Transgender couple Minh Khang (left) and Minh Anh became parents of a baby girl on May 16 (Photo: zingnews.vn) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - A well-known transgender couple – Minh Khang and Minh Anh – havewelcomed their first baby, making the husband Minh Khang the first transgenderman in Vietnam to get pregnant and give birth to a baby.
The baby girl was born at a beauty salon in HCM City, weighing 2.3kg and ingood health, Minh Anh announced on her social media account.
The husband Minh Khang, 24, was a female at birth, used to be Dao Thi KieuTrang, of Can Tho city. His wife Minh Anh, 21, was a male at birthnamed Dang Khac Nguyen, of Ben Tre province. They got married in 2017 afterthey met at a transgender beauty contest.
Last year, the couple planned to have a baby after reading about a foreign manwho got pregnant.
Prior to the decision, Khang had been receiving male hormoneinjections for two and a half years and his wife had receivedfemale hormones for a few months. They also underwent surgeries, usinganaesthetics and antibiotics, which made them worried aboutthe possibility of pregnancy and maintaining a healthy pregnancy.
Yearning to have a baby, Khang decided to stop hormone therapy to restartmenstruation. He followed obstetricians’ advice on a well-balancedpre-pregnancy diet in hopes of getting pregnant.
Khang got pregnant three months after stopping the hormone therapy.
On March 8, the couple Minh Anh and Minh Khang were guests of the TV show “Comeout – Buoc ra anh sang” (Come out tothe light), calling on public and health care centres to support coupleslike them to realise the dream of being parents./.
The baby girl was born at a beauty salon in HCM City, weighing 2.3kg and ingood health, Minh Anh announced on her social media account.
The husband Minh Khang, 24, was a female at birth, used to be Dao Thi KieuTrang, of Can Tho city. His wife Minh Anh, 21, was a male at birthnamed Dang Khac Nguyen, of Ben Tre province. They got married in 2017 afterthey met at a transgender beauty contest.
Last year, the couple planned to have a baby after reading about a foreign manwho got pregnant.
Prior to the decision, Khang had been receiving male hormoneinjections for two and a half years and his wife had receivedfemale hormones for a few months. They also underwent surgeries, usinganaesthetics and antibiotics, which made them worried aboutthe possibility of pregnancy and maintaining a healthy pregnancy.
Yearning to have a baby, Khang decided to stop hormone therapy to restartmenstruation. He followed obstetricians’ advice on a well-balancedpre-pregnancy diet in hopes of getting pregnant.
Khang got pregnant three months after stopping the hormone therapy.
On March 8, the couple Minh Anh and Minh Khang were guests of the TV show “Comeout – Buoc ra anh sang” (Come out tothe light), calling on public and health care centres to support coupleslike them to realise the dream of being parents./.
VNA
