Transgender dad Caleb Bolden, 27, paused his transition journey to give birth because partner Niamh Bolden, 25, could not conceive.
“I want other trans people to know it’s ok to carry a child,” the proud papa of daughter Isla-Rae told SWNS.
Niamh suffered three miscarriages — and stillbirth of twins at 23 weeks and 27 weeks — before being told she’d likely never have kids because her eggs were immature and incapable of being fertilized.
The couple from Cambridgeshire, England, considered several alternative options, even a $90,000 fertility treatment. Ultimately, they decided that Caleb would carry their child.
Halting testosterone injections in order to get pregnant was a tough decision for the transgender dad, who started his transition in 2017.
“It was soul-destroying. Transitioning was something I knew I wanted to do from a young age,” Caleb, a store manager, admits.
“But I knew for myself and my partner it was something we had always wanted and I wanted to give it a shot.”
He stopped his testosterone injections in January 2022 after relying on the intakes for nearly 27 months.
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