A man who was born a woman but gave birth after having a sex-change operation is expecting a second child. American Thomas Beatie had his breasts removed, lived outwardly as a man and legally changed his gender to male. Once known as Tracy Lagondino, the 34-year-old said he retained his female
sex organs because he intended to give birth one day.

Beatie and wife Nancy, of Oregon, US, made worldwide headlines  earlier this year when he announced his pregnancy in gay magazine The Advocate. The couple took the controversial step because Nancy had undergone a  hysterectomy and they wanted a biological child.

In June, Beatie gave birth to a daughter, Susan Juliette, having been inseminated at home by his wife Nancy, 46, with sperm from a donor. Veteran US broadcaster Barbara Walters exclusively interviewed Beatie and wife  Nancy for a special show aired on Friday night on ABC.

But Walters revealed that the couple are expecting another child. She said: ‘I asked him if he was taking testosterone again and he said no. Because he was pregnant again.’ ABC confirmed that Beatie, 34, also told Walters: ‘I feel good. Everything is right on track.’

During the interview, Beatie revealed that he had a natural birth on June 29 this year and that his wife cut the baby’s umbilical cord. Nancy, 46, has been able to express milk and has been breastfeeding the baby. She already has two grown-up daughters from her first marriage.

He became legally male after undergoing sex change surgery in 2002 and hormone  treatment, but opted to keep his female reproductive organs.

Beatie told Walters that they regard themselves as a normal, heterosexual family.