This St. John's trans man thought it wasn't possible for him to get pregnant. Then it happened
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Last year, Forrest Sandifer of St. John's wasn't feeling well. He was having stomach issues and found no answers and no relief after multiple doctor visits.
After blood work and other tests, his physician started talking about what some fear most: cancer. Specifically, a pituitary gland tumour.
Further testing and an MRI were scheduled. But the 27-year-old had a gut feeling.
While waiting for his next appointments, he took two more tests at home, and the mystery was solved. There was no tumour at all; he was pregnant.
When Sandifer's doctor confirmed his pregnancy, she told him, "I didn't think that this was even possible."
Neither did he.
Sandifer, a trans man, has always wanted children but thought adopting was his only option. Since he had been on testosterone for more than a decade, he hadn't menstruated in eight years and had only one active ovary.
His doctor said his chance of conceiving was less than 1.8 per cent.
As it turned out, those were the only odds he needed, and after years of hearing he could never be a "real" dad or have his own family, his son, Lupin, was born on Aug. 19, 2023.
Since Sandifer didn't know he could even carry a child until he was already pregnant, he says pregnancy for men needs to be talked about more often and that, if carrying a biological child is the dream, it's possible.
"When I found out I was pregnant, I had to look up a bunch of things and, honestly, there was not much information," he said.
"So if I could help anybody who is wondering or thinking about it, I would definitely like to try and do that."
The moment he learned he was expecting, Sandifer said, everything went black.
"It's like you've been knocked out," he said.
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