If you put “things that pregnant women shouldn’t do” into Google, you get millions of hits.
I also found this admonition, “Pregnancy is a time filled with joy—and sacrifices. During these nine months, you are encouraged to err on the side of caution to keep you and your little one healthy.”
What was not on anyone’s list of things to avoid when pregnant? That would be the administration of excessive amounts of exogenous testosterone.
Some women become so disassociated from their bodies that they declare they are really men.
I want to make it clear that in this post I am talking about women who have adopted a male identity, but choose to become pregnant despite the fact that no real man is capable of pregnancy, gestation or birth.
I am not discussing an ever-growing number of detransitioners who realized that they are not men, despite sacrificing their breasts and possibly their fertility to a confused and delusional ideology. These women grieve deeply for what they so easily discarded at a vulnerable time in their development. They often carry a lot of guilt worrying about any harms their past actions may have on the new lives they are creating, which is most easily seen in no longer having the ability to breastfeed their babies.
While women who remain entrenched in their male identity continue to center themselves and their desire to appear as manly as possible over the welfare of their children.
Why do pregnant “men” center themselves over the wellbeing of their babies?
In a one-word summary: TESTOSTERONE.
[W]omen need testosterone to live optimally healthy lives, but we need only a fraction of what normal men need for their own health.
Fetal development is carefully planned and when tampered with, can go catastrophically awry. Women who were prescribed thalidomide know this as do those whose mothers drank alcohol while pregnant and are now left with the permanent legacy of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
A teratogen is any substance, agent, or process that interferes with normal prenatal development, causing the formation of one or more developmental abnormalities in the fetus. Testosterone is a fetal teratogen. High levels of testosterone during pregnancy have been associated with fetal growth restriction and cardiovascular and metabolic syndrome in babies and mothers. Exogenous testosterone can also be associated with urogenital abnormalities in female fetuses. This is the reason that responsible health authorities advise that if you, as a trans man are planning a pregnancy or find yourself accidentally pregnant, you should also cease any regular testosterone administration.
But according to some trans lobbyists, the mental welfare of “men” should be prioritized over any possible harms to babies.
Source: Pregnant “Dads” Are the Center of Their Own Universe