If anyone of you remembered watching the movie Junior (1994) starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a man who becomes pregnant for a science fertility project, this fiction has become reality!!!
Lee Mingwei, a Taiwanese American artist who has exhibited at The Whitney Museum of American Art, is said to be the world's first male in history to gestate a fetus within his own body.
Just like me, you must be wondering how is that even possible? Well according to RYT Hospital, Mr Lee was administered oral does of female hormones to make him receptive to pregnancy. An embryo and placenta was then implanted into the abdominal cavity using IVF techniques. This was done to induce a ectopic pregnancy. Mr Lee stopped taking the hormones once the implantation was done and the pregnancy itself took over.
Still cannot believe? Then head over to Pop!The First Human Male Pregnancy to see it for yourself. And if you are still not convinced, check out the following video which documents his pregnancy!
[edit]Ok I guess I did not do my research properly, this is apparently a hoax. It was done back in 1999. You can find it over at Gallery of Birth Hoaxes. oh well what a disappointment! It was very well done though don't you think?
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