I was wondering, once everything's finally done. How did you feel? Did you feel uncomfortable at first or not? I'm still quite a ways away from that point. But I know I'd feel like I'm at the top of the world for the first time in my life. Just curious how some of you gals feel/felt after being "done". Frankly I can't wait, still a long ways ahead but its what I've always wanted, how I've always felt. I'm eager to read your responses ^_^.

it's awesome and I'm happy I had it done. I didn't feel uncomfortable at all. I'd have to say sex was different at first, 'cause you had to do a bit of learning with that, but other than that, it's awesome. Just take good care of yourself afterward.

i would like to know how that feels too

I felt some fair discomfort for a few weeks as I healed from the surgery.  But for the first time in my life I felt something I had never experienced.  I felt *normal*!  It was a feeling of finally feeling comfortable in my own skin.

Sex is different, but not so much as you might think.  It takes time to retrain your brain to understand the different sensations.  Overall quite satisfying.

-Sandy

The best way that I can describe it is that I feel 'normal' - whatever that means. Dysphoria is a thing of the past and I can now concentrate on my life. I'm almost a year post op and I'm still a virgin. But I can say that the equipment works very, very well. Most importantly, I like my body now. I like just being a normal woman. And, like many others here, I wish I had the guts to transition 20 years ago.

But that doesn't matter. I wasn't ready to transition 20 years ago and I did when I was ready and able to.

Transition is not about looking back with regrets. It's about looking forward to the possibilities that life brings.

When I came to in the recovery room I felt great.  I had a lot of energy and felt no discomfort at all. 

When they moved me to my room they asked if I wanted any pain meds and I said I was fine.  I had surgery in the morning and as the end of the day approached I was still fine, a little discomfort but no serious pain.  My nurse said there had been only one other patient who had gone without pain meds throughout the recovery.  She suggested taking something before I went to sleep so I did.

They gave me a shot of Demerol and within a few minutes I vomited.  I couldn't keep the pill form down either.  So they switched me to hydromorphone.

The medication left me feeling pretty good, absolutely no discomfort at all and not loopy or drugged, it just eliminated any pain or discomfort.  So I opted to keep taking them.  Then Brassard comes into my room (when I was in the residence) concerned about me taking the painkillers.  I told him I thought it was something slightly more potent than Tylenol because it had no side effects.  Then he told me it was a morphine related drug and that he was worried I'd become addicted.

I stopped taking them after that.

Then he comes to my room later and asks why I stopped taking the pain meds and I told him what he said compelled me to.  He then said I didn't need to go cold turkey, just ease back the dosage.

Lots of memories...

I'll let you know in a few days when it's fresh in my mind I'm sure I'll be a pretty happy camper come Tuesday!

~Sarah

Well my case is a little different than most because I lived part time en femme through my teens, got depressed with the limitations around 20 and was suicidal by 24. SRS and 'transition' came all at the same time and it was like being liberated from a death camp. Freedom was GREAT and I never looked back.

Thank you for the quick replies. I also wanted to know something, how does one change emotionally? I was told by my boyfriend that I'm very emotional as it is, I also read the HRT makes you very emotional, i.e. tearing up when a certain song plays. I was curious how that changes post-op. Thanks for the quick replies ^_^ once again.

I don't think that changes but you probably become less inhibited about expressing your emotions.

If you're dosages are correct for you and you take your HRT meds as prescribed, the emotional roller coaster can be avoided.  There may be an adjustment to the hormones but, just like any GG, you'll get used to it.

Hi Lily~

Yes it did feel normal down there after coming out of surgery and it felt like, as if it had never been there.

Yes it was uncomfortable down there not so much after surgery, but in my second week of recovery after surgery, I had to put a pillow between my legs, so that I would be comfortable.

My long time friend who picked me up from the hospital, said I got into her car extremely slowly and I was also worried (anxious) about any bumps that occurred and when I started back at work at the end of 2 weeks I was walking around very gingerly.

A very satisfying experience, considering what I had to put up with all those years before.

Kind regards
Sarah B

I was 12years pre op, had a fear of grs surgery, was worried about different issues, if I went ahead would it feel and look natural, my Mother encourage me all the way, I finally had my operation in 1985, then had minor surgery on my new vagina (a labia plastic) a few weeks later, it took me a little while to get use to my new anatomy, but its priceless for a guy to say ''very hard to tell the difference'' my present boyfriend who is now my fiance and has had serveral girlfriends in the past over the years, he now knows my history and knows Im trans, he'd never know the difference he tells me, that has given me great confidence, after 25years post op I don't regret it, its great to satisfy my boyfriend in that department, makes all the pain worth while, its natural, its lovely and its beautiful to feel and be fully excepted as a woman because thats what I am, the first few months after the surgery was hard, but it got easier and felt more natural over time, its hard to imagin what it was like before my surgery, my other anatomy long gone, I don't miss it.
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I felt right with the world. I woke up after surgery, I don't know how many hours is was and my wife was there. I asked her if it was over with and she said yes. I kind of put my hand down on my crotch but could only feel bandages but knew. I went back to sleep feeling wonderful. I didn't take hardly any pain meds, I was only uncomfortable and didn't want to split any stitches. I was out of the bed in about a day in half and walking around the room in two days. I don't like laying in bed all day. I'm post op 6 years now.

Reading all your replies is making me anxious, I can't wait to finally feel normal! But Post-op life is so far away still, but its good to have my boyfriend supporting me through it all.

five minutes after I came around from the first op I don't think I could have told you what it felt like before.

When I had my recent revision surgery it was a bit different beccause I could remember the previous and it was like "OMG - this is so much better! so this is what I've been missing!" because for the first time I had a completely anatomically correct result with labia minora, proper clitoris, clitoral hood etc.

How he managed to fsahion all those things out of the rather basic result I had from the first go I will never know but he did - and it's lovely!

just raw reactions to the answers here:

first, I can't wait (if it ever indeed comes for me) to feel "normal" down there. I don't really HATE the dangly bits but I'm becoming more and more frustrated with them being in the way - with constantly having to adjust them and with their not being easily put away and with there blatant passive reminding me that i'm put together wrong

I can't imagine how good it will feel to have, as someone put it, "indoor plumbing"

Second, as much as I can't really figure out what my post-transition orientation might be, I know this much - I cannot stand the suspense until i find out what it's like to be penetrated by a man (I'd really like to use the "street" word here because that's my actual raw feeling but i'll be good) - and not just the substitute that is anatomically possible right not but the real deal.

I don't think I'll be equipped to know what my bent will be post-op until that happens.