Trystan Reese, a transgender man living in Portland, Oregon, has given birth to a boy with Biff Chaplow his partner for seven years. July 14, Leo Murray Chaplow, their son was born.
Leo is the couple's first biological toddler, however they're no strangers to parenting: Reese and Chaplow adopted Chaplow's niece and nephew in 2011.
both Leo and Reese were in appropriate fitness after the birth, the couple wrote on fb. They didn't reply to a request for comment.
Reese and Chaplow have documented their parenting adventures and published updates during Reese's pregnancy on their fb page. They made a video saying the pregnancy in January.
Reese, who changed into assigned the lady gender at delivery, posted a video in March explaining his selection to carry a baby as a transgender man.
"i'm good enough with my body being a trans body," he said. "I'm okay, being a man with uterus and has the capacity and functionality of sporting a baby."
Reese says. “There were no headaches or clinical problems that got here up in any respect. a long, early labour, lasting about 24 hours, after which approximately eight hours of ‘active labour’ after which an hour of pushing.”
Reese and Biff have many social media followers that reacts upon the news. The couple run a blog approximately their enjoy as homosexual adoptive dad and mom and now, new dad and mom. For the most component, Reese says the remarks has been tremendously nice.
“I assume every body is relieved to see that sure, a transgender individual can give start and feature it go flawlessly. We attempted to inform them that during this whole procedure, but now that they can see it with their own eyes., optimistically they may accept as true with us.”
This makes me so happy!