Dad's shock after being told: ‘You're pregnant'

Transgender man thought hormone treatments meant he was infertile

- HANA KELLY

A TRANSGENDER man has described his shock at becoming pregnant and his life as a ‘seahorse dad’.

Ryan Sanderson, 24, was nine weeks into his female to male transition when he learned that he was pregnant.

The drama student was stunned by the news as he believed his ex-partner was infertile, but immediately paused hormone treatments in so that he could give birth to his son, Hendrick, who is now two.

The dad-of-one says had struggled with his gender identity for as long as he could remember and had difficulty with body dysphoria throughout the pregnancy.

He did not think it was possible to get pregnant while on testosterone, and believes it should be more widely known that it is possible.

Yet, he was proud to give birth to his son as a ‘seahorse dad’ - so-called because male seahorses carry babies. Now, with help from his mum Janette, 57, Ryan is raising his small family.