KOZHIKODU: A transgender couple in Kerala has announced that they are expecting a baby next month, in possibly the first such pregnancy of a trans person in the country.

Ziya Paval, a dancer, took to Instagram and announced that her partner, Zahhad, is now 8 months pregnant.

"We are about to realise my dream of becoming a mother and his dream of becoming a father. An 8-month-old foetus is now in (Zahhad's) belly... From what we came to know, this is the first transgender man's pregnancy in India...,"  Paval said in the Instagram post.

The couple, who have been living together for the past 3 years, were undergoing hormone therapy.

However, Zahhad, who was transitioning to become a man, has stalled it to conceive a baby. Zahhad was undergoing the process for breast removal surgery that was stopped for the pregnancy.

Paval has thanked her family and the doctors for their support.

Meanwhile, Sahad has decided to become a man after the baby is delivered and that process began when 'her' breasts were removed some time back.

"Our journey to become trans man and trans woman will continue. I am continuing my hormone treatment. Six months or a year after the delivery, Sahad will also resume treatment to become a trans man," said Ziya.

The delivery will take place at the state-run Medical College and Hospital in Calicut.

The question of breast feeding has been ruled out. Instead, they will depend on the breast milk bank attached to the hospital.

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