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The man known across the world as ‘The Pregnant Man’, says he is splitting from his wife of nine years. Thomas Beatie became famous as the first man to give birth, and his wife Nancy have separated.

 

“Like all marriages, we have our ups and downs, and we’re going through a rough patch right now. At the moment, we’re separated,” he says on “The Doctors”, slated to air May 9th.

Beatie also said he had undergone a final female-to-male gender reassignment surgery, but his wife hadn’t been privy to that. “Nancy hasn’t seen the new me yet,” Beatie says.

 38 year old Beatie began life as a woman and legally switched to a male identity, making headlines in 2007 when he became pregnant. 49 year old Nancy, had two children from a previous marriage but was no longer able to get pregnant following a hysterectomy.

The couple have since had two more children