I'm not gaining weight or on HRT.. but I swear my breasts are growing

[mtfbuckeye]

Just a quick observation: My breasts have always been bigger than normal for a "guy" (exacerbated by being overweight), but in the last few weeks I've noticed they are actually kind of getting in the way. For example, I have to adjust my seat belt now so it doesn't irritate my sensitive boobage.

I wear baggy clothes/sweatshirts, but just for fun I tried on a tight shirt the other day and my breasts are REALLY noticeable.  Don't get me wrong, I like them.. I'm just perplexed. I haven't put on weight recently, and I'm not on any hormones (or even been on them)...

I'm starting to wonder if I might have an already existing hormonal imbalance... I"d love feedback/advice on this.

[Zelane]

What its you age range?

[christene]

When I started HRT I had done a LOT of reading. What I found was that in general for women is that the breast is the first place to take new weight, before other areas. They are also the first place to loose weight if one is loosing or on a diet...maybe you gaining a little and it is starting there??

[sabrina]

It is called gynecomastia and I wouldn't be too pleased with it if you are not on *HRT* or gaining weight, then it could be a sign of a serious medical problem.  "Possible causes of male adult breast growth include kidney failure, chronic liver disease, tumors........"  I would talk to my MD about it if I was you.   

[Zelane]

I was asking the age because when a "male bodied" person reaches certain age The body stops producing the same amount of testosterone and tat could produce some changes like the ones you are describing.

[Mister]

Do you eat a lot of soy?  It's crammed with estrogen.

[Alyx.]

Do you eat a lot of soy?  It's crammed with estrogen.

*Heartwood eats soy*

[Jill]

Just a quick observation: My breasts have always been bigger than normal for a "guy" (exacerbated by being overweight), but in the last few weeks I've noticed they are actually kind of getting in the way. For example, I have to adjust my seat belt now so it doesn't irritate my sensitive boobage.

I wear baggy clothes/sweatshirts, but just for fun I tried on a tight shirt the other day and my breasts are REALLY noticeable.  Don't get me wrong, I like them.. I'm just perplexed. I haven't put on weight recently, and I'm not on any hormones (or even been on them)...

I'm starting to wonder if I might have an already existing hormonal imbalance... I"d love feedback/advice on this.

I have been having similar symptoms and I am not on HRT.  And I am not overweight either, weighing all of 137 pounds.   I have always had large breasts for a male, and lately I have been having random electrical tingling sensations in both nipples.   And my nipples are so sensitive that sometimes a normal male shirt really irritates me.  And somedays they bounce so much I want to wear a bra just to stop the bouncing. The doc found some lumps in my breasts and sent me for a mammogram which came back normal.   Of all my dreams of true womanhood, going through a breast cancer scare was not one of them.

The doc checked for prolactin (which in males would be a sign of a pituitary problem) and it was negligible.  My estrogen is 53, which is right near the top of the "normal" male range.  The female range varies widely with the monthly cycle, but I am higher than post menopausal women.  My T level is just under 500, a typical male number. 

I suspect that I am probably a low-grade type of intersex.  My genitals are male and they work, but I have breasts and feel female much of the time.  I get called maam on the phone and sometimes in person.  It even happened one time when I had a beard. 

If I woke up tomorrow as 100% female I would be thrilled, but so far I am not willing to go through the pain/stigma/expense of transition.  I fear that I would go from being not really male to being not really female.  So for now I continue to impersonate a male in my daily life while I try to figure out what is going on with me.