Had a follow up appointment with the balls doctor and he says my testosterone is higher than he expected for not being on androgen suppression, but it’s not high enough to reliably have a baby, so I have to come off my estradiol and progesterone as well for the next 3 months, then we’ll do the vasectomy reversal, then I have to stay off until my wife is pregnant and the pregnancy is likely to succeed. At minimum, 7 months of what feminizing effects have stuck around reverting to male characteristics. At worst, I could be looking at a year, at which point, I’ll probably say fuck this we’re doing IVF.
I’m honestly numb. I still have my identity, I still look kind of femme, but it feels like I was on meds to hold back the man, and if I want to be a mother, I have to go back to living in hell for a while.
Please do not suggest adoption/donors/fostering. My wife and I have been talking a lot longer than any of you about how we want to become parents and we have ruled out those options. Unfortunately users on imgur couldn’t follow this request.
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also i’m very hoping that producing synthetic eggs / sperm cells from normal body cells will one day be possible but the way it’s currently looking it’s gonna take 10+ years of research before that’s a possibility.
Going full seveneves would be cool
Please do not suggest adoption/donors/fostering. My wife and I have been talking a lot longer than any of you about how we want to become parents and we have ruled out those options. Unfortunately users on imgur couldn’t follow this request.
yeah i was gonna say, people are quick to jump to recommending adoptions, but idk i can’t vibe with that. proud of you for standing up for what you want and not letting others tell you what to do instead.
Sorry to hear you have to go through that sis. For what its worth, if you’re resolved to start a family with your wife, then it’ll all be worth it in the end.
I had to go off of hormones for a couple months before I had bottom surgery and it sucked. But the end result was worth it. So too it shall be in this case.
Why did you have to go off hormones for a couple of months before bottom surgery? I thought the guidance was to stop two weeks before if you’re on pills, but otherwise it’s fine
Sounds like it’s really variable, I was told to skip my injection the week before but that’s it! shrug
That was what my surgeon instructed me to do. It definitely is longer than ive heard other surgeons say, but I followed the directions from the clinic exactly. It sucked though, for sure.
A lot of surgeons want a month off estrogen regardless of method. Mine let me have like 2mg oral a day instead of my full injections
But oral is worse than injections for like risks? (Liver issues)
Yeah I didn’t make the rules, I just put up with them in exchange for a vagina
Based sentence.
Thanks lol, it’s kinda an attitude I’ve picked up on needing both adhd meds and hrt, especially back in the days you needed a letter of recommendation for hormones. You give the doctor what they need for them to give you what you need. Be honest unless they’re actively unreasonable, where you bend the truth as little as possible and assume a bunch of extra risk. But yeah, it may be a stupid rule but it’s still better than not getting the surgery
Have you uses testosterone gel to jump start the organs? I’ve heard it can accelerate the reintroduction of functionality, meaning less time off HRT.
I’ve been of cyproterone since may, so things sre already working. I don’t know the full reasoning my dr wants me off hormones, probably because it’s “standard” to make sure my bodybis doing cis male things? Iunno
