RR Phantom
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| Subject: 'I'm a transgender dad who breastfeeds' Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:11 am | |
| Near the end of my pregnancy, I went to my first breastfeeding support meeting, facilitated by La Leche League. I was excited at the opportunity to learn, and terribly nervous in a room full of strangers - I was a guy at a women-only peer-to-peer help group.
When it came to be my turn to speak, I gave my carefully prepared spiel: "My name is Trevor and I am able to be pregnant because I am transgender. This means that I was born female but transitioned to male by taking hormones and having chest surgery. When my partner and I decided to start a family, we got advice from my doctors and I stopped taking my testosterone. My baby is due in April. Because my surgery removed most of my breast tissue, I don't know how much I'll be able to breastfeed, but I really want to try."
http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/baby/breastfeeding/im-a-transgender-dad-who-breastfeeds-20131104-2wvca.html#utm_source=FD&utm_medium=lifeandstylepuff&utm_campaign=bfdad |
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