Scientists claim men could be capable of having babies in ‘as little as five years’

Dr Alex Hesse, research geneticist at the Universal College Hospital in Edinburgh, has spent the last 18 months carrying out experiments on men to see if it is possible for them to gestate.

His findings will be presented to the British Medical Association at 11 o’clock this morning as he seeks further funding and are expected to recommend that artificial insemination trials on men will likely begin in 2020.

Obstetrician Dr Larry Arbogast said, “This is very exciting news. We have believed for a long time that men were more suitable for pregnancy than women, they are less likely to be affected by hormonal swings and will not make impulse purchases on things like prams, choosing practicability over colour.

“They are also more suited to `taking it easy’ during the all-important third trimester and their bellies are more suited for stretching as their alcohol intake loosens the stomach muscles over time.

“There are obviously more experiments to be done before we reach the clinical trial stage of actually having a man carry a baby but Dr Hesse should be congratulated for his work so far.”

It’s believed men hoping to carry a child would first take the drug “Expectane” which up until now has been used by men in the first stages of sex assignment.

A simple surgical procedure would then help the realigned cells form a womb, into which a fertile egg could be inserted.

The baby would have to be delivered by Caesarean section, for obvious reasons.  Dr Hesse’s experiments have found that the gestation period in men is likely to be 10 months rather than the traditional nine. The reason for this is that men always take a bit longer to get things done.

The husband of a heavily pregnant woman, who did not wish to be named for his own protection, said, “I’ll definitely have the next one if I can. Then I can get on my own nerves.”

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