I've been trying to get more serious with trying to learn to tuck properly lately. I basically just use a pair of pantyhose. It seems to hold everything in place, but I have a problem. It can be quite uncomfortable to cross my legs. Is this normal or just something I have to get used to?

I can't really answer your question since I use a different tucking method, but it is a little weird at first moving around while tucked.
After a while it becomes natural to you.

Maybe I just need a better way to tuck. What method do you use?

It's cheap and very easy to "make".

I might have to try that. Thanks!

There is a method where your testicles are on the front of your abdomen above the pubic bone.  They settle into slight hollows there and once a pair of tight panties are holding them in place, they look a lot like just a female mound.
It's a little awkward to do, cos one can easily slip back out whilst you are doing the other side  :-s
Take your left testicle and work it up inside the skin bag of the scrotum, right up over the outside of the pubic bone and a little to the left and it will sit in a slight hollow there.
Getting the other side up into the same position without the left one slipping back out is fiddly - one of those situations where you could do with a third hand.
Some people then wrap the spare scrotum skin around the penis though I never did.
Once you have them both in place, hold them there with the splayed fingers of one hand, push the penis right down underneath towards your ass and pull your tight elasticky pants up to keep it all in place.
The end result looks pretty good, the testicles aren't uncomfortable and sitting down or crossing legs is much more comfortable cos there's a lot less in between or down below.

If you shave the necessary areas you can use tape to hold everything in place - that means that you can sit to pee and don't have to do the entire tucking again

Yes tape, Look up Surgical Tape.  The papery kind, not the nylon shiny stuff.

If you do it right it can stay up for like 2 days.  You do everything like a gen girl.  And well crossing you legs when you do a good tape tuck is to easy.

I can't support the tape and tuck enough.  $10 gets you enough to tuck about every day for a month.   It's WAY easyer to do then you think.  and you will LOVE how it feels.

I've done the nylon "control top" method, the first time the nylons lasted 4-5 uses...lately they've ripped within hours of putting them on the first time!

Don't know why...nails are trimmed/smooth, gentle when pulling up, etc.

I'm going to try the surgical tape method, see how that works.

Since I learned to tuck, I can't stand to have the dangly bits down there...

I don't quite know why, but I've been reluctant to try anything with tape. I hear good things but I just can't shake thinking that it won't work as well or would feel awkward. I dunno...

I tried tape, the method shown in the video with stockings and I have come back to using simply two pairs of undies instead of all the above.
The guff made out of stocking is only good for the bikini in my opinion as the guff tends to ride up your ass and it is uncomfortable after a while.
I tuck this way:
While standing I spread my lags somewhat apart and push the testis into the body cavity up with my right hand. Then I go with my left from behind and hold them in while with the right middle finger pushing the penis downwards and pulling the scrotal skin up. Then I extend my left hand finger to hold the penis as well in the place and pull my panties up with the right hand. Then I hold the whole package with my right hand over the panties while pulling the left hand out of the panties and securing then easily everything in the place.
This is now my second nature and the whole procedure takes no time at all. It took me a while though to figure out the best way for me but now I don't think about it any more.
I have no real stress going to yoga class in tights or even wearing bikini either. I wear Nordstrom bikini cut underpants as main control and above anything that has medium support.
Once I figured out what brand, size and fabric tension/thickness works I had no longer issues. Stay away from really sexy lose or cheap undies as the main control pair.
You can wear something sexier over the rest that holds everything in the place.

good luck

I forgot to mention. If you can't cross your legs you are probably not tucking the testis all the way up but they sit rather at the entrance of your body cavity. If you have them tucked all the way in sitting cross legged is not a problem but then you have to be aware as you cannot lean with your pelvis against something, like against a chair let's say.
The testis sit on both sides of the pelvis, protected only by the skin really, and you'll get hurt.

I suspect that I'm not finding the cavity properly. I can put them up quite easily, but they don't seem to 'pop' into any recesses...is it supposed to be obvious? How far to the side are they? I simply can't cross my legs tucked...and I can't tell if it's because they're in the right place, or if it's just me.

