+ J+ \0 l; B. @, j) Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb但有專科醫生表示，近年曾遇過2個案例，選擇在切除子宮前貯存卵子，及後聘請代母產子。 ( J2 @ m4 d F公仔箱論壇（星洲日報／國際） : @$ x# a5 r# N; _/ ?5.39.217.767 C& p C& `* K# v5 ~& A 作者: vandas 時間: 2012-2-14 05:42 AM
Britain's first 'male mother': Man born a woman is first in UK to give birth despite having sex change 6 z/ l- m# Q# iThe man had hormone treatment to reactivate his womb 7 O& ?- e' Y# u& d) D9 G
He is one of only five 'male mums' in the worldTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。9 ]# A& U& l# n2 M/ c$ v' g# v
The baby is thought to have been delivered by cesarean sectionTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。! d" O9 D) m& J. ]& K2 s
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A British man is believed to have given birth, causing an ethical controversy.+ W8 k: |4 T* F6 |
The ‘male mother’ started life as a woman but underwent a sex change. He is thought to have had the baby last year, while living as a man. 4 l- w; u6 f0 c( Y! e. s5.39.217.76 2 \2 n7 |9 `$ V" b' b5.39.217.76Medical experts said that if the womb is not removed in sex change surgery, there is nothing to stop a woman who becomes a man from having a child. " ]7 _4 o9 U1 y9 y1 L! V公仔箱論壇But others said that the welfare of the baby is paramount and queried how the child will deal with even the simplest of issues, such as whether to call the man ‘Mummy’ or ‘Daddy’. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- r3 A0 _/ R- P0 F* a; G
$ l5 ~0 h. S7 SOnly a handful of ‘male mothers’ have given birth worldwide and this is believed to be the first case in Britain. ( _" G2 Y z8 ^. O; M9 F5 `% ^6 y : g/ `* C2 E4 z: ZTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Details were revealed by Joanna Darrell of the Beaumont Society, which provides support to those have changed sex or would like to do so, a process also known as gender reassignment.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 d- R1 P. ]% b3 t* r7 ^
+ ^; Z4 x# S! ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShe said the man, in his thirties, inquired about the practicalities of having a baby after the surgery. 0 F& H8 D j" stvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ |! w. U1 ^, X3 f: G& b Expecting: World's first male mum Thomas Beatie - born Tracy Lagondino - pregnant with his first child in 2008 2 H2 D: E9 S3 b7 w& L( A( @公仔箱論壇 . K, ~/ Z- ^! V/ ?( y5.39.217.76He was referred to another charity but later got back in touch to thank the society for its help and say he had had a baby. 公仔箱論壇 V1 T' m% v8 v
# J, k0 e9 K$ g7 ?9 MTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。This call came around six months ago. It has not been disclosed whether the child is a boy or a girl. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。, `1 a1 ^* \8 d7 e( J$ W
* {! t) N. b" M% E9 i0 y5.39.217.76The charity that took the referral, the Gender Identity Research and Education Society, was unable to confirm the birth. 7 W' |5 Z! F5 v1 L- u2 G- }# o/ \* u/ Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb # D, A+ s3 @4 }( \* Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIn 2008 Thomas Beatie, from Oregon, made headlines when he became the world’s first ‘pregnant man’ after a hysterectomy left his wife unable to conceive. He has now borne three children. 3 C3 C" V& [2 C( A0 K- k
TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。7 N, j* Z3 ^- {( o : Z% u1 }* F% w" @+ i/ X5.39.217.76New born: Thomas Beatie gave birth to his first child, Susan, in 2008 " d" {8 s1 s& F- l" v5 y, K8 o. q公仔箱論壇 1 P( F: @2 S2 }$ M0 u, [" m公仔箱論壇He had retained his own womb and artificially inseminated himself at home, using donor sperm. ' o3 Z) z+ l; b: G7 E/ j% J- K8 b9 C j6 |- V. e
The full circumstances of the British man are not known, but he is believed to have kept his womb in the sex change. 6 W8 `0 e9 W O! S8 b! g; n' n
. X- ~* k6 |$ @0 v( d# BThere is a variety of ways in which he could have become pregnant.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 H J/ k7 v7 S4 O; h
2 E1 H: M; z2 S6 e- eThe simplest involves producing and using his own eggs, having sex and conceiving and giving birth naturally. 9 L) Z0 F8 }5 V g5.39.217.76" X* P6 r$ J4 i! L+ k) D
At the other end of the scale are scenarios that involve donor eggs and sperm, hormone treatments, IVF and a caesarean section. ]/ l, p/ @' z5 ~5.39.217.76 ' y* t, [* J/ R# _2 J$ ZAllan Pacey, a male fertility expert from Sheffield University, said: ‘This may seem quite complicated, but it’s actually fairly simple biology depending on exactly what surgery was performed and whose eggs and sperm were used.’5.39.217.76' o6 Z: z M9 N$ y% \) ^7 C7 a
! Z, E. {- W; c9 OGedis Grudzinskas, a Harley Street fertility specialist, said some of the possible techniques are little different from those which help post-menopausal women have babies. T C2 x5 S! ~" b% NTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。# k# ~8 ^. q9 _% p7 B/ C/ K
He added that other babies may have already been born this way in Britain.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。$ R9 w S m& E/ |2 b* c% Z
‘This is the first time someone has stuck his head above the parapet but it wouldn’t surprise me if it has happened before,’ he said. 5 f7 H; V0 ?4 yTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! R' X& T1 D$ v
‘There is no reason why this particular individual would be the only one to consider it.’ $ m6 m! z( m# J% T* s. G 1 `, u( I+ q: [" `Former Tory MP Ann Widdecombe said: ‘It is a horrible muddle. What is the child going to think? 5.39.217.76% {# E; s2 N7 r! g
m& D; T& w, F: E! {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘The key thing is the child, in case anyone forgets that.’ : \% x- c! o) `2 @8 L7 \
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Trevor Stammers, a lecturer in medical ethics and former chairman of the Christian Medical Fellowship, said the child’s ‘bizarre beginning’ would stay with it for the rest of its life. He told the Sunday Times: ‘You are hardly going to end up with a baby that is going to have a happy, productive and optimal childhood.’ ( J3 J- J) H2 p4 F2 S8 C% {5.39.217.76 . G+ D) ?1 O* q' ]) Q5.39.217.76Dr Stammers added that while it is likely that any fertility treatment was done privately, it was ‘not beyond the bounds of possibility’ that the NHS paid for it. 5 c: [- |; l4 b& c2 {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbJosephine Quintavalle, of the campaign group Comment on Reproductive Ethics, said: ‘It is a distortion of biology. 8 V+ C; P' _, L) z& x( g8 e; iTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 4 }0 y8 _- I& `1 e2 {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘Whether we like it or not, human biology is for a male and female to produce a child and they are then called Mummy and Daddy. ; E; \' [2 [% I- s5.39.217.76 ! @1 H' z$ H. o7 |5.39.217.76‘If there is one thing that is uniformly agreed about children, it is that they like conformity, they like to be exactly the same as everybody else.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 `+ H/ Q) E& }: c" ^5 L
Expecting: World's first male mum Thomas Beatie - born Tracy Lagondino - pregnant with his first child in 2008