Kerala transgender couple, Ziya and Zahad, blessed with baby! How trans men can get pregnant?

The trans person declined to reveal the gender of the newborn and said they did not want to make it public right now.

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 08: A transgender couple in Kerala's Kozhikode, which recently announced pregnancy, was blessed with a baby at a State-run hospital here on Wednesday, considered to be the first such case in the country.

''The baby was born by around 9.30 am through a Caesarean Section at the Government Medical College Hospital,'' Ziya Paval, one of the trans-partners, told PTI.

Both the baby and Zahhad, her partner, who delivered the child, are doing well, Paval added.

However, the trans person declined to reveal the gender of the newborn and said they did not want to make it public right now.

A special panel of doctors was formed for Zahhad's delivery, and a separate room was allotted to both.

The Caesarean Section was required due to the shooting up of diabetes in the morning. If the health condition is satisfactory, they can leave the hospital within three or four days, the statement added.

Paval recently took to Instagram and announced that Zahhad was eight months pregnant. Paval and Zahhad have been together for the past three years.

Meanwhile, the transgender community expressed happiness and excitement in welcoming the baby.

Hormone therapy stalled

The trans couple recently revealed that both of them were undergoing hormone therapy to change their genders, but halted that for the purpose of having a baby.

Zahhad, who was transitioning to become a man, has stalled it to conceive a baby. Though they initially planned an adoption, the couple abandoned the plan as the legal procedures were found to be difficult.

Ziya and Zahhad were also worried by the thought that if the child they bring up leaves them, then they would be shattered. Therefore, the trans couple had finally decided to have their own biological child and stop the hormone therapy for that.

They had also said that the medical college authorities assured them that breast milk would be made available for the baby from the milk bank there.

While Ziya and Zahad are breaking the internet with this news, they aren't the first transgenders to get pregnant.

Trans men can - and do - give birth.

Transgender men - people born with female anatomy who live and identify as men, can get pregnant through various means. Here are a few options:

Retained reproductive organs: If a transgender man has not undergone gender-affirming surgeries to remove their reproductive organs, they may be able to conceive a child through intercourse or in vitro fertilization.

Donor sperm: A transgender man can choose to conceive a child using donor sperm, either through artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization.

Surrogacy: Surrogacy is when another person carries a pregnancy for a person or couple who is unable to carry the pregnancy themselves. A transgender man can choose to conceive a child through surrogacy, using their own sperm or a donor sperm.