It is common, a person to become pregnant and giving birth to a baby. But what if the father is the one who becomes pregnant and gives birth?
I like big bumps and I cannot lie! Says Danny the Pregnant father.
It is common, a person to become pregnant and giving birth to a baby. But what if the father is the one who becomes pregnant and gives birth?
Is it sounds a little exaggerated? If so, then there is nothing to be so surprised about, this is normal too. When trans people become pregnant, the main concern of others is whether the baby will have any problems. Because trance is not an 'abnormality', they carry the same risk as normal women, even if they are pregnant.
Trans-father's also have all the grievances that a pregnant woman might have. Here is a father named Danny Wakefield, who is now preparing to give birth to his baby. This father is very happy to think of his baby, and he shares every update through his Facebook posts, along with his doubts and small fears.
See Danny's facebook post,
I like big bumps and I cannot lie! 😍
This baby is still baking, but that’s ok. As I look down at this belly of mine, I’ve never seen beauty in my body quite like this. Pregnancy gave me the permission I’ve needed my whole life to love my body on a level that my soul feels. I never expected to love my big belly in such a big way, and the closer I get to meeting Wilder, the bigger that love gets and part of me doesn’t want it to ever end.
At first, I was feeling really insecure about how big my body was getting during this pregnancy. I remember a few months ago unexpectedly getting weighed at an emergency room visit and immediately feeling shame. I felt shame that my body had already put on an extra seventy pounds. I felt shame that the number looking back at me caused me to momentarily dislike everything about my body. But, as @brenebrown says, silence is a Petri dish for growing shame so I talked about it. I sat with my shame without trying to silence it. I held as I would my very own newborn and slowly that shame dissolved. My body is big and beautiful, no matter what number is looking back at me.
Three years ago I was at my lowest weight I’ve ever been at. People noticed and were constantly complimenting me. But what they didn’t notice, was that I was dying of a meth addiction right in front of their eyes faster than the weight could fall off.
And here I am today, almost twice as heavy as I was three years ago. I’m met daily with comments around how big my body is and to people picking apart some of the best parts of me. But what they don’t see, is just how far this body has come.
Please, stop commenting on other people’s bodies. You never know what someone else is going through, or how close to death they really are.
If you’re struggling with addiction right now, I see you. You are worthy of life and recovery. We do recover and when we do, our greatest dreams come true.
Wilder, you’ve already changed my life in ways that words can’t even begin to describe. Stay in there as long as you want, my little love. We have our whole lives to trudge the road of happy destiny together.
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