MTF: monthly cycle

[Northern Jane]

Do you girls notice the phase of the moon when this happens?

I haven't tracked it in recent years but when my hormones were tracked when I was 17, I was on a 27 day cycle. My husband's count was also 27 days when I was in my 30s. Now I don't care LOL!

[DanicaCarin]

I haven't been able to pinpoint a given time where this happens. So I down loaded a period calender/journal app to try and keep a better record of my symptoms and the times they occur.

[Skittles]

Since I'm intersexed I get a few added twists. My very first cycle I got megga huge cramps. I text a girl friend what to do. I did everything she said and I made it through the night. I woke up and thanked her. She text back "Welcome to female!"

My sixth cycle I got a huge dose of PMS on the third day. I wanted to kill anything that breathed. Having already had two wives with that affliction, I recognized it and knew just what to do. I made a B-line for the pharmacy and bought the Premsin PMS. All good no lives lost.

I then went to my Doctor for a check-up. He asked me to point to the exact location of the cramps, yes just in the right spot. His other trans patients have had similar experiences with PMS, oddly it comes three days in not before as genetic women. He also said be very grateful you don't have severe cramps every month. Oh joy, I get my choice of two, cycles or menopause. I choose cycles, hot flashes make me feel like am going to spontaneously combust. They were the original medical reason for the discovery of me being intersexed.

My newest Doctor ramped my HRT doses to my max, but asked me to stop cycling progesterone. So now I don't have a predictable cycle. I just get random one and two day mini cycles and I become MeggaB. I also have days unrelated of PMS, so my purse is always armed with Premsin. Sometimes great female coding has it's perks, just not on these days. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Hug. Joann

[Ms Grace]

Haven't noticed anything for myself but maybe it's too early to tell anyway. I'll keep a note and see if any patterns appear. As of this week I'm now on an E pellet and the dose is even and consistent (so they say) - certainly nothing like monthly injections which had me all over the place last time.

[Jenna Marie]

I'm on an estrogen patch, which supposedly provides a nice even dose throughout. For me, this is true... as long as I change the patch every 3.5 days. (I switched to Vivelle Dot, which is intended to be used this way.) The experiment with using a weekly patch meant I got wicked PMS for about the last 2 days of the 7. A whole month of that and I was ready to kill someone ALL the time. I called the endo and begged to switch.

Apparently, I'm very sensitive to hormone fluctuations. I don't have issues now that it's consistent, though.

Oh, and my wife pointed out that since most cis women don't have a 30-day cycle, it gets out of phase with the month/moon pretty fast - day 9 of this month and a 25-day cycle means next month she's due on the 4th, and so on.

[KelsieJ]

Since I'm intersexed I get a few added twists.

Same here Joann......if u ever need someone to talk to about our uniqueness, drop me a line. We exist, and are very much a part of the community, even though we have unique medical needs from the regular trans* population


XO
Kelsie

[Skittles]

Same here Joann......if u ever need someone to talk to about our uniqueness, drop me a line. We exist, and are very much a part of the community, even though we have unique medical needs from the regular trans* population


XO
Kelsie

Thanks Kelsie, I think I have enough posts now to use the messenger. I will drop a line soon. Hug. Joann

[spx_1112]

How is everyone feeling?  Drop me a line too if you want.  Hugs Shannon

[Nicolette]

No monthly cycle in 19 years for me. Which I count as a blessing, really.

[judithlynn]

This is interesting as when I transitioned the first time, after 5 months on HRT I moved in to share with a girlfriend. Well after 2 months in the same house I found myself experiencing a matching cycle to her. When she started to get her period, I got all sort of moody and I knew then I should start my progesterone cycle. I was on a 21 day oestrogen and 7 day progesterone cycle back then. After 2 days on progesterone I was back to my happy self, although I remember when we both got hormonal we did a lot of comforting/hugging each other - not sexual, just being really close!

[jojoglowe]

just yesterday my girlfriend said that she thinks i have a monthly cycle and that it matches hers. she said that i usually start to get moody right before she starts her period. we live together

[Northern Jane]

Having shared accommodations with a large number of women over a period of weeks many years ago it is common for women who live closely with other women to become "in sync" fairly quickly. It is very common.

[Oriah]

I always had a cycle, even before HRT.  Now after orchi, and on hormones, it's a little different, but no more intense than before.  Me and my partner tend to cycle on the same schedule, but I never put too much thought into it.  Maybe I'll try to start tracking it.

[spx_1112]

I have a monthly cycle without the bleeding but lots of other similarities.

[KelsieJ]

just yesterday my girlfriend said that she thinks i have a monthly cycle and that it matches hers. she said that i usually start to get moody right before she starts her period. we live together

That makes a lot of sense.......my girlfriend is in full moon fever right now and I'm really really down - which is unusual for me because I'm usually so upbeat :/ Oh well

[calico]

This topic is very interesting and I to experience "that time of the month" or as some friends have referred to it as stay away or die time, have had cramps , still at times. fairly irritable/likely to let my emotions rule my decisions usually bite peoples head. just stuff seems to get to me more and my patience goes to nill and its usually 2-4 days out of the month. Never  really looked at at the phase of the moon...... but varys between the 24 to the 5 of the month in that area anyway.  what an odd phenomenon, lol my bf even noticed and said he usually either keeps his distance (doesn't always work) or he just give me what I want/ spoils me those days.    after its all over I feel crappy because I get snappy and end up trying to apologize to a person who understands and isn't worried bout it.    still feel bad however

[FrancisAnn]

I'm on an estrogen patch, which supposedly provides a nice even dose throughout. For me, this is true... as long as I change the patch every 3.5 days. (I switched to Vivelle Dot, which is intended to be used this way.) The experiment with using a weekly patch meant I got wicked PMS for about the last 2 days of the 7. A whole month of that and I was ready to kill someone ALL the time. I called the endo and begged to switch.

Apparently, I'm very sensitive to hormone fluctuations. I don't have issues now that it's consistent, though.

Oh, and my wife pointed out that since most cis women don't have a 30-day cycle, it gets out of phase with the month/moon pretty fast - day 9 of this month and a 25-day cycle means next month she's due on the 4th, and so on.

Jenna, I use the same patches, spiro & some Fin.   I've never noticed any cycle at alll, ??

[Ashey]

I'm only two months into HRT but around the beginning of this month I had symptoms. I was irritable and generally moody, my tits constantly ached, I had lower abdominal/testicular aches/pains, and all I felt like doing was curling up and cradling my sore boobs. If it happens again around the beginning of next month, I'll assume I have a cycle.. >_>

Right now, middle of the month, I feel relatively 'balanced' and not particularly sore. *shrugs*

[Jenna Marie]

Francis Ann : Yes, that's what I said, I don't notice any cycle at all either? At least not on Vivelle, and not when I'm changing patches twice a week. (And before that, I wasn't trying to say I had a *monthly* cycle, just PMS-like crankiness once a week.)

[LordKAT]

28 day cycle usually or close to it.  I can always tell from the use of hygiene boxes when cleaning bathrooms.