for me maternal instinct was so strong that I did not transition in my 20s because I knew that I would be sterile.
At the time I did not know that I could freeze some semen, but nevertheless I would never be a mother.
The impossibility of pregnancy led me to stay as a male and, I thought, I could be a good parent anyway on the other side.
But my maternal instinct is so strong that my children are very, very attached to me and even if since 2010
they see me once in a week, they still run when they see me, and sometimes they call me "mum". Lol.