Transgender Told He Could Never Fall Pregnant Welcomes Baby Boy

A transgender man who gave birth to a baby boy admits he wouldn’t do it again after receiving ‘daily abuse and judgement’ from strangers.

Wyley Simpson, 28, who lives in Texas with fiancé, Stephen Gaeth, 28, began transitioning to male from female at the age of 21.

Despite taking testosterone therapy and being told by doctors that he could not fall pregnant as he had stopped having periods, the couple discovered he was pregnant in February 2018.

Although they initially did not feel ready to become parents, Wyley carried through with his pregnancy – while battling abuse and judgement from strangers on a daily basis, shares Daily Mail.

In September 2018, Wyley gave birth to their 7lb 5oz son, Rowan, via emergency C-section, and admits all of the comments were worth it- but he wouldn’t go through it again.

The couple have just celebrated their son reaching the six-month mark, and have revealed what pregnant life and parenthood is like.

Wyley still has female reproductive organs, gave birth by caesarean section six months ago after an emotionally draining pregnancy.

Speaking about the pregnancy, he said: ‘It’s not every day that someone sees a pregnant man walking down the road, so we received a fair amount of abuse.

‘I would be told that I’ll never be a man, “men don’t carry babies” and everyone called me “it”.’

Wyley, who already had surgery to remove his female breasts meaning he could not breastfeed, intends to make the full transition in the future.

‘Alongside receiving rude comments from other people, the pregnancy took a lot for me emotionally.

‘Having gone through the transitioning process since I was 21 years old, having a physical baby bump was something so feminine that it messed with my head.

‘But it was all worth it to have Rowan and to become a father – I wouldn’t have changed a thing.’

Since giving birth and returning to hormone therapy, he has settled into family life.

Congratulations to you both! x

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27 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 25 Feb 2023
    10:20 am
Its the weirdest thing…why oh why do people feel that they have to make nasty comments? I can only think that by tearing others down it somehow oddly makes them feel better about themselves.

- - serotonin said
  - 09 Jun 2019
    11:06 am
Just awful having to cop abuse from people who should mind their own business. As long as the baby is cared for and in a loving environment, why should it matter if a man or woman carried the baby? Did people create an uproar at the thought of Arnold Schwarzenegger carrying a baby in the movie Junior? Crikey.

- - ella12 said
  - 30 Apr 2019
    10:38 pm
Glad everything worked out for them. Congrats.

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 11 Mar 2019
    5:41 pm
Congratulations! That’s truly amazing.
People are judgmental.

- - mom101628 said
  - 10 Mar 2019
    10:39 pm
Congratulations on your baby.

- - mom74005 said
  - 10 Mar 2019
    4:13 pm
Wow, must have been quite a special experience and so glad both parents and baby are safe.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 10 Mar 2019
    10:14 am
I don’t think anyone should be abused like he was. It is a bit confusing though and humans notoriously don’t trust/get offended or scared by things that are different.

- - rachel1970 said
  - 09 Mar 2019
    5:43 pm
No one should get abuse over this. I’m happy for the couple and they clearly love each other and the baby. Good on them and a big congrats.

- - becstalou said
  - 09 Mar 2019
    2:48 pm
Regardless of what you think there is no excuse for abusing someone for being pregnant.

- - tessie said
  - 09 Mar 2019
    12:35 pm
All I see is two happy parents with a beautiful son. Congratulations to this lovely family.

- - musicmum said
  - 08 Mar 2019
    9:59 pm
Sounds like the doctor should have not said you cannot fall pregnant. Maybe he should of had the baby before he transitioned. I wonder what will be the outcome of the babies health in the future having to endure all those hormones. Hopefully this experiment will have a happy outcome in the future of the child. It makes you think of the physiological effect on the child, never mind the father/ mother.

- - mom81457 said
  - 08 Mar 2019
    8:50 pm
Congratulations to both of you enjoy every minute with your beautiful son.

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 08 Mar 2019
    9:01 am
OH wow congratulations to both

- - Ellen said
  - 08 Mar 2019
    7:41 am
Congrats to them !
It must be hard to face so much misunderstanding and judgement.

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 07 Mar 2019
    11:44 pm
Okay, so this is a story about two people who love each other and had a gorgeous baby.
🙂

- - mom265671 said
  - 07 Mar 2019
    11:01 pm
A beautiful child came out of it and that’s all that matters
- mom19782016 replied
  
  20 Apr 2019 , 5:54 pm
  Agreed and so long as he’s loved and supported that’s all that matters anywhere
- - mom206279 said
  - 07 Mar 2019
    7:45 pm
Lol. Everyone finds pregnancy ’emotionally draining’.

- - nealsq said
  - 07 Mar 2019
    7:16 pm
They still have female anatomy they can still fall pregnant, there have been grandmothers that have finished menopause that have fallen pregnant. Congrats to them on their new family 🙂

- - BellaB said
  - 07 Mar 2019
    6:40 pm
It does look weird, but no one should be abused for that.

- - Blossom said
  - 07 Mar 2019
    6:25 pm
They have beautiful little son. Congratulations to them