A man in the United States successfully conceived through surgery and gave birth to a baby boy.

One father complained that even though he was a man, nurses insisted on calling him "Mommy" during his pregnancy.

Bennett Caspar-Williams, 37, from Los Angeles, first realized he was transgender about a decade ago, in 2011, but didn't begin to change until three years later.

Six years later, in 2017, he found his future husband, Malik, who married in 2019.

The couple decided to have children and weighed the options available to them because it meant Bennett stopped the testosterone hormone treatment he had been receiving for years to allow his ovaries to function properly.

Bennett underwent surgery on his upper body but had not had genital surgery, and he eventually decided it would be comfortable to try to conceive and conceive a child.

He became pregnant naturally shortly after they started trying, and the couple welcomed their son Hudson by caesarean section in October 2020.

Two years after starting hormone therapy, in the summer of 2015, Bennett underwent a mastectomy that cost $5,000.

Recalling how the surgery made him realize how unhappy he was with having female breasts, he said: "It was really liberating. I have a feeling that this is something I need to do, but I've never felt inferior to my breasts like some transgender people do.

"I don't have any discomfort with certain body parts, and still not.

"But I never expected how much relief it would be to find them gone." The burden on my shoulders is heavy.

"When it comes to my transition, that's the end of the surgical road – the second half of the surgery is not on the radar. That part of my body wasn't restless.

For Bennett, however, having a child of his own was not an easy decision.

"I always knew my body had the potential to get pregnant, but I never wanted to do it until I learned how to distinguish my bodily functions from any gender concept," Bennett said.

"Once I learned to see my body as a tool rather than a collection of gender stereotypes, I realized that I could both be who I wanted to be and bring children into the world.

"No one can really know if it's possible to have a baby until you try — having a uterus at birth doesn't guarantee pregnancy or pregnancy."

That's why it's so important for us to stop using the term 'mother' to define 'female', because all women can be mothers, all mothers can have children, or all people who have children are mothers, which is a false equivalence.

"None of these things are universally applicable."

Bennett found out he was pregnant in March 2020, when he became pregnant naturally without any medical intervention other than hormone secretion.

But his elation soon caught up with the concerns caused by the pandemic.

"We just tried for a short time, so we expect the process to take longer than before," Bennett said.

"It's only been a week or so since we imposed a lockdown here in March 2020, so my excitement was quickly replaced by anxiety about the pandemic and how I can keep myself and my baby safe."

He gave birth by caesarean section in October 2020 to a beautiful baby boy named Hudson.

But while in the hospital, Bennett said he was often mistaken for a gender error — even though he had a beard and flat chest.

He said: "The only thing that makes me uneasy about pregnancy is the gender error that happened when I received medical care during my pregnancy. ”

"The business of pregnancy — yes, I'm talking about business , because the entire pregnancy care agency in the U.S. revolves around promoting this concept of 'motherhood' — so intertwined with gender that it's hard to avoid being mistaken for gender."

"Even though I have a thick beard, flat chest and 'masculine' gender markers, people can't help but call me 'mom', 'mom' or 'ma'."

That's what makes me restless.

There's nothing "feminine" about being pregnant for me – in fact, I think being with a baby, being isolated because of the pandemic, and facing all the hospitals and dates alone, is definitely the hardest and bravest thing I've ever done.

"There's nothing that makes me feel better than being able to say I'm a father who created my own children."

He says the best thing about being a dad is to see Hudson share his newfound discoveries.

When he found out he could do something new, he ran up to me and shouted "Daddy! "It was my best moment," Bennett said.

He added how wonderful it is to see children blinded by prejudice.

"Children are these amazing creatures who don't see the world with the same prejudices and preconceptions as adults," Bennett said. ”