HRT and the realization something really is happening

[luna nyan]

My physical changes are so slow, and so subtle, I have to look carefully at old photos to acknowledge the facial changes

Other areas I notice suddenly - some pants no longer fit, and the breasts have a small amount of heft to them which I am studiously ignoring.

On the other hand, the emotional changes came on pretty quickly and I love the fact I'm reconnected and no longer a robot.

[Evelyn K]

My honest to god "big moment" was when I first realized my little storm troopers where being destroyed en mass. My semen was turning clearer and I freaked out and started a thread about it, "Standing on the precipice of infertility..."

I was terrified. That was when Evelyn knew ->-bleeped-<-z gettin real yo!

My second big moment was looking in the mirror and noticing the "starry eyes" effect (nod to jennygirl for the term) when your eyes change, open wider, look more glossy and attractive.

Wow.

That change was surreal and weird. I mean the eyes have it, that's your window to your soul for xist sakes. That's going to be a big wtf moment to process once you see it for yourself. You're now seeing 'her'.

My third would probably be my skin. Yeah, it smoothed out real nicely.

[stephaniec]

I thought about turning back once , but I'm glad it was just a passing thought do to being sick from the flu. I don't like to take pills when I get real sick.

[JessikaBlackMage]

for me it was the moment when I would be called Ma'am regardless of whether I was wearing makeup or not.

[Allyda]

Another one for me is still being called "Miss Allie," "Ms," "Mam," or "Ms. Anderson" even after hearing my horrible voice. This happens all the time. But the most recent was last Friday at my bank.

Allie

[Hikari]

I had a woman refer to me as both sir and ma'am twice out of order each time pausing and looking at me, I can only assume for a reaction that would confirm or deny lol. I just kept going I am buying food doesn't matter much if I am male or female for that.

[Misha]

The dread moment I had was when after the first estrogens injection (April 16th) I felt like vomiting with mild headaches for 5 days and during that I worried: will it be like that all the time? It repeated only for the second injection and only last 2 days. After that it haven't occurred again.

As for the wow moments?
1.) On Sunday April 20th in the shower I noticed that the breast grew slightly right below nipples. I just stared for few minutes.
2.) On May 24th evening I looked to a mirror and saw the face of my older sister. The next day my mother told me that I actually look great as a girl. Which felt great given her initial mild transphobic reaction when I told her my intention to undergo sex reassignment therapy at the end of last October.
3.) This Monday I traveled by a bus and the second driver was sitting next to me. He wanted to get of early and he talked to me as to a woman if I could leave the seat so he can get of the bus. He was so close so I asked myself: "Is it really that convincing already?"

Previously the closer someone was next to the more likely it was I would talked to as a man. I couldn't believe that at such a close range he wouldn't notice some remnants of male in me. I guess that female/male recognition distance dropped to 0. That did wonders to my self-confidence and from that moment I started to explore the areas around which I live and work here in Prague :-) .