I laughed as I read a blog post from My Salad Days. Jenn had just welcomed her second daughter, from her post. In her post she talks about the ups and downs of being a mom again. My favorite point was that brushing your hair is overrated - I so totally get that one! Another friend just announced she's expecting number two. I'm very happy for her, but I think she's slightly deluded about how easy it will be. She thinks she knows everything there is to know about pregnancy because she's done it once. The truth is that when you do find that you are pregnant with your second, third or more baby, you will have to deal with so many changes, because no two pregnancies are alike. Many of us expect the romantic period that we enjoyed with our first period. The ability to lounge around in our bed and nap when the baby demanded it of our bodies. The second time around that is all history!

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On June 29th it is reported that Thomas Beatie, a transgendered man, gave birth to a daughter. He is married to Nancy, who has two full grown children from a previous relationship.

Beatie was raised as a woman, but received hormone injections and had his breasts surgically removed to live his life as a man and legally marry Nancy. He did not have his other reproductive organs removed. Nancy was unable to bear the couple's children because she had previously had a hysterectomy. Beatie and his wife became famous on Oprah's show earlier this year when they announced the pregnancy.

Doctors in Bend, Oregon have not given out much information. Though it is believed that the baby was not born via cesarean section but born vaginally. The couple conceived via at home artificial insemination (AI), also known as intrauterine insemination (IUI).