British man makes HISTORY: Hayden Cross gives birth to baby girl
A BRITON has made history after becoming the first man in the UK to give birth after finding a sperm donor on Facebook.
Former Asda worker Hayden Cross is legally a man, having begun hormone treatment after being born a girl.
But the gender reassignment process was temporarily put on ice after he decided to try to get pregnant using a sperm donor he found on social networking site Facebook.
Now Mr Cross, who has lived as a man for three years, has finally given birth - and is delighted to welcome a healthy baby girl into the world.
The 21-year-old gave birth to daughter Trinity-Leigh by caesarean section last month.
Speaking to the Sun, he describe his little girl as his “angel” and added: “She’s perfect in every way.
“She is so good. I’m so lucky.”
Mr Cross had asked the NHS to freeze his eggs before he completed his full transition, in the hope he might have children in the future.
Pregnant man: It's not something I wanted to go through
I didn’t feel like I had any choice but to have a baby now then get back to transitioning.
However, the health service declined to carry out the process which costs £4,000 and Mr Cross feared he would never come a biological parent.
So using the services of an anonymous donor decided to try to become pregnant immediately with the help of his local hospital’s maternity unit.
He told The Sun on Sunday: “I faced the prospect of not becoming the man I am supposed to be, physically, or a dad.
“So I didn’t feel like I had any choice but to have a baby now then get back to transitioning.
“In September I got pregnant by a sperm donation.
“I found the donor on the internet. I looked on Facebook for a group and found one — it’s been shut down now.
“I didn’t have to pay. The man came to my house, he passed me the sperm in a pot and I did it via a syringe.
“I felt I’d no choice, I couldn’t afford a proper clinic. I don’t know who the bloke was.
“It was the first attempt and it worked. I was really lucky.”
Following the birth, Mr Cross now plans to return to complete his gender realignment as soon as possible.
And he ruled out breastfeeding, saying: “I hate my boobs.
“I want to have the child and get back to full transitioning.”