2 thumbs & a dummy

Read about the story of a pregnant man? Well, he has safely delivered their baby girl, Susan Juliette [sweet little thing!] and apparently is now in his first trimester with baby #2! Well, talk about not wanting to wait for a bit. On one hand, I’m glad that this is possible for him though you’d think that you’d want the body to rest a bit after the birth. After all it was a natural birth so the body has definite done some hard work but apparently everything is on track and the baby is due in June.

What I don’t get is, what’s the big deal?? The media has definitely taken this to such a height that it’s ridiculous! I mean, he’s a transgender which means that he looks all man – facial hair, no boobs and such BUT the difference is that he kept his woman bits so that he could have a child. I really don’t see what the big deal is. When I first heard about this, without reading the story that is, I thought it was a MAN, a REAL man who got pregnant and I was like, omg….where is the child going to be, how is it going to be born [I know C-sect was the option then, but I wasn't really thinking] and indeed it was a really big deal UNTIL I read that he still had all his woman bits which in turn made every sense to me. And the fact that he was born a woman really toned down the story for me. I do find it intriguing and that it was a very courageous action to take but if you want something that bad, I guess nothing is impossible. And guess Thomas Beatie proved that alright.

On a slightly unrelated topic, remember the Dugger family? The one who temporarily inspired me to have a large family which I am now not really considering anymore [Hah!] Well, they are expecting baby #18 in Jan 2009!!! Makes you think – WHEN ARE THEY EVER GOING TO STOP???? *lol* Guess they are living up to the term ‘breeding like rabbits’. Hehehe…ok, that was bad of me, I take that back. After all children are God’s gift and if they are able, why not right? I say good on them since they are obviously stable in every sense to have more kids. But I do wonder what sort of impact it has on the older children…will they in turn have big families too since they grew up that way or perhaps otherwise? Have a small family because the bigger the family, the harder it is to get more attention from the parents….who knows?

But I do sincerely worry abt the mother…how does her body handle so many births? She is literally pregnant all the time! I don’t think her body has got any rest between the children. Maybe just a couple of months but don’t think it has every reached a year before she’s pregnant again. Very worrying if you ask me….