He was like, "Well, someone's developing. You do realize they should keep growing for roughly 3-5 years, don't you? Do the women in your family have big chests?"
I was simultaneously proud and embarrassed.
Eeeeeep!
wow, 3-5 thanks for the heads up.
I may have to ask more people to keep THEIR heads up.
My eyes are up here.
I've read a variety of estimates suggesting that growth duration could range anywhere between 2 and 10 years.
I suppose it just depends on the individual concerned.
If I'm wrong please feel free to correct me :)
Quote from: Tori on February 15, 2014, 06:44:50 PM
I may have to ask more people to keep THEIR heads up.
My eyes are up here.
I'm five months on hormones and I've told that to my g/f several times (she is bi) and have wanted to tell others that too. Some old guy was checking my out at Culver's back in December and my son's scoutmaster was glancing down while we were talking--although he doesn't know what's going one.
Jane
It is a brave new world.
Funny. I have wanted breasts for so long, but to have them noticed was kinda' well, different.
Huh, what where you saying? Sorry was staring at your chest! :P <3 Boobs!
At least your getting some quick results :)
My breast growth is so sloooowwwww.
An 'A' cup is still a tad to big for me, even after 9 months on the magic pills lol.
Quote from: Tori on February 16, 2014, 12:16:18 AM
It is a brave new world.
Funny. I have wanted breasts for so long, but to have them noticed was kinda' well, different.
The bigger they get the more attention they'll get, that's for sure. "Eyes are up here guys!"
Quote from: Anna_81 on February 16, 2014, 12:33:07 AM
At least your getting some quick results :)
My breast growth is so sloooowwwww.
An 'A' cup is still a tad to big for me, even after 9 months on the magic pills lol.
I think that's pretty common really, for all the apparent talk out there it's a very very small number of MtFs that even bother claiming great growth. A thousand active members, ten will talk about XL growth, and being that some are still in male competition mode, is it just talk? I personally am not satisfied with my growth at 19 months and may consider BA in time.
Yeah, I completely agree. I will take what I get.
BA has never been on my bucket list but I sure understand why it is a good option.
I do not expect to be hugely endowed, but I was kinda' surprised to my doc's reaction. I had the impression that things are developing more quickly with me than he is used to seeing.
It seems that a small B cup American is about the average for transitioners. I started with small A cup moobs. Now I think I have crossed into a small B. I dunno how much more to expect. Funny, I thought I would want larger and larger breasts, at this point I am kinda' like, will it stop?
After seven months I'm an AUS18B (US/UK40C apparently), so that's not bad - effectively I now have a 'petite' figure. I did have residual glandular development from my first time around on hormones and I think that has helped me with my current growth. If I was a teen cis girl with this kind of breast development after seven months of puberty I would be one well stacked cis teen girl. So we'll see...I'd love to get to 16C (38D) just to help me pass when in more gender neutral clothing. My sister is huge, I don't want to get to that size, she gets back pain and some guys in public are outright rude to her.
Quote from: Missy~rmdlm on February 16, 2014, 01:29:46 AM
I think that's pretty common really, for all the apparent talk out there it's a very very small number of MtFs that even bother claiming great growth. A thousand active members, ten will talk about XL growth, and being that some are still in male competition mode, is it just talk? I personally am not satisfied with my growth at 19 months and may consider BA in time.
That's really good to know, because I was starting to get a little worried!!
I don't want to be huge, but certainly a bit more growth would be nice :)
Quote from: Tori on February 16, 2014, 01:55:15 AM
Yeah, I completely agree. I will take what I get.
BA has never been on my bucket list but I sure understand why it is a good option.
I do not expect to be hugely endowed, but I was kinda' surprised to my doc's reaction. I had the impression that things are developing more quickly with me than he is used to seeing.
It seems that a small B cup American is about the average for transitioners. I started with small A cup moobs. Now I think I have crossed into a small B. I dunno how much more to expect. Funny, I thought I would want larger and larger breasts, at this point I am kinda' like, will it stop?
same boat, word for word
Quote from: Missy~rmdlm on February 16, 2014, 01:29:46 AM
I think that's pretty common really, for all the apparent talk out there it's a very very small number of MtFs that even bother claiming great growth. A thousand active members, ten will talk about XL growth, and being that some are still in male competition mode, is it just talk? I personally am not satisfied with my growth at 19 months and may consider BA in time.
