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Teenager raised as a boy announces pregnancy after discovery of female reproductive organs

A teenager born with male genitalia has announced a rare pregnancy after discovering female reproductive organs.

Martha Cliff, The Sun

NOVEMBER 17, 202012:53PM

Mikey Chanel is pregnant after being raised as a boy. Picture: SWNS/MegaSource:Mega

A teenager born with male genitalia and raised as a boy has become pregnant after finding out she also has working ovaries, a uterus, cervix and fallopian tubes.

Mikey Chanel, 18, was raised as a boy, but always felt different from her male peers.

In fact, tests done on Mikey as a foetus in her mother’s womb revealed him to be a girl, so her family and doctors were surprised when she was born with male genitalia, The Sun reports.

“It was obvious to everyone that I was different right from the start,” said Mikey, who lives in Boston, Massachusetts in the US.

“At age five I’d be playing with my aunt’s purses and putting on my mum’s lipstick.

“I never felt like a boy. I was quite effeminate and I never really went through a whole ‘boy puberty’ thing.

Mikey Chanel as a child. Picture: Mikey Chanel/SWNSSource:Mega

“I only have a tiny bit of facial hair. I’ve always had a feminine-shaped body, with hips and a butt.

“I got bullied at school, everyone told me I was a f*****, a tranny, since third grade, before I even knew what it meant really.”

Mikey came out as gay aged 13, and later wondered if she might be transgender.

The truth was only revealed by accident last year when Mikey was undergoing some routine tests at the doctors.

“I had been having a weird feeling after peeing and after sex, so they did an ultrasound of my urinary tract,” Mikey said.

“They told me that I had a cervix, ovaries, uterus and fallopian tubes and that I could get pregnant if I wanted to.

“I actually thought it was a joke. I didn’t even know this was possible. I was like, ‘Haha where are the cameras?’ Then they showed me my uterus on the screen.”

Mikey was diagnosed with Persistent Müllerian duct syndrome (PMDS), a form of male intersex. It is a rare condition in which a person has male external genitalia, with female reproductive organs internally.

Mikey Chanel is now pregnant. Picture: Mikey Chanel/SWNS/MegaSource:Mega

The condition comes with numerous health risks and doctors advised Mikey to have an immediate hysterectomy.

Mikey added: “People with PMDS are susceptible to cancer and tumours and the risk is lessened if you have a hysterectomy.

“My male parts came back infertile, but I was told that my ovaries were functioning.

“I was in a state of shock for a couple of weeks, then I realised that I wouldn’t be able to have a child, unless I carried it myself, and soon.

“I always knew I wanted to be a parent. I used to play with baby dolls when I was little and I’ve always seen kids in my future, so I decided, ‘It’s now or never – I have to try and get pregnant.’”

Mikey underwent a series of fertility procedures, including ICSI, where donor sperm is injected directly into a woman’s egg to create a fertilised embryo.

Mikey Chanel was raised as a boy. Picture: Mikey Chanel/SWNS/MegaSource:Mega

Fertilised embryos are then placed in the fallopian tubes during a laparoscopic procedure called ZIFT.

The three fertilised embryos were implanted into Mikey’s fallopian tube via an abdominal cavity because she does not have a vaginal opening.

Mikey, who is now four months pregnant, said: “I was told there was only about a 20 per cent chance it would work, but it worked. I was so shocked, but happy. I can’t wait to be a parent.

“My parents weren’t around much when I was a kid, so I want to be the parent that my parents couldn’t be. I really want to be there for my child.

“I want to be there for everything from the first step to the first word to them graduating from college. I want to be supportive in everything and anything they chose in life.”

Mikey has been prescribed oestrogen to help with the pregnancy and she hopes to continue to transition further after the baby is born.

“I feel more like a woman now than ever,” she said.

Mikey is speaking out about her experiences to raise awareness of PMDS and help people understand that it is a normal medical condition that could happen to anyone at birth.

She also wants to break social stigmas related to gender nonconformity.

“Nobody really speaks about this. Most people have never even heard of it,” Mikey said.

“There isn’t a lot of research about it and there aren’t a lot of tests. Often it’s found accidentally, like in my case.

“I feel like there should be more research, I’m just trying to educate people about it. Once people understand it could break a really big stigma with gender and within LGBT communities.”

This story first appeared on The Sun and has been republished here with permission

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Contents

• 1Early life
• 2Scandal
• 3Career
• 4Books
• 5Television appearances
• 6Later life
• 7References

Early life[edit]

Hiloudaki was born in Sitia on the Greek island of Crete and was named Yiannis (Greek for "John"), in honor of her deceased father, who had drowned at sea when attempting to rescue a woman. At an early age, she identified the need to pursue a gender transition and was able to obtain female hormones at the age of thirteen.^[3] The name "Jenny" was chosen to honor her sister, Eugenia, who supported their family when they moved to Athens. Hiloudaki went on to complete sex reassignment surgery at Charing Cross Hospital, in the United Kingdom, when she was twenty years old.^[3]

Scandal[edit]

Hiloudaki's 1997 affair with District Attorney Giorgos Sakellaropoulos, who met her while inspecting brothels in Rhodes, resulted in a national scandal.^[2] The scandal and publicity was intended by Hiloudaki, and once Sakellaropoulos discovered she was transgender, he left her to return to his family.^[3][4] The affair is the only one of Hiloudaki relationship's that has been closely followed by the media.^[5][1]

Career[edit]

After sex reassignment surgery, Hiloudaki became a top model in Greece, working with many Greek models and doing photoshoots for multiple Greek magazines.^[3] She had also modelled on a catwalk in Italy and was photographed next to Italian actress Sophia Loren. Hiloudaki was voted "Greek Woman of the Year" in 2000.^[4]

Books[edit]

In 2002, she released her first autobiography E Zoe mou: E Aggeli den Ehoun Fylo (My life: Angels Have No Gender) ISBN 960-8086-46-9, which was also released as a comic book called JennyX in the same year. In 2003, she released her second autobiography, I Mavri Vivlos (The Black Bible) ISBN 978-960-8086-56-2.

Television appearances[edit]

Hiloudaki has appeared on several Greek television shows. Perhaps one of her most memorable TV appearances is the one on Tatiana Stefanidou's TV show Yalinos Tihos, in 2002, on which she had been invited to talk about her then-newly released book. During the conversation with Stefanidou, Greek singer Julia Barka, who was also a guest at the show and intended to release her own book after some months, interrupted the conversation when Hiloudaki said that Barka had not even started writing her book. Right after, Barka started talking with Hiloudaki and the new conversation was intense, while profanities were used.^[6]

In 2006, Hiloudaki appeared on another TV show hosted by Stefanidou, entitled Apokalypsi Tora. On the show, she complained that residents of Sitia were accusing her of working as a prostitute and organising sexual orgies. They boycotted the café-restaurant she owns at Sitia, trying to drive her out of business. She denied doing such things and claimed that the rumours were started out of prejudice; patrons of her café-restaurant complained about even such minor things as the ambient music. Hiloudaki also claimed that many rumours were started by a lesbian student who was attracted to her and who decided to exact her revenge upon discovering that the feeling was not mutual.

Later life[edit]

Hiloudaki has owned residences in Athens, Rhodes and Crete. Today she lives on Sitia with her dogs and cats and a bird named "Kitsos".^[1] In her spare time, she enjoys collecting antiques and Swatch watches.

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