Male Pregnancy..!!!!!

"As part of a fertility research project, a male scientist agrees to carry a pregnancy in his own body." - This is the plot outline for the movie "JUNIOR", where Arnold Schwarzenegger is in leading role and gets pregnant..

Imagine the world with all the men getting pregnant..!!

I would never have come across to this topic of Male Pregnancy, not but for Anatomy department asking a 3 marker on it..

I was dismantled when I saw this question on paper, which was so standard but for this..!!!

I tried to think for the ways this is possible -
- Implantation on some viscera in peritoneal cavity..
- If Ectopic Abdominal Pregnancy is possible then even Male Pregnancy is..
- What about the hormonal environment..!!? Give supplements may be..!!
- What if there is a rupture..!!? After all ruptured abdominal ectopic is the most common cause of death in women, so why not in men too..!!
- How to deliver? CS, ofcourse..!!

I never got so many of my thoughts right.. When I searched for Male Pregnancy, these were the exact things discussed.. Logically thinking there is no other way too..!!

This is what I was able to find out:

Mr Lee Mingwei
Yes, this is our first pregnant male ever..

In vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques were used to induce an ectopic pregnancy by implanting an embryo and placenta into the abdominal cavity, just under the peritoneum.

1. HORMONES
Oral doses of female hormones were administered to Mr. Lee to make him receptive to the pregnancy.

2. IMPLANTATION
IVF techniques were used to induce an ectopic pregnancy by implanting an embryo and placenta into the abdominal cavity, just under or into the peritoneum. There is a severe risk of massive hemorrhage when the ectopic ruptures; which as I said is the most common cause of women dying in pregnancy.

3. EMBRYO GROWTH
Once implantation was complete, Mr. Lee stopped taking hormones, because the pregnancy itself, as expected, took over. The embryo secretes sufficient hormones to maintain its own growth and development.

4. GROWTH OF THE FETUS
The duration of the pregnancy has been surprisingly normal, i.e. fetal heart monitoring, chorionic villus sampling, ultrasound scanning, and a constant watch over Mr. Lee's health and his enlarging stomach. Men, as they grow older, have already learned to cope with a steadily expanding waistline. Well, Granted, but come onnnnnnnnnnn, this is a bit different.

5. DELIVERY
The delivery will requires Cesarean section to remove the baby and the placenta. Removal of the placenta is the real danger because it forms such intimate connections with surrounding vessels that massive hemorrhage is likely. Implantation may have also involved other structures in the abdomen, including the bowel and it is possible that parts of other organs may need to be removed. Several physicians who are well-accustomed to advanced and dangerous forms of ectopic pregnancies will be on-hand to handle any complications.


Some say its about flirting with God & to do this is so unlike humane..!!
I am against those who think like that atleast..!!
If science tried develop something new, it should be encouraged, after all it was the choice of Mr. Lee himself to be pregnant..

All we can do is to wish luck for his and his baby's good health..!!

Here is an interesting conversation between Mr. Lee and Janice, who took his interview.. Its really interesting what Mr. Lee thinks about being pregnant, he comes up with some real good answers.. Check THIS out..




Well there has also been cases of Male pregnancy in cases of Intersex, but that is highly unusual..!!

All considered, Still Male pregnancy is in experimental phase..!!
Though asking it in exams is as cynical as one can get..!!
Oh someone, let them know that even 1st child by a male is not born yet..!!