DUBAI (AlArabiya.net)

A married American man, who was born a woman, has shocked people around the world by announcing that he is pregnant, British press reported Wednesday.

Thomas Beatie, 34, previously known as the lesbian Tracy Lagondino, had a sex change operation, but kept his female reproductive organs. He also had an operation to change his outward appearance to look like a man, the Sun Tabloid reported.

Beatie wrote about his experience in the U.S. gay magazine 'The Advocate,' saying it felt "incredible" to be a pregnant man.

Beatie said he was fertilized using donor sperm because his wife Nancy, 45, cannot have children due a hysterectomy 20 years ago.

Beatie said he was due to give birth to a girl on July 3 and told the Advocate that he will be his daughter's father and Nancy will be her mother.

Beatie admitted that his friends and relatives were shocked and said his brother called his unborn child a "monster."

When asked, one of his neighbors called the pregnancy a "hoax," saying "I saw him a few days ago, he didn’t look pregnant," U.S. TV station ABC News reported.