Article: The new mum and dad rolled into one; Mr Mum: Beatie with his daughter Susan.

Byline: Tom Kelly

HE looks like a typical proud father cradling his newborn daughter.

But Thomas Beatie about as far as you could be from typical. He claims to have given birth to the child.

Although born a woman, Beatie had his breasts removed and lives outwardly as a man after changing his gender to male.

The 34-year-old says he retained his female sex organs because he intended to have children one day.

He conceived with sperm from a donor and was inseminated at home by his 45-year-old wife Nancy, using a do-it-yourself kit.

Despite opposition from family, friends and the medical profession he continued with the controversial pregnancy and says that ...

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