Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: lavieenrosemary on May 05, 2009, 07:56:12 AM Return to Full Version
Title: Fertility after HRT
Post by: lavieenrosemary on May 05, 2009, 07:56:12 AM
Post by: lavieenrosemary on May 05, 2009, 07:56:12 AM
I'll admit that I'm partially posting to ease my fears, but I began HRT about three months ago when it occurred to me recently that I do have a desire to possibly have children, thus to go to a sperm bank. I've stopped HRT briefly, for sperm count to increase and am waiting for a test. What do studies show though? Am I up the creek? Did I go too fast, or should I still be in a safe window?
Rosie
Rosie
Title: Re: Fertility after HRT
Post by: FallenLeaves on May 05, 2009, 01:12:22 PM
Post by: FallenLeaves on May 05, 2009, 01:12:22 PM
I didn't bank sperm until 5 months on HRT. Sperm analysis came back "low" in almost all areas but not subfertile in any. I didn't even bother stopping HRT, just stopped taking the T blockers for about 3 days (still took the estradiol). I'm also young though, I know it is certainly not unheard of to go sterile in a shorter period than that, although a lot of what I've read suggests that stopping HRT will probably remedy that before a year or so on HRT. In other words, as long as you aren't 40+ or had fertility problems pre HRT, you should probably be just fine.
Title: Re: Fertility after HRT
Post by: NicholeW. on May 05, 2009, 01:31:53 PM
Post by: NicholeW. on May 05, 2009, 01:31:53 PM
You can use the best guess sliding scale that tells you that after between 3/4-1 1/2 years on estrogen and anti-androgens you should remain fully infertile ever after. Although that scale is said to be, like most else with us, not 100% accurate.
At this point you should be able to summon some live sperm for banking, although going off both AAs and E for 6 weeks would prolly give the testes a chance to re-load better than remaining on the hrt and trying to get viable sperm.
Nichole
At this point you should be able to summon some live sperm for banking, although going off both AAs and E for 6 weeks would prolly give the testes a chance to re-load better than remaining on the hrt and trying to get viable sperm.
Nichole