Uhhhhhgggghgh, tucking...

[MugwortPsychonaut]

I've been trying different ways, and all of them suck. I've tried a tiny g-string with a little thong. I've tried one boyshort, one bikini, and two little thongs. I've tried... that's about it. It's uncomfortable, and I can't sit down! And if I DO sit down, there's zero percent chance I can close my legs.

I hate having boy parts! 

[Jill F]

Have you tried the 3-inch width 3M Durapore surgical tape?  Shave down there, take a 6 inch strip of tape and cut a slit down the middle to pee through.

[elize]

i just use real tight undies and i don't fall out at all

[MugwortPsychonaut]

And it doesn't hurt? You have room to move? I don't get this! Uuuuauuaaauuuggggghhhhhhhhh... That's my "Tina" groan.

[Vale]

i just use real tight undies and i don't fall out at all

One size smaller bikini bottoms works well for me, can also double up if you need. I can move around pretty freely, but I wouldn't try doing jumping jacks or anything like that.

[barbie]

There are many ways to circumvent that problem.
I wear pleated skirts rather than tight A-shape skirt.
Polyester/spandex tights/leggings rather than cotton leggings.
I just wear tight jeans and short pants, even without underwear.

barbie~~

[awilliams1701]

After many attempts at trying to figure this out, I've discovered that cheerleader briefs (I originally purchased to go with a costume) placed over additional panties are about 70-90% effective depending on the first set of panties. The only time I have issues with it is when I get excited. Then it becomes painful. If it slips out then I can go to the bathroom to fix it.

[Sandy74]

I have always wondered about tucking and pulling it off, I will tuck it when I am naked and its so uncomfortable and when I am not aroused its not that big anyway but when I am then its another issues. I thought that I saw that there are panties that are made for people in our situation where you can tuck it someplace in the liner of the underwear but the ones that I have seen are not the prettiest panties or anything that I would like to wear. Yet if you are wearing them while dressed then perhaps that is the best bet and you can wear something pretty and femme over it.

[elize]

I also wear boy cut spandex shorts and never fall out and I have never hurt myself like you describe if it hurts you have the wrong gaff

[Devlyn]

Wiki to the rescue! https://www.susans.org/wiki/Tucking

[Beth Andrea]

The first couple weeks tucking (panty hose method) I could only endure the discomfort for 1-2 hours...but I was able to build up to tucking the whole day, and after a few months or less of HRT, tucking is no longer a problem.

[Megumi]

I really hated tucking when I first started out. It wasn't until about a month after I started HRT that the testes shrunk and became much much less sensitive than they use to be where I could actually tuck and be "comfortable". When I went full time I started wearing one pair of a size too small panties and a panty liner. The panty liner has two purposes.
1: if I don't use one I leak urine and other fluid so if I leak into panties I'd be soaking wet down below in no time. I learned this the very hard way on a trip right before I went full time as this was the point when I'd go 3/4 of an entire day tucked.
2: the panty liner has rigidity to it and that in combination with the one pair of a size too small panties keeps everything held in place for the most part unless I do something like twisting my body while lifting a leg up in the air. The only down side is some chafing from skin to liner contact but the system that works for me is worth it as I'm 100% confident that nothing is going to pop out unexpectedly.
3: I lied there's a third thing! Buying panty liners is awesome and oddly enough I get far fewer stares while in the store with that little pink package of panty liners in my cart than when I don't need to buy more. So I look at it as not only do they have a very valid function for me they also help me in public shopping scenarios where it's easy to be clocked. Nobody questions why I'm buying feminine hygiene products.

[SarahElizabeth]

If you have disposable income I would recommend using a gaff they are specificity designed to help hide the twig and berries.  I bought mine from cross dresser.com .  I like the ones there because they have a silky feel to them and their look is sexy IMO.  They do run about $40 a pair but I have had mine for a year and they still look like when I bought them.  I did buy 7 pair 1 for each day.  Just a thought and something to check out

[Missy~rmdlm]

I made it all the way to post op land without tucking. Never could deal with it the few times I tried it. Mostly I wore clothing that didn't show, in combination with very tight undies when needed. The only clothing problem was though I never could master a smooth pencil skirt appearance

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I didn't know any of this, I'm really glad you asked.

[♥︎ SarahD ♥︎]

Don't worry, I've been trying to figure out how to tuck properly too and just can't for the life of me figure it out!  This is the part that blows my mind in particular:

Lie on your back. Push your testes up into your abdomen with one hand.

(from https://www.susans.org/wiki/Tucking)

stuff the two meatballs up and pull the sausage back... I've even gone swimming in the public pools and used the bathrooms without any issues

Yeh, but *HOW*??    Every time I try, there seems to be nowhere for them to go.  I don't want to push to hard and do something bad to myself (I'd rather not have to explain wtf I was trying to do to A&E thanks lol), so can anyone draw the common-sense-impaired of us a diagram or something?

♥︎*Hugs*♥︎

[Devlyn]

Lie on your back, and just keep trying, GENTLY! You're trying to get them back in the inguinal canal, this picture gives you an idea of the location and direction you're looking for.

[♥︎ SarahD ♥︎]

Lie on your back, and just keep trying, GENTLY! You're trying to get them back in the inguinal canal, this picture gives you an idea of the location and direction you're looking for.

Ahhh!  That makes so much more sense now!  I see where I've been going wrong - I've been trying to push them up the middle thinking I was trying to push them through the hole in the pelvis or something of that nature (just as well I didn't push too hard then, isn't it? ).

Also: are these canals more towards the front, middle or back?

Also: what's the risk of them being too big to go back up again / getting stuck once you push them up etc?

[Devlyn]

I don't tuck, I just dug up the information.  My first thought was, if I do this, where are the untucking instructions?! I assume gravity brings them back down when the scrotal skin is unwrapped.

[Beth Andrea]

When you're standing and they are hanging down, the canals are almost directly above. Just keep that in mind as you are laying down.