A woman who transitioned to male as a teenager has opened up about her regrets and the impact on her body as she reverts to her original gender and embraces motherhood.
Prisha Mosley, 26, gave birth to a healthy baby boy via C-section on June 3, 2024. Remarkably, until two years ago, Mosley identified as a man.
During her transition, Mosley underwent testosterone therapy and had her breasts removed at 18, leaving her with significant scarring and hormonal imbalances. This led her to believe she was infertile, so when she missed her period and her doctor suggested pregnancy, she laughed it off. She was stunned to discover she was indeed pregnant.
Mosley, who has detransitioned, expressed disbelief and joy at her son’s health. However, the journey to motherhood has been fraught with complications due to her previous medical interventions. Mosley is among the first detransitioning women to become a mother, facing uncharted medical territory.
“Everything that happens with the female body during pregnancy and childbirth has a purpose,” Mosley said, noting how testosterone had significantly disrupted her body’s natural functions.
As a teenager, Mosley endured sexual assault, anorexia, and mental health issues. Convinced by trans activists and therapists that she was transgender, she decided to transition. Now, she shares her deeply personal and challenging journey back to motherhood, hoping to prevent others from experiencing the same pain.
“I couldn’t imagine anyone else going through what I am,” Mosley said. “No one told me the truth when I was younger, and it hurts now to realize it.”
Her body has been severely affected by her past treatments. She suffers from an enlarged liver, high insulin levels, and atrophied reproductive organs. Her hormonal imbalance caused her baby to be unusually large, and her hips were too narrow for a vaginal birth, necessitating a C-section.
“There’s no standard care for detransitioners,” Mosley said in a documentary. “Doctors simply don’t know how to treat me.”
Reflecting on her past, Mosley criticized the medical professionals who encouraged her transition, alleging they misled her into procedures that left her a lifelong patient. She is now suing eight of her medical practitioners.
Mosley is particularly distressed by her mastectomy, which has left her with painful “rocks” under her chest—milk masses trapped under scar tissue with no outlet. Her chest, once intended to nurture her child, now causes her emotional and physical pain.
“It makes me feel like a monster,” she said. “I put him on my chest and I don’t feel him.”
Relying on donor breast milk, Mosley is determined to give her son the best start in life, despite her own physical agony. She describes motherhood as both excruciating and fulfilling, bringing unexpected healing to her life.
“I had to become a home for someone else to let my body become a home for me,” she said.
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