Are you hippy or busty?

[Ashey]

and here I thought I was the only one that went thorough this with their hips, like growing up was sooo difficult just cause of how I developed. I mean it was definitely a good thing for once I started transition.  I also suspect I have some latent IS condition cause there were a few other things that I had that was not typical.

Yeah it was kinda rough sometimes. Just before I went into high school, I blocked out my childhood and forgot I was trans. It was literally a coping mechanism because I couldn't deal with puberty, high school AND being transgendered. So there I was trying to actually be a guy and had trouble with it. I had a small rounded jawline, and noticed my female locker-neighbor had a stronger jawline than I did. It made me sooo self-conscious.. Ever since I noticed that, I tried sticking my jaw out a lot. I also had very patchy and sparse facial hair so all I could successfully grow was a lil soul-patch and maybe an inkling of a mustache and goatee. Had very little body hair, soft skin, full lips... Even back then I had fat thighs along with my big hips. And if that wasn't bad enough, I had a habit of walking on the front of my feet, I guess because I was flat footed and it was more comfortable. Plus, a smaller left testicle and erectile dysfunction. All of this of course reeeally helped in transitioning, but reeeally sucked when I was pretending to be a guy. :/

[DrummerGirl]

Hippy. I've been blessed with Cuban genetics so I have thick thighs, good size butt, and hips (42" last I checked). And somehow I also always had a wide pelvis. I suspect some sort of IS condition. Great for having a feminine figure but wasn't so great growing up.. I never could walk like a guy, so I kinda waddled or shuffled around, which occasionally got joked about with some people. Wasn't until transitioning that I let myself walk like a woman and was surprised how comfortable and natural a feminine gait was. Yet another relief in transitioning!

Except for the Cuban part, this sounds like me!  In addition to having a wide pelvis, mine is also rotated forward.  My friends would tease me about the waddling/shuffling, but the worst was that when I would try to walk like a guy, I would always trip trying to go up stairs.  They would tease me mercilessly about that.  I eventually figured out how to stand and walk like a guy, but it caused my back to hurt really bad.  Walking like a woman is so natural to me, and it feels soooo good to be pain-free!

Yeah it was kinda rough sometimes. Just before I went into high school, I blocked out my childhood and forgot I was trans. It was literally a coping mechanism because I couldn't deal with puberty, high school AND being transgendered. So there I was trying to actually be a guy and had trouble with it. I had a small rounded jawline, and noticed my female locker-neighbor had a stronger jawline than I did. It made me sooo self-conscious.. Ever since I noticed that, I tried sticking my jaw out a lot. I also had very patchy and sparse facial hair so all I could successfully grow was a lil soul-patch and maybe an inkling of a mustache and goatee. Had very little body hair, soft skin, full lips... Even back then I had fat thighs along with my big hips. And if that wasn't bad enough, I had a habit of walking on the front of my feet, I guess because I was flat footed and it was more comfortable. Plus, a smaller left testicle and erectile dysfunction. All of this of course reeeally helped in transitioning, but reeeally sucked when I was pretending to be a guy. :/

I relate to all of this...except for the smaller left testicle thing.  If mine were any smaller, I wouldn't have any.    But the jaw, sparse hair, soft skin, full lips, fat thighs/big hips, walking on the front of my feet due to being flat footed, and ED are all things I went through as well.

I would also get teased a lot for having girly arms.  Especially since I played a lot of sports, that was an easy target.  A couple of my exes put up "my ex isn't a real man" type posts after we broke up, using my arms as the main reason.  All of this hurt pretty bad at the time, but now I am soooo glad I have them.

For me, the thing that looks the most out of place is my muscular shoulders.  They are still well within athletic female range, but are shrinking pretty fast.  I'm also getting a lot of fat transferred to my butt, filling in the male butt dimples that I used to have and rounding it out nicely.  There's no way to know for sure, but I suspect that when HRT has run it's full course I'll end up with a mild pear shape.

[CosmicJoke]

Both :-) I have a very hourglass shape. Funny thing is, I just ate nothing but junk food and loaded up on all kinds of crap to get fat intentionally when I was much younger (about 12 or 13.)
I loaded up on fat as a way to cope with fears of a sexualized, masculine looking body.
As I got taller, the fat spread out and had the effect I wanted to some extent. Though, once I started the process of HRT a little before turning 18, I was gradually forming it into the perfect shape.
I started eating less, being a bit more active, eating foods with more nutritional value. I also listen to my body alot more, so it really worked out :-)
A body is largely a work in progress :-)

[Eva Marie]

I have been on a transitioning dose of HRT for about 20 months and was on a low dose of HRT for several years before that.

The great majority of my weight went straight to my butt, thighs, and belly. My boobs - not so much.

I was told all of my life that I had a cute butt so maybe I was genetically predisposed to put weight there. Both of my grandmothers were short stout busty ladies while my mom was a skinny tall beanpole with A cups. I seem to be following in my grandmothers footsteps with the short and stout part and unfortunately without the busty part.

[Jasper93]

I have a question for some of my transitioning sisters that have been on HRT for 3 years or more. I understand that a majority of the physical characteristics of a person is determined largely by genetics while a lot is determined by ones habits. In saying that I know that some women have a tendency to be top heavy while others may have a tendency to be hippy. Well the majority of the women in my family seem to be modest to ample busted (C cups or larger) but all of them are hippy, including my mom she's just petite and hippy. So my question to those who have been on HRT for three years or more, have you found that if your family has a tendency to be hippy, did you get more "hippy" instead of "busty" during your transition due to family genetics? Please elaborate if possible, thank you in advance.

Family's hella busty. I'm hella hippy.