A husband has revealed how he carried and gave birth to his own daughter – because his wife could not fall pregnant.
Pictured sporting a beard as he showed off his pregnant belly, Chris Rehs-Dupin tells how he and his wife Amy met and fell in love in their 20s, working at a children’s summer camp. They always knew they definitely wanted a family.
With Chris – who was born Christina – being a pre-op transgender male, however, they planned for Amy to be the biological mum.
But when five attempts of intrauterine insemination – fertility treatment that involves placing sperm inside a uterus to facilitate fertilisation – failed, Chris volunteered to carry their baby instead.
He finally gave birth to their now two-year-old daughter, Hayden, naturally on December 20, 2014, after five rounds of IUI treatment and a miscarriage.
Having Hayden made Amy even more determined to carry a baby herself and in 2016 she had Milo by caesarean section after a further round of IUI.
And while Chris lived as a man and didn’t feel female, he was willing to use his womb for the good of their family.
In January 2016, he began having testosterone injections every 10 days, while Amy fell pregnant in the same month, on her first attempt.
While the baby grew, Chris was undergoing his transition. His facial hair grew, his shoulders broadened and his features became more masculine.
The delighted pair welcomed their second baby, Milo into the world, weighing 8lb 15oz on October 1, 2016.
