Pregnancy/Sperm banking advice?

[teeg]

As I'm getting closer to my SRS date (later this July), I've developed almost a nervous feeling about having children in the future.

I've always had this strange feeling like it's my purpose in life to carry and give birth to a man's child -- to actually be its mother, not bank my sperm and go about it that way.

However, as much as I hope and dream about a uterine transplant or something and the ability to carry my own child, I doubt it'll ever be possible for me in my lifetime.

This makes me think that I should at least bank my sperm while it's not too late to do so. But two things make me uncomfortable about that option -- I would have to stop estrogen and anti-androgens and I'm afraid of potentially losing any progress. Also, orgasming as a man really would feel uncomfortable, specfically ejaculating, to me it doesn't feel natural to my body.

Does anyone have experience or any advice about all of this?

[LittleEmily24]

I hate to be discouraging but... impotency is one of the first things to go once you've started hormones... and the reversibility of it is about 50/50 chance... if you've been on hormones long enough to be close for SRS... Im afraid that it might (or might not) be too late to bank sperm.. My endo told me to take care of that before hormones because it was one of the first things i was going to lose.

I banked my sperm before starting HRT... and just by having regular sex I can tell you that there are no seeds inside me anymore... all i got is clear, wet fluid.. not even the same consistency or amount anymore.

According to Wikipedia, and as I said before, sterility is 50/50 in terms of reversing.. and at your level i would say it would take a LONG while of being off feminizing hormones for your potency to come back.. your doctor should have told you.

[Jennygirl]

I have heard it takes about 6 months to possibly come back into fertility (for oral HRT). I don't have any experience but I would first talk to your endocrinologist. I can say it would be likely that you would need to push back your SRS date- just a guess though

It might be possible (esp if you are on oral) so try not to worry too much.

I started HRT on pellets, and my endo warned me that I would likely be permanently sterile in a month- so I banked 6 days after starting HRT.