Other than makeup since that's a given
Function can be maintained on a regular HRT protocol, but will require monitoring. As for fertility, that would be a no.. Even without an antiandrogen, estrogen on it's own is sufficient to suppress sperm production.
If fertility is an issue for you, the best option would be to freeze sperm before starting HRT.
If only on bicalutamide, an anti-androgen, there is greater chance that fertility be maintained. But the feminization will probably be slight and you might suffer from too low sex hormones in the body.
Its going to be a crapshoot. You may maintain viable sperm while on HRT but more than likely you will nit
Plan to bank sperm for later use.
Quote from: KayXo on July 20, 2017, 11:05:48 AM
If only on bicalutamide, an anti-androgen, there is greater chance that fertility be maintained. But the feminization will probably be slight and you might suffer from too low sex hormones in the body.
Are the chances of maintaining fertility with this very high?
Quote from: annemarie on July 21, 2017, 02:31:08 AM
Are the chances of maintaining fertility with this very high?
That's an unknown, at least based on the various studies I've read. I wouldn't bank on it.
Banking sperm was less expensive than I thought, not dirt cheap, but very easy for me to maintain, a couple hundred per year (at least here, US). Prices seem to vary a lot though, googled around. It's hard to find the pricing information as well, and as I said, was cheaper than expected, thought it'd be $40 a month based on my googling.
Quote from: annemarie on July 21, 2017, 02:31:08 AM
Are the chances of maintaining fertility with this very high?
Better than on estrogen and other anti-androgens. That's all I can say. No guarantee though.