I think it is fair to take people at their word. In a group I am in dedicated to just hormones, I have seen pictures that prove at the very least some people have went from A to C in as little as 12 months. Also some people
myself included have gynecomastia to a fair extent already, I could fill an A cup before even starting HRT, but when I talk about breast growth I probably won't think to mention that inflating my results in a way for the amount of months on HRT. Then again I also must have low T naturally, which could be luck of the draw or some intersex condition, etc.
I expect to reach a C cup based on what I have observed from mine so far but, my mother was a 34-DD. Still I might have to have a BA even with that growth because, so far they seem to be growing out, but not as full as they ought to be, I don't want noodle breasts lol, so unless they fill out I would still need a BA to make them look right.
Quote from: Hikari on February 16, 2014, 07:24:40 AM
Then again I also must have low T naturally, which could be luck of the draw or some intersex condition, etc.
Certainly realistic for the pAIS crew.
Quote from: Hikari on February 16, 2014, 07:24:40 AM
I don't want noodle breasts
Thank you for my laugh of the day :)
I go to Mazzoni, a LGBT primary care, so everyone there is gender variant :)
I get looked by 2 females a work which is a bit unnerving. I am not that big but noticeable and perky when cold.
Friday, I was in the cafeteria waiting for 3 co-workers and this guy looked over while walking and smiled. When I told the one coworker, who just walked up, she said did you see the girl looking at you and your ID? I said no and she made a huum sound (she knows I am trans).
Fun.
I am an a at 8 1/2 months, one full, one at 80%. I have no idea what I will get, but personally I want them real. I am hoping for B's. My problem is I get afraid they'll be too big or too little, and can be obsessed about it.
But every time I look in the mirror I smile now. I didn't smile before on that look. I don't like looking down though in one specific location, I'm still preop.
I had an interesting time at the prostate doc when they read my medication list. Fortunately they seem to get it, but the nurse certainly found out I was TS...
My docs don't lift my shirt, out of respect. I appreciate that.
I'm not quite an A cup, but they are very noticeable if wearing the right top. (Only 2 months on HRT.) Last week one night (only the 2nd time going as my true self.) We were coming back from having dinner with some friends and had to run into the drug store. I got my first incident of the male cashier talking to my chest instead of taking to my face. My wife thought it was funny that I got to experience that feeling for the first time. (She was waiting in the car when I went in.)
I can't wait to see my doctor in another six weeks, especially since I want her to give me some health advice also. I feel very lucky that my pediatrician is very accepting. She wants to see me through my transition and she was really excellent to me even though I probably will have to do a bit of trans 101. I saw her last year and she said she suspected something was up before my endo notified her about my medical transition last year. I feel lucky to have had her the past 22 years.
With the medical world, I don't much care. Given some of the revolting things they must deal with, breasts on someone presenting as a guy is pretty much nothing. That said, my GP is my prescribing doc for HRT and I don't see anyone else much. I get looks elsewhere both at work and out and about but so far, nobody has commented. I guess I hadn't really been aware of how guys do obviously stare at breasts though.
Went to the physio for a shoulder issue a week ago and he wanted to see my shoulder and shoulder blade moving through different exercises. I had a fitting tank top on and took it off so he could see properly. I quickly explained the breasts (MTF not presenting as female!) and he apologised profusely. I just said its not an issue and lets get the shoulder treated. He got me to put my top on as soon as he had seen enough (apologising again). What did I learn? I love my breasts (and all the other changes) and in situations like this, if I am confidant and open, any embarrassment seems short-lived and may not even be mine. Also, a bra might have been a good idea :eusa_doh:
I'm a full A cup right now, actually just a bit over, as my 38A bras are a tad tight now but I've not yet gone out and looked at B cups yet. This is after 16+ months of HRT.
My family doctor said teen girls average growth over most of a 7 year period, typically about 12-13 to 19-20, and there's still filling in going on in the early twenties.
So patience is the watchword with breasts. :)
Quote from: EmmaD on February 16, 2014, 12:00:21 PM
...any embarrassment seems short-lived and may not even be mine....
