Ryan is the president and founder of California-based non-profit Living with XXY. Ryan is a 37-year-old with Klinefelter syndrome or 47, XXY. Klinefelter syndrome results from an extra X chromosome, affecting roughly 1 in 500 males. Ryan’s parents learned about his XXY diagnosis during his mother’s pregnancy. His experiences navigating XXY and those of the over 600 families he’s met help guide and inspire Ryan's work today. While Ryan’s background includes work as a fine dining chef and action s...
Mar 19, 2024•39 min•Season 4Ep. 113
Brittany is the mother of a 4 1/2-year-old boy named Callan. Their son was experiencing bloody noses at a young age. After a week in the hospital, Callan was diagnosed with Aplastic anemia, which is a rare but serious blood condition that occurs when your bone marrow cannot make enough new blood cells for your body to work. At the same time, he was also diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome.
Mar 07, 2024•33 min•Season 4Ep. 112
Kelly Stine is the mother to Connor, who is 17, a senior in high school. Connor encourages other boys his age to share their stories and help build a community for teenagers with XXY. Connor loves to play Roblox and Brawlstars. He also enjoys his government class because his teacher is super funny. At the end of 10th grade, she noticed his maturity was not developing like others. After some blood work, Kelly noticed his FSH levels were off the charts. She started to learn about Klinefelter syndr...
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 3Ep. 111
Carson Blake shares with us about her son Louden, who is now four years old and has been in Early Intervention since he was six months old. Carson talks about why EI has been super helpful for her son and his accomplishments. Carson also got her state of Missouri to add Klinefelter syndrome to the First Steps Early Intervention system for infants and toddlers, birth to age three, who have delayed development or diagnosed conditions associated with developmental disabilities....
Dec 26, 2023•44 min•Season 3Ep. 110
Anne Price had an NIPT screening due to her age of 41. One week later, while their family was on vacation with their two older kids, Anne received a call while waiting for the Finding Nemo ride at Epcot. Her phone rang. Her OBGYN, who had a very somber tone of voice, delivered the news horribly, telling her the results were a sex chromosome abnormality and the mention of Klinefelter syndrome. He said, "The good news is that your child doesn't have Down syndrome." The call got disconnected, and A...
Dec 12, 2023•52 min•Season 3Ep. 108
Colleen Sander's son, Jackson, was born at 29 weeks and wasn't speaking at the age of two. Once Jackson started school, he was given speech therapy, and over time, something didn't seem right for Colleen. Jackson, 14, had some routine blood work done a few days before receiving a strange phone call from the NHS on a Sunday evening around 9 p.m. The doctors asked for him to come back and do some follow-up testing. Colleen jumped on Google to research what the results might have meant. She started...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 108
Jessica Henderson's journey to diagnosis started with her firstborn son, Clay, who is now 18. When Clay was two, Jessica's Grandmother offered to pay for speech therapy. School started to become challenging for Clay in the third grade. One of the teachers told Jessica at a parent-teacher conference, "I've just learned to expect less from your son".
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 107
Michael Bush is the father to Carson, an 18-year-old diagnosed with XXY at 15, and together, they want to inspire other young men and their parents to do a podcast. Carson shares his story, from being unable to talk about XXY to his love of teaching people about it. At the age of three, Carson hit his peak in growth, and by the time he was five, he started taking growth hormones. Around 12, Carson was experiencing mobility issues, and their family doctor thought he might have Heller and Danlos s...
Oct 31, 2023•52 min•Season 4Ep. 106
Carolina is the first person from Brazil to share her story on our podcast. She was 35 when she was pregnant so her OBGYN was concerned due to her older age. She asked her to proceed with doing an NIPT. After the results came in, her doctor called her and said she was having a boy with XXY. The doctor also told her his life would be fine, and that he might have troubles with fertility. Her son is also a rainbow baby, which seems very common among our XXYcommunity.
