Proud Hayden Cross today becomes the first British man to reveal: “I’m pregnant.” The former Asda worker, born a girl 20 years ago, is legally male and has begun hormone treatment. But he put his transition on hold to have a baby with donor sperm. Hayden, who lives in Gloucester and is four months pregnant, said: “I want the baby to have the best. “I’ll be the greatest dad.”

Dad-to-be Hayden found a sperm donor on Facebook to make himself pregnant after putting his gender change on hold. Hayden, born a girl 20 years ago, had lived as a man for three years and was taking male hormones — but was desperate to have a baby. The unemployed former Asda worker asked the NHS to freeze his eggs before he completed his full transition, in the hope he might have children years later. READ MORE


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