Pregnant dad Thomas Beatie shows off his inner-Demi Moore in a photo sure to cause double-takes the world over.
“I feel fantastic,” Beatie told Britain’s News of the World, which published the photo yesterday. “I cannot wait to see my baby’s face.”
Beatie, 34, had a sex change 10 years ago but kept his ovaries and womb for just this possibility.
“I feel on top of the world,” he said.
The money shot of Beatie shows him nude and caressing his bundle of joy, reminiscent of Moore’s headline-grabbing 1991 cover photo for Vanity Fair.
Despite their unorthodox relationship, Beatie and wife Nancy said they’re considering having more kids – but it wasn’t clear which one would carry the infant.
“We might even have more children. We will just see what the experience is like with our daughter’s arrival first, and then give it some thought.”
The mom-to-be said having a child is a “human desire.”
The Oregon couple tried to have kids in 2006 but Beatie miscarried with triplets.
“It was always a clear decision that we wanted to have children and for me not to remove my organs,” he said.
“Wanting to have a child is neither a male nor female desire, but a human desire.”
Beatie said he and his wife can’t wait for their special day to come.
“I’m 36 weeks now, and almost due, but I feel fantastic,” he said.
The newspaper published several pictures of Beatie, including shots him of in a bathtub and shaving while his impregnated tummy hangs on the edge of his bathroom sink.
The bathtub shot shows huge scars on Beatie’s torso, where surgeons flattened his breasts.
The paper also ran pictures that show what Beatie looked like as Tracey Lagondino – when he was a cute little girl and teen beauty queen, growing up in Hawaii.
“We have her nursery ready and her diapers are lined up in her bedroom,” Beatie said. “Everything is ready to go.”