Oct 17, 2023•37 min•Season 4Ep. 105
Melvin Amantiad was born and raised in Hawaii. When Melvin was in his early 20s (1980s for reference), he went in for a check-up for prostate cancer because he was having pain in his growing/stomach area. Because of his body shape, his doctor suggested doing a karyotype test. The test results came back positive for XXY. He was given a pamphlet from the doctor and sent on his way. His doctors scared him with the idea of being put on hormone treatment that it would make him very aggressive and get...
Oct 03, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 104
Tara Whitfield shares her story about her son Westin. Her first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage. When Tara was ten weeks pregnant, she opted for NIPT. Being a nurse, when the results came back positive for XXY, she had never heard of it. Tara has listened to every single podcast, and it has been a light for her in dark times during her diagnosis. She hopes that her story will encourage others to share their stories.
Sep 19, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 103
Amanda found out she was pregnant in 2020. Having a background in the OBGYN field, they did an NIPT because they wanted to know the gender of their child. Amanda went online to her medical account to find the test results were completed before her doctor could call her. She saw the results said male, but it was also flagged as XXY. Her doctor's office didn't know much about the diagnosis and referred them to a genetic counselor who said, "if your baby is going to be diagnosed with anything, this...
Aug 29, 2023•46 min•Season 4Ep. 101
Daniel Sharp was overweight at 24 and went to the doctor to see if they had any answers to why. The doctor talked to Daniel about having low vitamin D levels and lower testosterone. She suspected he had Klinefelter syndrome, but no further testing was done to confirm. After meeting his first wife, they tried to have a baby for two years, with no results. He did a sperm test and found out he had zero sperm. The doctors attributed his no sperm to him being overweight. His first wife divorced him b...
Aug 22, 2023•52 min•Season 3Ep. 100
Nick Rodriguez has had his own contracting business since the start of the pandemic. He plays semi-professional football as an offensive tackle, and his team won the state championship. When Nick was 14, while playing football, he couldn't build muscle like his gym peers. His freshman year's max on bench press was 95 pounds, weighing 215 pounds at 6'4". His mother took him to the doctor, knowing he could not build muscle, and the testing began. Later, Nick found out he was diagnosed with Klinefe...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 99
Mariah, 25, and Romone, 27, learned about Klinefelter syndrome at their 20-week appointment after their results from NIPT testing. They opted out of doing an amnio and waited till birth to confirm. When they learned about the diagnosis over the phone, being on Google while the nurse told them about the diagnosis was horrifying. The nurse tried to comfort them by saying its most likely a false positive.
Aug 08, 2023•53 min•Season 3Ep. 98
Deepak's family is originally from India. He was born in Brooklyn and raised in West Texas. At age 28, he and his wife started trying to have kids. After visiting over 14 doctors, many told him he didn't fit the stereotype of having Klinefelter syndrome. At 43, he's decided to share his story to make a difference. He says, "It's been a journey."
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 97Ep. 3
Grace Hatton is the mother to four beautiful children. She received Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) with her youngest son. After a personal phone call revealing the diagnosis from her doctor, they both were excited. She felt a sense of calm and comfort in her son's XXY diagnosis and knew she could handle it.
Jul 25, 2023•38 min•Season 96Ep. 3
Welcome to our first-ever father-and-son podcast! Michael Bouley is a fantastic dad to Hunter Bouley, age 21. Hunter was born with club foot affecting one leg, which led the doctors to think something else was happening. Around puberty, Hunter was diagnosed with XXY, and things started to make sense as to why he struggled in school with comprehension, math, and physical development. In the 7th grade, he went from homeschooling to public school for the first time. Despite being bullied for lookin...
Jul 18, 2023•47 min•Season 3Ep. 102
In July of 2020, Antoni Strzelecki, who is from Australia, discovered he had azoospermia. The doctors ordered more testing, and he later found out he had Klinefelter syndrome. After two years of trying to learn and process who he is, he has decided to share his story to help other men like him not feel alone with this diagnosis.
