Los Angeles - The transgender American man who last year became the first male to have a baby is pregnant again, he revealed Thursday to ABC News.

Thomas Beatie, 34, switched genders in 2002, but did not remove his female reproductive organs. He first became pregnant in 2007 after he stopped taking male hormones and his wife Nancy artificially inseminated him with sperm they bought on the internet. They used a syringe they bought at a pet store.

Beattie gave birth to Susan in June 2008, sparking a storm of interest around the world.

He told ABC News correspondent Barbara Walters that after the birth, he stayed off male hormones so he could have another baby, despite receiving threats and hate messages. "We are a man, woman and child," he said. "It's ironic that we are so different but yet, we're just a family, just the same as anyone else." (dpa)