To start off, I have the hormones ready, but haven't taken them yet because I'm deciding on whether or not I'd like to store my sperm for the future. I don't want children, but only the thought of feeling left out or something makes me wonder if it's worth storing my sperm first.
Financial issues have always been a tough situation for me. I am working a job as a dishwasher, which requires an extreme amount of bending, stretching and lifting. I'm trying to save up for ffs (facial feminization surgeries), knowing that it's expensive, though it may take a long time. I don't want to be walking around with breasts and an Adam's apple. Taking estrogen will decrease the muscle throughout my body, so I have no idea how long I'd be working when I start taking it. I still haven't told my family that I'm transcended, but I've been leaving around lots of small clues to my situation.
I just don't know what to do; do I save up to store my sperm, stalling the time it takes to me to make enough for ffs, or just start hrt and save up for ffs instead and not worry about future biological children? Literally the only reason I'd even think about having children is because my family may try to influence me or question me about it.
I really want to start my journey already, but I'm so lost..
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This is what a gender therapist is for. If your seeing one, you need to bring it up in your session. If you obtained your hormones through informed consent, possibly the clinic can suggest one for you. It comes down to your personal values and exploring them will take time.
Second on the gender therapist. I was like you and eventually I realized you don't have to have everything perfect. Banking sperm isn't too bad Reprotech Limited has an Overnight male kit they ship to you and you send back a sample and they take care of everything and it's less than $1000 depending on how many samples you want stored and if you want redundancy of tank storage. If you just want one sample it's like $600.
Secondly, hormones are a slow process it takes months for the changes to become super noticeable. They are the best bang for the buck though and they change everything which is very validating.
Honestly I have a pretty prominent Adam's apple and no one really notices since everything else about my presentation is pretty good. I wouldn't rush into FFS you got a million other things you should do first before even considering that.
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