When did everyone here start hrt?

[Ms. OBrien CVT]

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[Carolina1983]

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[Brooke777]

I have not stopped giggling for like two hours. My coworkers think I gave lost my mind. I guess they are kind of right.

[eli77]

Did no one here have a normal puberty? It really does look like we're likely to have weird puberties for some reason.

Apparently. I have my set of weirdnesses: my voice not dropping, less body hair than my sister, never enough dark hair on my face for a shadow, female-range body shape, and starting with really androgynous facial features - I stopped being able to pass as a guy after 5 months of HRT. I am 6' tall... but then my cousin, she's 5'11". Oh, and I still look about 16. Like I haven't aged in the last 12 years or something. It sounds awesome, but it's mostly just really irritating.

I wonder if it's like a subconscious brain thing. We're screaming inside our heads to make it stop, make it stop... and it kinda does. I know my hormone levels were pretty weird when I started HRT, but my endo didn't even blink. I think it's almost normal for trans girls to have weird hormone levels.

It's funny how we can mess with our own heads about this stuff. I used to feel so completely horrible about how masculine I looked, and all the things happening to my body during puberty and... Now I can look back and remember all the times people saw me as a girl.

I have not stopped giggling for like two hours. My coworkers think I gave lost my mind. I guess they are kind of right.

Aww... super congrats! I felt high as a kite for hours after I took that first tiny blue pill.

[Eva Marie]

My puberty was a little weird. I weighed no more than 120 lbs (and wore size 27-28 jeans) until i got to my late 20s and then i ballooned on out to my current weight of 180 lbs and my upper body filled out. I had a high pitched voice that my dad compared to the girl that lived across the street. I have long eyelashes and a femme face that got me carded the other night at the grocery store (i'm almost 50) when i was wearing a cap (I think that the cap emphasizes my face shape and always causes people to give me quizzical looks). The grocery guy asked if i was old enough and didn't believe me so he carded me and then did a double take and apologized.

I have some other femme features too. I would have been a great candidate to transition up until my late 20s if I had decided to do so back then.

I started low dose HRT in my mid 40s to control GID and i can see it emphasizing those same femme features more and more now.

[Ms. OBrien CVT]

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[Erin H]

My puberty was quite weird, Even though I was only in it for about 2 and a half years before I started hormones, I never developed facial hair, was super skinny, had like no muscle mass, no body hair and my adams apple is very tiny.
I'm guessing me being very skinny and having a low BMI like GhostTown11, that helped stop any manliness from showing it self.
But now I need to try and gain weight so HRT can be more effective, but my body is like no :/

[Jamie D]

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[Padma]

My puberty started at 9 - but then I had very high testosterone levels until I started HRT last September.

[Hannah]

Juuuuuuust before my 21st birthday, in last February. So 20.

Hey! Me too! *high fives*


When I started it felt like I was kind of late, but at 20.5 years old I still managed to get hips which was hugely surprising.

[GhostTown11]

My puberty was quite weird, Even though I was only in it for about 2 and a half years before I started hormones, I never developed facial hair, was super skinny, had like no muscle mass, no body hair and my adams apple is very tiny.
I'm guessing me being very skinny and having a low BMI like GhostTown11, that helped stop any manliness from showing it self.
But now I need to try and gain weight so HRT can be more effective, but my body is like no :/

The weird thing is that while I was andstill am skinny I always had from 22-24 percent body fat. I think that's why my breasts are ballooning so fast

[Erin H]

The weird thing is that while I was andstill am skinny I always had from 22-24 percent body fat. I think that's why my breasts are ballooning so fast

that's not fair your like really lucky, my breasts are like barely a AA 

[GhostTown11]

that's not fair your like really lucky, my breasts are like barely a AA 

If it's any consolation, I can no longer sleep on my belly cause my "buds" (they are bigger than golf balls we need a new name lol) do not react kindly to being squished.

[Erin H]

If it's any consolation, I can no longer sleep on my belly cause my "buds" (they are bigger than golf balls we need a new name lol) do not react kindly to being squished.

I guess that is one of the benefits of tiny boobs But I can't wait when mine get bigger.

[A]

When I started it felt like I was kind of late, but at 20.5 years old I still managed to get hips which was hugely surprising.

Heh, I have been noticing slight (or imaginary; too early to say for sure!) growth for about a month, since I started HRT. I wonder if it will grow noticeably. How much growth did you get, and how much time did it take?

Sarah7: Heh, maybe there -is- a subconscious effect on how we grow. I remember, when I was a child, once, during a weird phase, I noticed that I found guys with a relatively prominent sternum somewhat attractive, and since I had been told that I couldn't be a girl (obedient °°'), I thought it would be nice to be a sexy guy in that case (autoandrophilia anyone?) and wanted that trait. One year later, I had it. I regret that one, but maybe the fact that I've always wanted broad hips, even in that weird phase, has contributed to the fact that I do have some hips rather than none.

However, since my puberty was especially early and despite having maybe more girly traits than the average male, I definitely don't look like I'm in such a lucky bucket, I guess there are limits.

[Hannah]

Heh, I have been noticing slight (or imaginary; too early to say for sure!) growth for about a month, since I started HRT. I wonder if it will grow noticeably. How much growth did you get, and how much time did it take?

I can't seem to accurately measure them, but I'm guessing they're around 2-2'5" wider (all the way around, not hip to hip). I noticed at around 6 months, I think, and they seemed to have stopped growing at around 10 or so months in. Having a small waist (26") does help a lot to accentuate them, though.

They're only a little smaller than this:
EDIT: In proportion to my waist.

[A]

I'm really looking forward to that. It sounds amazing for sure, and I hope I'm not imagining the growth and that it continues. :3

[MagicKitty]

I started HRT 3 months ago, at 19 yrs of age. I put 18 on the poll though, because 19-30 wounldn't do my age justice... I hadn't finished puberty yet, my chest hair was just starting to come in. I might as well have been 18, because the effects of HRT and rate of change is much different than would happen at the age of 30. 1. Male pattern hair loss is reversing a bit. I'm only 19, but I had the micky mouse ear style hairline already, and it was quite noticeable. I doubt it would reverse in several yrs from now.

[=celestica=]

Srsly? Only 7 here that started at 18?(or before)

[GhostTown11]

Srsly? Only 7 here that started at 18?(or before)

I know we got to band together lol!