If Transmen Can Have Babies, How Will Perinatal Nursing Adapt?

Abstract

In Brief Reproductive technology has made it possible for those born biologically female and who have partially transitioned to the male gender via hormones to become pregnant and give birth. This article explores the role of the perinatal nurse in providing care during the obstetric experience for a transgender male and his significant other. A carefully executed plan of care can assist the nurse in providing nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory physical and emotional nursing care, and ensure that the family's healthcare needs are met and that their transition into parenthood is effective. Those of us who work in pediatrics are used to dealing with male patients, but for the perinatal nurse, specifically the nurse in obstetrics, what happens when the pregnant patient is a man? Ms. Adams has carefully described the new world situation of transmen having babies so you will know what to do when a similar patient arrives at your unit.