seahorse dad

Definitions

Synonym of birthing father.

Examples

“I hope⟳, among other things, that this album will inspire⟳ birth workers and future seahorse dads (AKA gestational fathers). I know⟳ how meaningful images like⟳ this could have⟳ been for me before my first pregnancy and how meaningful it is for me to see⟳ images of fellow birthing trans and nonbinary people to this day.”

“Calling himself a "seahorse dad" – as in seahorses it is the male that gives birth – Bennett, who is due on November 5 and is recording his pregnancy on Instagram, has stopped the hormone treatment he began in the summer of 2014, to start⟳ a family.”

“The couple is also excited to start⟳ a family, with Elvis looking forward⟳ to becoming a "seahorse dad" — a male-identifying person who can have⟳ children.”

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