This is something I deal with all the time. I go to a cash register to buy something while I am at work (I guess you could say presenting male, but really androgynous) and they are like "Welcome Ma'am...er..sir...or ma'am I am so sorry!" Like they flip out and apologize but, I could care less. I am well aware my appearance as well as voice is very androgynous, I am not embarrassed so why should the cashier be so embarrassed. I just don't care too much, I am there to buy something, so I don't bother even correcting the cashiers let them sweat out the worry and embarrassment because I know what I look like and I don't care. I would get offended perhaps if I were wearing a dress and makeup and someone made a point to say "Sir" as that is just being an A-hole but, otherwise why bother with embarrassment?
Quote from: Hikari on February 16, 2014, 12:32:27 PM
This is something I deal with all the time. I go to a cash register to buy something while I am at work (I guess you could say presenting male, but really androgynous) and they are like "Welcome Ma'am...er..sir...or ma'am I am so sorry!" Like they flip out and apologize but, I could care less. I am well aware my appearance as well as voice is very androgynous, I am not embarrassed so why should the cashier be so embarrassed. I just don't care too much, I am there to buy something, so I don't bother even correcting the cashiers let them sweat out the worry and embarrassment because I know what I look like and I don't care. I would get offended perhaps if I were wearing a dress and makeup and someone made a point to say "Sir" as that is just being an A-hole but, otherwise why bother with embarrassment?
yea, totally agree. for one thing your the one that made the choice to do this so just deal with it. I'm pretty open about my breasts sitting in my regular coffee place. guys will sometimes stare at my breasts through the window, kind of funny.
I really need to go shopping...
so i had almost no breast growth for the first 5 months on hrt, but i have been on progesterone for the past month and have noticed a significant growth since starting prog, its the one thing that i think all transwomen should look into because before i was on progesterone i was already debating a BA and now i might just be big enough with the growth that i am seeing now
progesterone is worth looking into imho
I really want to give progesterone a try but my doc is not a huge fan.
Whelp... I just bought my first bra. 36 B padded underwire push up. Fits like, not a glove, I was going to say glove. Fits like a bra. I guess I can't fault the doc for noticing. I was like, there is no way I will fit into this at the store...
Eeeeeep!
I'm pretty confused about what size I am. I have the raw measurements and after 5 weeks on HRT I've grown 6cm or 2" or so. This is more than I dared hope for at my age.
I have a couple of bras that fit band-wise and they're 85Cs.
Depending upon your outlook on things, my cup is still half empty or already half full ;D
Quote from: Joan on February 16, 2014, 08:23:23 PMDepending upon your outlook on things, my cup is still half empty or already half full ;D
I prefer the third option: all the way full. Half full of air, half full of water XD.
Yeah, my band and cup sizes are not universal. To small for a 38 band, too large for a 36. An A cup in a 38... but the store did not have that size, it is a bit manly... so I went for a 36 B. Almost perfect. The cups do not runneth over but they are not empty either.
Quote from: Tori on February 16, 2014, 04:35:41 PM
I really want to give progesterone a try but my doc is not a huge fan.
I'm just starting my second round of P today. If it's anything like the first round I'll have extremely itchy boobs and feel a little PMSish for the next 9 days, but i'll do whatever it takes to get the boob fairy to visit :laugh:
P has already made me extremely hungry today ::)
My doc told me that P causes breasts to grow faster but it makes no difference in overall size. I almost stopped him right there.
"Uh, Doc, how could you possibly know that unless you tried the same person with progesterone from the start and without ever going on progesterone from the start and then compare results? And then repeat with other people hundreds and thousands of times?"
That one is impossible to know for sure, at least the way he stated it.
I think what he was trying to get at is P may make developments happen much faster, and he didn't want to give it to me two weeks into HRT, because there was no talling at that point how well I would adjust to transition. Perhaps I will ask again.
Still in the closet and I have a GP in Phuket Thailand but in the City I reside I dont have a GP, I am afraid they will talk. There is this doctor patient confidentality but I dont trust it. But I have been thinking I may need to have GP here that knows what I'm doing in case I have an emergency. Yes, taking off my shirt with a B cup will blow my cover but I do need a doctor for emergencies. Can't decide to see one now or wait till its needed.