Quote from: JoeyD on February 27, 2012, 07:46:22 PM


It's cheap and very easy to "make".

I knew of this method but had not tried it....

Until tonight! Literally it took me longer to find old boy socks than actually making the gaff. 

As far as results?  It worked awesome.  It can be a little uncomfortable because it was tight. In my case everything is above average in size but this method really hid everything.

Thanks!

Quote from: rachl on February 28, 2012, 11:45:35 PM
I suspect that I'm not finding the cavity properly. I can put them up quite easily, but they don't seem to 'pop' into any recesses...is it supposed to be obvious? How far to the side are they? I simply can't cross my legs tucked...and I can't tell if it's because they're in the right place, or if it's just me.

At least on my body they sit above and to the side of the penis base when tucked in. Maybe about and inch diagonally above and to the side. I can feel them and somewhat see them beside the pelvic bone, which is on front surface of my body, not in between my legs at this point. It looks a little bit like where your ovaries would be, except not as far up or to the side I believe.

In my experience, when I move my legs to sit cross legged and just when I am about to lay them down on the floor, if I feel pain I know the tastes have slid a little downward just to get pinched between the body cavity and the leg. Quick visit to the bathrooms fixes this fortunately.
Although, every body is different so maybe your body has some natural limitations!?

I/we are not talkin about a deep, perfectly testicle-sized space here..... we are saying that there is a SLIGHT depression that you can locate into which discourages it from slipping back over the pelvic bone.
Your testes will still be visible as two bulges, but tight panties will squeeze them down a little and smooth out the contour so that it more resembles a female mound.
- If I had taken a pic in the past I would post it ..... can't do it now cos I'm post-op
Here are diagrams  http://www.crossdressing.pl/main.php?lv1_id=3&lv2_id=47&lv3_id=462&lang=en

There are lots of other links if you Google "   ->-bleeped-<-+tucking+picture   "     - including a Rue-Paul video I can't see from outside the USA

..and from "my" forum  (with photos) http://www.transgenderzone.info/library/mtf/transgendertuckingandtaping.htm


Are you on decent anti-androgens?  Get the Dr to stick a 3 month depot jab of Decapeptyl in your ass and in a month or so your nuts will be down in size by nearly 50%  ....... of course, your sex-drive will be down to near zero - though once the AA's kick in that doesn't seem to matter much, or didn't to me or others who I personally know.

I've seen the diagrams, etc. It might just be that I have rather thick thighs (I do, because of sports), and this creates a limitation. However, I found crossing my legs while tucked today a lot easier than previously. So...who knows.

Quote from: envie on February 28, 2012, 11:40:58 PM
I forgot to mention. If you can't cross your legs you are probably not tucking the testis all the way up but they sit rather at the entrance of your body cavity. If you have them tucked all the way in sitting cross legged is not a problem but then you have to be aware as you cannot lean with your pelvis against something, like against a chair let's say.
The testis sit on both sides of the pelvis, protected only by the skin really, and you'll get hurt.

It's not really the testes that are the problem for me. When I go to cross my legs, I can end up squeezing and crushing the penis itself sometimes. It makes me question if I'm doing it right or if my hip area is kinda weird (which is a very good possibility).

Hmm, I must be strange then.. I can cross my legs neatly and without pain regardless of whether I'm tucked or not..

Quote from: Renee D on February 29, 2012, 10:25:05 PM
Its weird how people will share that much info about their particular "arrangement" down there, lol.   I now know way more than I ever wanted to about y'alls nethers.   Thanks:/

Well, hey...tucking is all about the nethers! LOL! It's not like we're tucking our toes!

Quote from: Renee DIts weird how people will share that much info about their particular "arrangement" down there, lol.   I now know way more than I ever wanted to about y'alls nethers.   Thanks:/

Well hun, we're just trying to help, sharing general information and our personal experience. 
I'm post-op by 19 months and can barely remember what it felt like to have man-junk at all - but I do remember the problems of dealing with it and the solutions