Thomas Beatie, the 'pregnant man' is pregnant again! That's the shocking revelation Barbara Walters unleashed on 'The View' recently about her accidental discovery - an announcement that shocked many conservatives in our society that have only recently 'recovered' from the news that a pregnant man gave birth last June. Baby Susan is now four months old, with a little playmate on the way to keep her company.

Apparently, Barbara Walters was doing a feature on Thomas Beatie, the 'pregnant man', his family and his journey, for 20/20. She drove to their place in Bend Oregon for the interview and to get a first-hand glimpse of their unorthodox family. During the course of the interview, Barbara Walters asked Thomas if he was taking testosterone (male hormones) again, to which the 'pregnant man' replied in the negative. Apparently, something suddenly clicked inside
Walter's head, call it female intuition, and she asked if Thomas is pregnant again. The answer was 'yes'. (Photos courtesy of ABC)

"So we’re doing this interview and I’m asking him if he’s taking testosterone again and he says no … so we’re talking about how they do it, what’s their sexual life like, how do they raise the child, and then I don’t know what …. I looked at him, and I said ‘Are you pregnant again?’ Thomas Beatie the pregnant man is pregnant again. The baby will be born in June. And I said ‘I’m speechless’ and they said ‘We thought you would be’."

That 20/20 feature will be aired later tonight but here's a short clip of that interview followed by a news report about Thomas Beatie's second pregnancy (I will be posting the complete 20/20 feature here when it becomes available:

The Pregnant Man: Thomas Beatie and his Family

'Pregnant Man' Thomas Beatie is Pregnant Again!

Thomas Beatie used to be a woman but began to live as a man when he was in his twenties. Before Beatie became a transgender, he was Tracy Lagondino living in Hawaii. Friends in Honolulu quoted in news reports said she was in love with Nancy Roberts and got the sex change because Hawaii's laws did not support same sex marriage. It was the only way she knew how she and Nancy would be legally together for the rest of their lives. He had breast surgery to remove the glands and flatten his chest and testosterone therapy. However, he decided to keep his female reproductive organs.

In an interview with Oprah last year, he said that they decided to get pregnant because they wanted a child of their own. And because of Nancy's hysterectomy, the only option was for him to carry the baby. He stopped his testosterone therapy, bought sperm from a donor and got pregnant through artificial insemination. Defending his decision to have a child from numerous critics in print and broadcast media, as well as in their own community, he told Oprah: "I see pregnancy as a process and it doesn't define who I am. It's not a male or female desire to want to have a child, it's a human desire. And I'm a person and I have the right to have my own biological child."

Thomas Beatie, the 'pregnant man', is in his first trimester and they are expecting their second child in June.

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