After botched circumcision, man with reconstructed penis fathers baby

24 April 2014 - 13:44 By Times LIVE
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Baby feet. File photo.
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A man who suffered a botched circumcision as a child has become the world’s first person to conceive a baby with a reconstructed penis, according to reports.

Mike Moore, 30, was considered a medical miracle when he had his penis reconstructed in 2007, and his son named Memphis is the happy result, said The Huffington Post.

When Moore was seven years old, doctors botched a circumcision meant to correct a urination problem, resulting in an infection that forced them to amputate almost the entire organ, NBC reported.

"His story is, as far as I know, a first in the world for a totally reconstructed penis to go and have a baby," his surgeon Dr. Gordon Lee told NBC.

The trauma caused him to be bullied at school, and he spiralled into a deep depression, said The New York Daily News. It even resulted in Moore’s first wife divorcing him.

"The one thing I wanted most was a family, and I didn't think it was going to happen — to have kids, to have a wife who loves me for who I am," Moore told San Francisco Gate.

The couple wanted to have the baby naturally, but after months of trying they turned to artificial insemination using his sperm, and Heather fell pregnant, said The Mirror.

"Then on October 4, 2013, we had Memphis, and I love that little boy with all my heart," he added.

NBC reports that the Moore family travelled to Palo Alto in California to introduce Memphis to Lee.

The couple are now planning for another child.

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