""If you really wanted to, could you get pregnant or no?" Jenny questioned while they were sat on the house sofas together. "It's unlikely. I don't have periods," Zelah answered. "But it's not necessarily impossible, and if I were to stop taking testosterone, yeah, I could. "But something that I might look into is getting my eggs taken out so [his partner] Francesca can then carry my egg, and then our baby will have 50 per cent [of] my DNA but she gets to carry it. That's what she [wants]. She really wants to do it that way.""
"Transgender men can and do get pregnant and give birth, with author Logan Brown and writer Freddy McConnell being recent, high-profile examples. A study published in Cell Reports Magazine in 2024 indicates that one third of trans men continue to ovulate after taking testosterone, despite their menstrual cycle appearing"
Zelah Glasson, a 25-year-old transgender man and Big Brother housemate, said he does not have periods but could potentially carry a baby if he stopped taking testosterone. Zelah described the possibility of retrieving his eggs so his partner, Francesca, could carry an embryo that would contain 50 percent of his DNA. Francesca prefers to carry the pregnancy herself. Transgender men can and do become pregnant and give birth, with public examples including Logan Brown and Freddy McConnell. A 2024 Cell Reports Magazine study found that about one third of trans men continue to ovulate while taking testosterone.
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