Transgender Men Who Experienced Pregnancy After Female-to-Male Gender Transitioning

@article{Light2014TransgenderMW,
  title={Transgender Men Who Experienced Pregnancy After Female-to-Male Gender Transitioning},
  author={Alexis Light and Juno Obedin-Maliver and Jae M. Sevelius and J. L. Kerns},
  journal={Obstetrics \& Gynecology},
  year={2014},
  volume={124},
  pages={1120–1127}
}
OBJECTIVE: To conduct a cross-sectional study of transgender men who had been pregnant and delivered after transitioning from female-to-male gender to help guide practice and further investigation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We administered a web-based survey from March to December 2013 to inquire about demographics, hormone use, fertility, pregnancy experience, and birth outcomes. Participants were not required to have been on hormone therapy to be eligible. We used a mixed-methods approach to… 
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