• Question: Can men give birth

    Asked by 569gdge33 to Chris, Hayley, Jimi, Maddison, Omur on 11 Mar 2016. This question was also asked by Sammy.
    • Photo: Jimi Wills

      Jimi Wills answered on 11 Mar 2016:

      Kind of…

      A man in the UK had a baby.. But he was born with a womb. Genetically he’s a man, because he has a male chromosome, (Y) but he was able to have a baby because he has a womb to grow one in.

      The baby was delivered by caesarean, though the medics said that natural birth would have been possible.

      Only 4 men in the world have given birth (on record).

      The first was in USA. He was born a woman and had a gender reassignment. After living as a man for 10 years he had a baby because his wife could not. Awesome!

      I wish I could have a baby!

    • Photo: Maddison Coke

      Maddison Coke answered on 11 Mar 2016:

      @569gdge33 Im learning something new here too, I didnt know this but its really fascinating. Never too old to keep learning 🙂

    • Photo: Omur Tastan

      Omur Tastan answered on 11 Mar 2016:

      @569gdge33 I know-that is a pretty comprehensive answer @Jimi 🙂

      I also find seahorses pretty interesting. Male seahorses incubate the eggs in their tummy and give birth to them once they are fully developed 🙂 you must look up the video!

    • Photo: Hayley Moulding

      Hayley Moulding answered on 12 Mar 2016:

      Currently, men cannot give birth. They can only give birth if they were originally a woman at birth. So that means that they have undergone surgery to become a man, but have kept their womb. At the moment, you need a womb as a human, to give birth. Maybe one day, we will develop a method so men can give birth and share the pain with women! There are other animals, like male seahorses which give birth because the female puts her eggs into his pouch (like a kangaroo pouch for seahorses!) The male looks after them and keeps them safe until they hatch and he gives birth. It is all pretty fascinating stuff with science always developing. Who knows who could give birth in the future!

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