Transgender Support Group
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephanie-mott/transuterus_b_4629589.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
The article above is about the possibility of Transwomen having their own babies someday via a transplanted uterus. Honestly, I think it would be great for those Transwomen who want to be able to have their own children. There's nothing more womanly than carrying a child for 9 months. So I am very happy for those that may get the opportunity later on in life.
However, this is not something I would want done I don't think. Maybe later on in life, but by then may be too late for me. It's great for the future though. I'd just be too afraid.
But here are my real fears about this. There are many people out there who despise Transpeople just for being transgender. My worry is thinking about what they may do when it becomes a reality that transwomen can have babies. I hate to think about it, but the very real possibility of harassment to those children may become a reality too. Should it become known that a child was born from woman who used to be a man, some people may lose their cool. Fortunately, i believe many of our children today are far more acceptable to LGBT lifestyles than most people are today.
Another fear I have is the operation itself. SRS is still a very risky surgery unless you can shell out the big bucks to the more preferred surgeons. Imagine how dangerous have a transplanted uterus could be to a transwoman! That's a reason I wouldn't do it. Unless I was at a good age and the surgery became more well done and less risky, then I'd consider it deeply.
But I do really think this is fantastic news for the transgender community. Being able to raise your own child from the very moment of conception is just a beautiful thought. And I know there will be plenty of Transwomen that would want to be able to feel their child kick from inside their tummy. :)
What do you all think?
The article above is about the possibility of Transwomen having their own babies someday via a transplanted uterus. Honestly, I think it would be great for those Transwomen who want to be able to have their own children. There's nothing more womanly than carrying a child for 9 months. So I am very happy for those that may get the opportunity later on in life.
However, this is not something I would want done I don't think. Maybe later on in life, but by then may be too late for me. It's great for the future though. I'd just be too afraid.
But here are my real fears about this. There are many people out there who despise Transpeople just for being transgender. My worry is thinking about what they may do when it becomes a reality that transwomen can have babies. I hate to think about it, but the very real possibility of harassment to those children may become a reality too. Should it become known that a child was born from woman who used to be a man, some people may lose their cool. Fortunately, i believe many of our children today are far more acceptable to LGBT lifestyles than most people are today.
Another fear I have is the operation itself. SRS is still a very risky surgery unless you can shell out the big bucks to the more preferred surgeons. Imagine how dangerous have a transplanted uterus could be to a transwoman! That's a reason I wouldn't do it. Unless I was at a good age and the surgery became more well done and less risky, then I'd consider it deeply.
But I do really think this is fantastic news for the transgender community. Being able to raise your own child from the very moment of conception is just a beautiful thought. And I know there will be plenty of Transwomen that would want to be able to feel their child kick from inside their tummy. :)
What do you all think?
But still, I think it's nice for the transwomen who want their own children to be able to have that opportunity someday :)
As a biologist, I find these news rather unsettling and I am transgender myself. There are so many things awry with this venture I cannot even begin to phantom.
I fully understand that being able to carry a child is important to MTFs however, I think it's also important to accept one's limitations. For instance, I know that in my case I will never have a full functioning penis thus I accepted it, so I skipped the surgery altogether.
I know I am quite different in every sense from any TG person I ever met but we must pause here to see the problem with this venture, risky surgery aside.
The male body is not suitable environment for a child to be conceived, the hips are too narrow, thus the child would not be able to expand to birth size. There is a reason why women's bodies are the way they are.
I personally was born with male hips and I was told I would not be able to carry a child for term because of it, I was also sterile, while it is true that I never wanted to bear a child, I would not have been able to do so anyway.
What is my point? A simple one, we have got to learn and accept our limitations and be happy with our lives. Otherwise, we'll have Mengele like ideas that will only make our lives harder instead of better.
I am prepared to get a lot of flack for this post, but a minute of sanity would go a long long way here. So MTFs cannot bear children due to biological facts but they would be able to adopt children no one wants.
Motherhood has never been about bearing children, it has always been about the ability of the parent to rear a happy and well adjusted child. My step mother did not give birth to me but trust me when I tell you that I could not have asked for a better mother if I had tried.
My two ruble's worth,
Wolf (FTM)