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1. roboca+f5[view] [source] 2017-12-02 21:53:50
>>iamthi+(OP)
Any reason a man couldn't get one, with correct hormones?
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2. actual+p8[view] [source] 2017-12-02 22:24:09
>>roboca+f5
He would also need a vaginal canal so he could menstrate. That's possible with surgery, but it'd be a deal breaker for most men.
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3. ejstro+P71[view] [source] 2017-12-03 16:51:27
>>actual+p8
I don't see how a person with a transplanted uterus would need to menstruate. The role of the uterus is to facilitate pregnancy. Just as many women do not menstruate when taking oral contraceptive pills, just so could a transplant recipient not menstruate.
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4. actual+VE1[view] [source] 2017-12-03 23:55:41
>>ejstro+P71
That was probably a misleading way to put it. The patient wouldn't be menstruating regularly, but if implantation fails, they'd have to shed the menses somehow.
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