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First Two Months, Worries

Started by BurningBrilliance, March 04, 2013, 11:31:36 PM

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BurningBrilliance

Hi Veronica here,


I know I posted a similar topic a while ago but I just wanted an idea of where hormones can take me.

I'm 2 months on hormones and t-blockers. I'm 18 turning 19 this month. I'm about 168 pounds, 5 '8 height, and trying to lose weight, mainly muscle.

My shoulders are somewhere between 17 and 19. Rib cage is 31 when measured tightly. Arms
are huge less veiny I guess but still far beyond female range.

I haven't really seen that many changes, maybe a little rounding and "brightness", in the face. What are really notice is nipple sensitivity and a kind of lump underneath them.

My hips from the front look a little bigger but my butt is tiny compared to my upper body from the back. It's like I have a reverse triangle and then a vertical rectangle from the back, it's horrible.


I know I'm probably just being impatient. But it just worries me. I know weight loss through cardio is a key to losing muscle and the estrogen helps but when does it kick in? When will my butt start growing? Is there a possibility of hip growth? When will my body feminize is what I really want to know and how? I know I've looked at everything, watched countless transition videos and read hundreds of forums on this topic. But even when I see the exception video or post I still don't find what I'm looking for. I'm just worried, impatient maybe but scared. I'm overly masculine and I want it to change. Can anyone share their stories, from where I am now, a lonely caterpillar staring to weave it's cocoon to the beautiful happy butterfly I hope to be someday.

Honestly though. I still don't know what I'm hoping to find. I don't think I asked the question I really needed to, and truthfully I don't know what that is :(. I want to have curves, I don't want to have to worry about passing when I worry about will I able be able to attempt to pass. Will I be the girl I hope to see smiling back at me in the mirror or just the boy trapped in the reflection. I want to be that girl in the mirror, she's pretty, she happy. I can't see her yet.

Again I kind of want to hear from people who started HRT around my age in terms of changes but I still want to hear from everyone else. I know I'm not the only one scared but when you have a sister with a lot of girlfriends the envy factor is just unbearable. It's like i'm alone surrounded by life's that my mind interrupts as perfect. I'm alone unable to be happy. I admit since high school when I started online school I have become really isolated. I see it now as dysphoria and even now I prefer less crowded places in hopes of avoiding my triggers which is impossible.

Wow, this is pretty long. Sorry. Anyway I hope to hear from you.

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Beth Andrea

#1
You've begun the process of a second puberty...as a woman this time. It takes most cis-women 3-5 years to get whatever they're gonna get...

You might want to read up on the process, to see what they go thru and can expect. That'll give you a
broader view re: HRT effects.

:)
...I think for most of us it is a futile effort to try and put this genie back in the bottle once she has tasted freedom...

--read in a Tessa James post 1/16/2017
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MaidofOrleans

"For transpeople, using the right pronoun is NOT simply a 'political correctness' issue. It's core to the entire struggle transpeople go through. Using the wrong pronoun means 'I don't recognize you as who you are.' It means 'I think you're confused, delusional, or mentally I'll.'. It means 'you're not important enough for me to acknowledge your struggle.'"
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Carrie Liz

Yeah, this is definitely something that requires patience. From what I've read, most of the time fat redistribution and muscle changes usually don't really start until months 6-8, and it takes years for them to really start getting into official feminine ranges.

I admittedly have a hard time with this myself. Sometimes because it's going so slowly I start getting down on myself because it feels impossible. So I'm in the same boat, and I've been on HRT for just under two months. But again, it takes time.

Think about how long your original puberty took. With me, it started when I was about 13, but my voice didn't really finish changing, and the body hair didn't really finish growing in, and I didn't really start getting significant "adult" muscles until I was at least 15. And even since then, I've still been changing in subtle ways over the years. HRT, and your second female puberty, is going to go pretty much the same way. There are some things that are almost immediate once the hormones come in, mainly your emotions going haywire and your sex drive changing, but for the rest of it, it's going to be like another puberty all over again. Changes will really start becoming noticeable after a year or so, will be about 90% complete by 3 years or so, and then there's still some subtle feminization that will take place even after that, which is ongoing and progressive and never really stops.

This is not something that can be rushed. It's impossible to make it go faster. And I know it's hard to wait. I HATE this too, as I myself want boobs and a butt yesterday, but there's nothing we can do to speed it up. We can just enjoy our newfound selves, enjoy the changes as they come, and continue to live life in the meantime. And then one day in the mirror, voila! You'll look back and you'll hardly recognize yourself.

Taking pictures or making videos every month or so is a big help. Even at this early stage, when I still have barely feminized at all, I'm still looking back at the pre-hormone videos that I made just two months ago, and serious saying "Wow, that was me? How the hell did I put up with that old body for so long?" Just, again, don't obsess over it so much. Relax. Let it happen, try to be happy in the meantime, and check your progress every month or so when you need an emotional pick-me-up. You'll be amazed every time you look back. It's all about focusing on what HAS changed, and being happy for that, rather than focusing on what hasn't changed yet, which only leads to feeling depressed and inadequate.
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anya921

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