April 5, 2024

First British man to give birth

Michael Cook

‘I’m going to be the greatest dad’

In one of most head-scratching stories so far this year, a British woman who began living as a man three years ago at the age of 17, has stopped her transition process to become a male because she wants to have a child.

After the National Health Service refused to freeze her eggs, Hayden Cross, 20, of Gloucester, who is currently unemployed, joined a Facebook group where she found a sperm donor. She is now four months pregnant although she has no idea who the father of her child is. As she told The Sun:

“I don’t know who the bloke was. To be honest I can’t remember anything about him. He wouldn’t even tell me his name. He didn’t want any contact. He said he was just doing it to help people. It was the first attempt and it worked. I was really lucky.”

She has told the media that she will be the “greatest dad”.

After the birth, Cross plans to have her breasts and ovaries removed and to continue transition to become a male. But she feels frustrated that her plans to transition have necessarily been put on hold. She told The Sun:

“It makes me angry that I’ve been put through this. Carrying a baby is meant to be a happy time, but in my body it feels wrong. I just couldn’t face being years down the line and still waiting to transition so that I can have a kid. I wanted the kid now so that I can have the transition before I get old. I want to enjoy being the way I was meant to be.”

In the media, Cross is being billed as the first British man to give birth. 

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