Kerala trans man pregnant, transgender couple to welcome baby in March; see pics

A transgender couple in Kerala has announced pregnancy in possibly the first such case in the country and are expecting their child in MarchZiya Paval a dancer took to Instagram and announced that her partner Zahhad is now eight months pregnantWe are about to realise my dream of becoming a mother and his dream of becoming a father An eightmonthold foetus is now in Zahhads belly From what we came to know this is the first trans mans pregnancy in India Paval said in the Instagram postView this post on InstagramA post shared by Ziya Paval paval19Paval and Zahhad have been together for the past three years They both were undergoing hormone therapy to change their genders but halted that for the purpose of having the babyZahhad who was transitioning to become a man has stalled it to conceive a babySpeaking to media Paval said The trans community is living in constant fear of society We all are worried what the society will think There are numerous trans people who want to be a parent There are many persons for whom the transman pregnancy is possible But they are not coming forwardThe couple has been busy for the past two days giving interviews to various media housesPaval narrates their journey towards the gender changing process and how they had to stop the hormone treatment in order to conceive the childZahhad said he never had even thought about getting pregnantI had never thought about it If I had then I would not have gone for this breast removal surgery Zahhad saidShe said they initially planned an adoption but found it difficultThe legal process was difficult for us Also we were worried that if the child we bring up leaves us then we will be shattered Zahhad was worried about the society what people will think and all But he still wants to be a fatherThe couple said it was receiving tremendous support from the society after they posted about it publiclyThough there are many negative comments we focus only on the positive partsThe doctors of Kozhikode medical college have been fully supportive of the coupleIt was very difficult in the first four months There was vomiting But now everything is normal now Zahhad saidThe medical college authorities have assured that breast milk will be made available for the baby from the milk bank when they are in the hospitalThe couple expects to find a solution for that in the coming monthsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever