Alexis Light|Juno Obedin?Maliver|Jae Sevelius|Jennifer L. Kerns
Transgender Men Who Experienced Pregnancy After Female-to-Male Gender Transitioning
brief objective conduct crosssectional study transgender men pregnant delivered transitioning femaletomale gender help guide practice investigation materials methods administered webbased survey march december 2013 inquire demographics hormone use fertility pregnancy experience birth outcomes participants required hormone therapy eligible used mixedmethods approach evaluate quantitative qualitative data results fortyone selfdescribed transgender men completed survey pregnancy 61 n25 used testosterone mean age conception 28 years standard deviation 68 years eightyeight percent oocytes n36 came participants ovaries half participants received prenatal care physician 78 delivered hospital qualitative themes included low levels health care provider awareness knowledge unique needs pregnant transgender men well desire resources support transgender men pregnancy conclusion transgender men achieving pregnancy socially medically transitioned themes study used develop transgenderappropriate services interventions may improve health health care experiences transgender men awareness experiences femaletomale transgender men pregnancy birth support health underserved community