Jun 14, 2023•57 min•Season 3Ep. 93
Russell Martin is the first person we know to be able to have kids without medical interventions. After his two boys were all grown up, Russell was diagnosed with mosaic Klinefelter syndrome in his mid 40's. After extensive research on mosaic XXY, even after his doctors told him there was no way he could have XXY, a karyotype test years later revealed he did. What is Mosaic Klinefelter syndrome? Klinefelter mosaics (47, XXY/46, XY) are less severely affected, and the chance of finding sperm in t...
Jun 12, 2023•43 min•Season 3Ep. 92
Saxxon Firestone was diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome back in 2014 at the age of 24. After experiencing pain in his growing. An ultrasound was ordered and a visit to the urologist confirmed he had XXY.
Jun 07, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 91
Scott Stapley got married in 2013, and two years later, after trying for kids, he and his wife realized they needed to get tested. After a sperm sample yielded nothing, Scott went to a urologist who recommended genetic testing. Finding out he had Klinefelter syndrome; he tried Micro-Tese surgery shortly after.
Jun 05, 2023•40 min•Season 3Ep. 90
Seth and Erin have a son named Chipper, who was diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome in utero from non-invasive prenatal testing. They have embraced their son's diagnosis, and Chipper has met all his milestones.
Jun 03, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 89
Nathan Johns started trying for kids around 28 years old. After trying for over a year and nothing, he went in for testing. He was told he had a low sperm count and low testosterone, but no further testing was done. After his first marriage failed he met his second wife with her knowing he couldn't have kids. Nathan ended up using embryo adoption and later learned he had Klinefelter syndrome.
May 31, 2023•49 min•Season 3Ep. 88
Mother Kendra and Son Blake Dill talk about what it's like going thru high school. Blake is 16 years old, a sophomore, and plays in the high school band. After a routine checkup while pregnant, the doctors told her Blake had XXY.
Mar 16, 2023•43 min•Season 3Ep. 87
Recently Ryan Bregante and Kelsey Fuglsby had the opportunity to be guest speakers at Hunter College in NYC. The Class is called Abnormal Psychology which has roughly 100 students. This video is just a few of the highlights from our hour-long conversation. 1-500 men are born with Klinefelter syndrome, a genetic condition in which males are born with an extra X chromosome. Ryan was born with XXY and is the founder and president of Living with XXY Nonprofit. Kelsey Fuglsby is the mother of a 14-ye...
Mar 11, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 86
Charlie Plaisance got married when he was 27 and felt old enough to start trying for kids immediately. After trying for some time, he and his wife decided to get testing done. After giving a sperm sample, charlie learned he had three immobile sperm and later found out he would be diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome (47 XXY). Charlie and his wife ended up trying Micro-Tese and IVF, which was a success. They are three amazing and unique kids and their family is complete for now. www.livingwithxxy....
Mar 09, 2023•31 min•Season 3Ep. 85
This podcast is from a recent speaking engagement at New York University. The class is applied psychology, and the course is Sexual Identities Across the Lifespan. Ryan Bregante was born with Klinefelter syndrome and is the founder and president of Living with XXY. Kelsey Fuglsby is a mother to a 13-year-old boy, Elliott, who was diagnosed with XXY after birth.
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 84
Ted Clark was concerned about the size of his testicles when his girlfriend, a nurse, said they appeared smaller. Going to the doctor with his concerns, his doctor said there might be a tumor in his brain suppressing the growth. After ruling that out, more testing was ordered, and Ted discovered he has Mosaic Klinefelter syndrome (47 XXY). Ted shares the details of his fertility journey. After a successful Micro-Tese and IVF, he now has a beautiful daughter. www.livingwithxxy.org...
Feb 16, 2023•37 min•Season 3Ep. 82
Richard Martinez jumps right into sharing the details about his life while trying to have kids with his wife. Many questions came up on why nothing was happening. After a diagnosis of Klinefelter syndrome (47 XXY), Richard and his wife went with donor sperm. Richard shares his personal experience about his diagnosis and why sharing your story matters. They have two twin girls. www.livingwithxxy.org
Feb 09, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 81
