hi im taking my first steps in to transitioning not yet had my first therapy session but the first thing that i done was to have some (enough to repopulate half of europe or more) sperm frozen. nothings weird about this but i just wanted to know how many mtf's on here wanted to be mummy's in later life and when is it right to have a baby, do you need to of had bottom and top surgery and be "100% transitioned"?  if there is such thing

If you have used a sperm bank, then you can have a child whenever you have a partner that would like to be impregnated.  Only you can decide when it's right for you to have a baby.  As for adoption, I imagine it depends on variety of things going on in your life.  I'm not too sure on that one. 

One of the things that saddens me about my condition is that I'll never get to have biological children.  I personally won't save sperm because I'd hate to be a biological father, but it would be nice to one day be a mother.  I hope adopting isn't too difficult because I know I'd really like to have a kid in the future.

i thought about saving sperm but what would be the point since I like men and maybe I thought I was bisexual but that was prob a coping mechanism cause I don't think I am. Point is if I have a man what would I need sperm for? But it totally makes sense for trans lesbians. I guess it makes sense for all but if i am with a guy he is going to want to use his sperm not mine lol

I banked, and it ultimately, it was just to keep the door to biological parenthood open. There are other variables involved for me personally- I idolize my father as a parent, and am uncertain of my sexuality. But even disregarding this, why would we want to eliminate the option? Transitioning is so emotionally charged, and I know it's easy to  write off and react strongly to typically male roles. But the decision to have a child (or in this case, the opportunity to,) is something you will live with. Our perspectives change with time and circumstances. This is at least why I decided to bank; I'd prefer to spend the time and money to allow the opportunity, rather than lose it entirely (as far as biological parenthood goes). I will say, though, this was the most psychologically scarring event of my transition so be prepared.

I apologize if this didn't answer the question, but I wanted to offer my two cents. If anyone has any questions, feel free to send me a pm.

*Additionally, as for sexuality, there is always surrogacy, which is fairly common for couples who cannot conceive.

But you could have 1bio child from your partner and have second child which would be your bio child

Quote from: Dee on June 10, 2013, 01:59:55 AM
I banked, and it ultimately, it was just to keep the door to biological parenthood open. There are other variables involved for me personally- I idolize my father as a parent, and am uncertain of my sexuality. But even disregarding this, why would we want to eliminate the option? Transitioning is so emotionally charged, and I know it's easy to  write off and react strongly to typically male roles. But the decision to have a child (or in this case, the opportunity to,) is something you will live with. Our perspectives change with time and circumstances. This is at least why I decided to bank; I'd prefer to spend the time and money to allow the opportunity, rather than lose it entirely (as far as biological parenthood goes). I will say, though, this was the most psychologically scarring event of my transition so be prepared.

I apologize if this didn't answer the question, but I wanted to offer my two cents. If anyone has any questions, feel free to send me a pm.

*Additionally, as for sexuality, there is always surrogacy, which is fairly common for couples who cannot conceive.

I had my "donation" sessions, and popped my first HRT pill 30 minutes after completing the last one...

Two reasons for me:

• I acknowledged the fact that I may remain gynephilic, so could be in a situation where my partner and I would want to have a biological child together (and I would hate myself if I had not banked anything at that point) -- so far this is still very much valid after 4 months of HRT, I actually have started to strongly dislike the smell of men as my nose has become more sensitive, but we'll see
• Good friends of mine, a married lesbian couple, asked whether I could envision acting as a donor for them (I was not out at the time). As I said "yes", I wanted to stick to my word as long as I was still able.

I'm new too but I have decided to save sperm. I'm confident that someday that will be able to make transsexual folks fertile and having genetic material around definitely couldn't hurt just in case that's what they need to do the trick. I will not be using it for impregnating a surrogate or a female partner though. If I'm the woman I'm going to be having the kids haha.

One of the hardest choices for me was that I wouldn't be able to have children, then ages ago an "oh der" moment hit me and I thought of sperm banking. I have my first appointment this friday!
About having kids though, I would love to have kids one day. I always have but only with the right person and I haven't met them yet. I was only ever "hetero" as a male but I have to admit, my mind does wander and I'm not ruling out being interested in guys in the future, I'll have to see what happens! I know some peoples' orientation changes on HRT and I'm totally cool with that, so by that alone I would say that I am bi-curious
Besides, there are a lot of options out there, surrogacy, adoption, but I really do like the idea of being a biological parent, even if they spent a few years in the freezer.
For me it comes down to you, your partner and where you are in life (that being said, I have nothing against single parents either!).