pictured with husband Thomas, is due to give birth next month to a boy. The couple - who were both born as girls - live in California.

Scott, 30, who is legally married to Thomas because he still has a female birth certificate, says he is eagerly looking forward to giving birth. They have decided to call the child ‘Miles’.

‘We know some people will criticise us but we are blissfully happy and not ashamed,’ Scott said.The couple, from California, already have two children - Gregg, 12, and Logan, 10 - who Thomas had with a previous female partner. The case is similar to that of Thomas Beatie, from Oregon, who made headlines around the world in 2008 when he gave birth to a girl.

 

It's a boy! The scan reveals Scott is expecting a boy - which will be named Miles.

Scott, who started out in life as a girl named Jessica, first realised he wanted to be a man when he hit puberty aged 11. ‘When I told my family they thought I was crazy but they gradually realised I was serious and allowed me to start taking male hormones when I was 16 years old,’ he said.

His parents paid £4,600 for Scott to have his 36DDD chest removed. However, he could not afford the gender surgery, so still has female organs. Thomas, who used to be called Laura, had a hysterectomy and gender reassignment surgery last year.

'Not ashamed': Scott and Thomas posted photos of themselves online. They have been together since 2007 after meeting at a support group for transgender men. 

They met in 2005 at a support group meeting for transgender men but lost touch – but saw each other again in 2007. ‘We knew we had to be together,’ Scott said. ‘Two months later I gave up my job to live with Thomas and the boys.

‘Now they call me “dad two”.’The couple, who live in a four-bedroom house, decided in December 2008 to try for a baby. Scott was inseminated with the sperm of a male friend and fell pregnant in June 2009. ‘We were so happy we did what all gay men do when they get excited - we went shopping,’ Thomas said.

'Two dads': Scott and Thomas with Gregg and Logan at their home in California. Thomas had the boys with a previous female partner who died.

The couple have dismissed concerns that Miles might be teased at school, saying they are confident they can deal with it. ‘We've been through it already,’ Thomas said. ‘My son Logan was bullied but now he just says to teasers: “You may have a problem with my two dads but I don't so you're not hurting me”.’

 

Scott plans to have a natural birth at their local hospital. Their doctor and obstetrician have told the medics at the local hospital. ‘We didn't want everyone to be shocked when a man turns up to give birth,’ Scott said.‘We found it very difficult to get a doctor and midwife at first. It was hard when people didn't want to treat me.

‘No pregnant person should be denied healthcare just because they are a man.’ But he added: ‘I'm looking forward to giving birth now. With Thomas at my side everything will be just fine.’ Thomas said: ‘We want to show the world that trans-families can be healthy, loving and nurturing.’

Source: You might als

Read more »